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We have an old GSP a month shy of making 16 years. For 15 1/2 of those she never peed nor pooped in the house. Not once! Now she routinely poops in her bed, when riding in the car, and sometimes when left alone in the house. Her hips are getting pretty bad and it obviously pains her to bunk over to poop. Sometimes she just does it while she's walking. Sometimes she'll be out for several minutes and when you let her in she'll dump on the floor as soon as she comes back inside.
I guess my question for the forum here is if anyone has experience with this and how much is physical versus mental with the dog. I've read that older dogs sometimes lose their inhibitions/house training. But when she poops her bed she always acts sheepish like she's done something wrong. So we're afraid she's just losing it physically. It is very tough to handle emotionally not the mention the practical aspects of the situation.
I guess my question for the forum here is if anyone has experience with this and how much is physical versus mental with the dog. I've read that older dogs sometimes lose their inhibitions/house training. But when she poops her bed she always acts sheepish like she's done something wrong. So we're afraid she's just losing it physically. It is very tough to handle emotionally not the mention the practical aspects of the situation.