We have a few issues.
Most of you already know about his allergy problems. We don't mind taking care of those at all, and we provide him with medicine to make them better, We'll spend as much money on vet bills as needed for him, etc. Towards the end of the summer he started eating plums off of our plum tree. They apparently acted as a laxative for him, and he started urinating/pooping in the house. At first we cleaned it up without a problem, but even once he STOPPED eating the plums, he continued using the house as a bathroom, almost as if he'd completely forgotten his housebreaking.
Since then, he's been marking all over the place, even inside the house. He'll mark anywhere from the sliding glass doors outside to the bedspread. We finally decided to have him sleep in a crate at night, which seemed to solve the problems for a little while, though he'd still occasionally lift his leg to pee OUTSIDE of the crate.
Last night, since he'd been sleeping in the crate successfully for a while, my dad decided to let him sleep in the living room on his bean bag chair, where he usually sleeps. We woke up this morning to (as gross as this sounds) poop EVERYWHERE.My dad is totally fed up by now. He always tells us that he's willing to care for ALL of Zeus' medical problems, but that we can't have an unhousebroken dog. We've even tried re-housebreaking him, to no avail. My brother is in tears right now, strongly believing my dad's words that he is going to rehome Zeus, and I'm just hoping there's something else we can do.
Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
-Devon
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