Hi,
I am now a respite fosterer for my guide dog who has been withdrawn from the programme on health grounds after having 2 seizures. He will now live with me until end of April.
Its been 2 wks now that I have had him home with me, previously whilst he lived with me ,since Oct 28th '24, he went to training school every M -F from 7am til 4pm.
Its going well but this week he has pooped on the carpet 4 times. He's done it in the night , I've not heard a thing, just seen it on the carpet when I come down at 6am.
I haven't said anything to him, just cleaned it up. On a couple of these 4 occasions , he has pooped outside after break too. Thats his usual habit.
I'm a bit stressed about it, its of course not a nice thing to see first thing in the morning.
Any thoughts? Something isn't quite right.
I take him on 2 walks everyday , one of these is off lead. I play with him too in the garden most days. He appears v happy, tail wagging , he's v affectionate to me too, we cuddle a lot and chat too. He appears v happy/settled.
Is it the change to his routine? Is he less tired now he's not being worked as a guide dog? I am sure not I am not 'working' him in that way. He used to be very noticeably tired after I collected him when in training. Although his habit of basically sleeping/resting after our second walk around 4pm, is the same as when he was in training. Does he wake in the night b/c he's not so tired and then have the urge to go? Any thoughts people? I really want to NOT wake up to poo on the carpet tomorrow and thereafter!!!