Hi im hoping for some advice here 
My partner has a 19 month old Male Shih tzu.
Originlly in the night had the kitchen to sleep in however overtime he was just weeing and pooing. With my little experience with dog training from my mum training dogs I said that we would be best giving him a confined space to sleep in thus hopefully he'll take the stance that hes not going to mess where he sleeps.
We have a large metal cage that is big enough for him to sleep in.
At first it seemed to have worked......but over time he has started to poo in the cage and he has started to bark in the middle of the night.
Last night he was barking till gone 3am in the morning. I went down to him 3 times and was very stern with him. Eventually he stopped as he must have realised that everytime he barked I went down to him and told him No. He also eat his own poo in the cage.
Will he have been barking because he poo'd? Am I right in saying that you need give him a confined space which should in theory make him not want to poo in his space?
I want him to go to his bed when we go bed and he know that its time for him to sleep on his bed, not bark or make a mess.
Any advise appreciated very much.
My partner has a 19 month old Male Shih tzu.
Originlly in the night had the kitchen to sleep in however overtime he was just weeing and pooing. With my little experience with dog training from my mum training dogs I said that we would be best giving him a confined space to sleep in thus hopefully he'll take the stance that hes not going to mess where he sleeps.
We have a large metal cage that is big enough for him to sleep in.
At first it seemed to have worked......but over time he has started to poo in the cage and he has started to bark in the middle of the night.
Last night he was barking till gone 3am in the morning. I went down to him 3 times and was very stern with him. Eventually he stopped as he must have realised that everytime he barked I went down to him and told him No. He also eat his own poo in the cage.
Will he have been barking because he poo'd? Am I right in saying that you need give him a confined space which should in theory make him not want to poo in his space?
I want him to go to his bed when we go bed and he know that its time for him to sleep on his bed, not bark or make a mess.
Any advise appreciated very much.