About six months ago I lived with S. We lived in a very small very scummy duplex and paid an equally small amount of money to an equally scummy landlord. While I lived with S my dog took a shit on the floor near the door almost every day.
Aside from this being disgusting and annoying, it was perplexing because my dog had at one time been house trained. I could think of nothing to do but I decided that when I graduated and got a better job I would have enough money to hire a dog problem specialist person to figure out a solution. That is almost what happened. What happened was I moved into a new place and the problem went away. He did have one indoor accident but it was entirely my fault for miscommunicating with my sister about who would let him out. The point is that we lived in the new house for 6 months and only once did have we have dog shit on the floor.
I figured Taj had been making some sort of statement about our previous living arrangements. Like “This place is shit! And I will shit all over it in protest. It is as shitty as the shitty pile of shitty shit you almost just stepped in!”
Turns out that is not at all what he was thinking.
You see, recently I agreed to let S move into my guest room until she starts grad school in London. Every day that she has come over to the house to move things in, Taj has left me sweet smelling presents on the carpet. This has now happened 2 days in a row. I am beginning to wonder what the connection could possibly be. Is this normal? Is S a trigger for Taj and his bowel movements? What should I do?
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Sounds like Taj either doesn't like S or doesn't like the attention you give S. S is the trigger, but for a behavorial issue, not bowel issues.
My dog hates my MIL and pisses on her bag when she comes to visit. While looking at her.
It really sounds like Taj hates S. (Why, Taj, why?) Or maybe she reminds him of that time in the shitty house and so he reverts to that behavior?
I'm telling you he's trying to tell you something! "What's that Lassie? Timmy fell in the well?" He's just saying that S has some sort of horrible gastrointestinal issue and he's worried . . . everyone else is underestimating the SMRTs of Mr. Taj!
From what I hear, dogs don't really have emotions like hate or dislike, so I think your dog just stopped caring about crapping on the carpet and has decided to go where he feels like it.
I'd watch out for your roommate's anger. I lived with a guy whose dog did the exact same thing every day, and by the end I was furious at both him and the dog, and I love dogs!
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