My 4month westie wont poo outside the garden!!

Help!! After patiently waiting to take my puppy, Hamish out, after his vaccinations- I now find that he refuses to wee or poo when outdoors. He holds it in til he gets home, then runs into the garden to do it.

What can I do?? Help!!!

My westie is now six months, it took him awhile too! Try taking him out for a long time and find grass to wee on, just go really over the top with praise when he does!.

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Laura Cannon

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It might not be a terrible thing! You won't have to pick up his poo when you're out and carry it round with you! Mine always seems to poo just when you're at the furthest point from the bin or when I've just run out of poo-bags!
Can you train him to poo only in a particular part of your garden too, so it's easy to clean up?
I wonder if you could put something down near him in the garden when he goes - like a red handkerchief or similarly unique item. Then try putting that on the ground when you're out in an appropriate place and he may start to associate it?

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It might not be a terrible thing! You won't have to pick up his poo when you're out and carry it round with you! Mine always seems to poo just when you're at the furthest point from the bin or when I've just run out of poo-bags!
Can you train him to poo only in a particular part of your garden too, so it's easy to clean up?
I wonder if you could put something down near him in the garden when he goes - like a red handkerchief or similarly unique item. Then try putting that on the ground when you're out in an appropriate place and he may start to associate it?
I have a westie cross jack russel and i find she wont poo outsise off the garden she will wee but she alwaysd waits to poo when she is in the garden,they must first associciate pooing in the darden.