One of our dogs has been fine since we got in her April with the whole crate thing. For about the past month she has been pooping in her crate every night (we crate them at night and when we are not home). We take her on walks, put her out late before bed and she just poops in there every night and then lays around in it and it is pretty nasty. I think she may eat some of the poop too.

We are going to start feeding them an hour earlier at night (feed twice a day) but does anyone have any other suggestions?

This more regular crate pooping also started after we stopped occassionally letting them sleep in bed with us (they are total bed hogs and I am now pregnant and we don't fit!)