Roccos Owner
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Our French bulldog Rocco is nearly 2 he wasnāt treated like a baby as a pup and has been crate trained from the day we brought him home. Our eldest son often trod on him and played abit rough with him which caused him to go for his feet and chase him which he still does most of the time. But now heās constantly pooing in the cage everytime we go out or at night so we wake up to it every morning and now heās starting to wee too which is requiring the bedding to be cleaned every day as well as him, even when he isnāt in the cage and he goes to the toilet he will always try and eat it if we arenāt quick enough. Weāve tried giving him pineapple in his food which was suggested to us and this stopped it for a little while then he learnt to swallow it whole and then just picked around the pineapple , so then we tried leaving it down and put hot sauce on the poo which was also suggested but again he just licked the hot sauce off. Heās very stubborn and just doesnāt seem satisfied, he doesnāt just relax and lay down like a normal dog, he just constantly wants more. We did try leaving him out of the cage for a couple of nights which was fine until he decided he wanted more and done a poo on the carpet. He just doesnāt seem to be happy unless he is doing what he wants. He barks at passers by and also other dogs, and heās started to get a little aggressive when he gets told off and doesnāt like it. The pooing in the cage used to just be of a night even after heād been for a walk but now itās getting to be everytime we are out. Itās getting to the point my youngest is scared of him, and neither of our kids have any time for him and heās getting our family down. We donāt want to give up on him but we just donāt know what to do anymore. My kids are having to eat breakfast in their bedrooms before school because of the mess and smell heās made and it just isnāt fair on them. We did try a few rehoming centres but they are currently full and he canāt be put ona waiting list. So any advice, tips or help would be greatly appreciated at this point because we are at the end of our tether. He has always been crate trained as a pup as we wanted him to have a safe space and didnāt trust him not to poo everywhere or to chew which weāve been quite lucky with the chewing compared to some bits Iāve read about frenchies. Thank you in advance for any help received