Defacating at night - how do I change??

[Aurie]

Sorry I didn't read this before I posted the other. He will eat when he is hungry. Make the larger meal in the morning rather then at night. He will adjust to it even if it takes a couple of days.

[BOBS DAD]

I don't know the meal routine or even what is recommended here by our fellow PT'rs, but I have never fed my puppies 3 meals. I have always fed them 2. Once in the AM - when they/I get up and a second around 5:00 PM. I have rarely if ever had a pooping problem inside - it is usually the peeing that is the crux of housebreaking.

I think it is becuase he is eating twice (PM and Night) before he goes to sleep that he is waking up and "Hey... when you gotta go - ya gotta go"!!!

Try altering you schedule for sure and see if you can't get him going poop (first thing in the AM).

Also - are you crate training, because if you are it is highly unusual for a dog/pup to poop in their own space - crate/den. HE MUST "REALLY" HAVE TO GO!

[RedyreRotties]

3X a day is right for a lab puppy.

Your puppy is a BABY INFANT. Please be patient with him while he learns to control himself and live by your rules.

See my post on HOUSETRAINING - HOW TO

[MajesticCollies]

You can kind of go by this. In Collies Raw food takes about 5 hours to digest. Kibble takes 12 hrs to digest. So you can arrange your feeding schedule around that.