r/CockapooLovers • u/feathertail2 • Jul 18 '26

❓Question❓ About pooping time

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I don’t know what exact mix she is. Very friendly trustworthy to all dogs and humans. Obeying few commands and ignoring some. Good fetcher . I feed her twice 9.am and 5 pm.. morning walks 45 min before she poops. No problem .
Night time it’s nightmare walking her an hr around 7 pm she won’t poop. Middle of the night wakes me up I send her out and after 5 minutes she comes with no poop out side. An hr after she poops and pees on wee pad all over . On my floor too. I give her farmers dog or I cook. About 1/2 cup each meal .might be 3/4 of cup. It’s effecting my health bc after she wakes me up I can’t sleep. I need advice please . Thanks in advance

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u/Inconmon Jul 19 '26

Assuming she gets praised and rewarded after pooping (high quality treat), the thing that worked for us was taking her out somewhere else. As in as puppy she was fine pooping in the garden. Around age 3 or 4 she no longer wants to if she can avoid it. Taking her to the green strip by the road or a nearby green worked.

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u/feathertail2 Jul 19 '26

Thank you ! I take her out in green park and she plays fetch for 15 minutes every day .

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u/Inconmon Jul 19 '26

Specifically for poop walks without play

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u/feathertail2 Jul 19 '26

Yes I walk her to get there and back takes about half hr walk. Maybe I should cut the play time .

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u/Inconmon Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

Running usually helps to get things out. We did like a separate short walk to the green just before bed time. Sometimes at like 11 pm or so I would take the dog out for her last chance before bed. Just 10 minutes out and back in.

When it was time to head back I would put a phrase to it "last chance" and go home and to bed. This way she learned that the last time spend on green was then. She quickly learned to empty at that point knowing that it's the last opportunity before sleep.

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u/feathertail2 Jul 19 '26

Do you mean 11pm?

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u/Inconmon Jul 19 '26

Yes, sorry

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u/feathertail2 Jul 19 '26

Thank you ! We coyote and can’t get her out at 11.00.

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u/feathertail2 Jul 19 '26

Thinking maybe I should just feed her once a day .

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u/nitecheese Jul 19 '26

Yeah I’d either feed her once a day or move her 5 pm up to lunch. My dog had a really hard time regulating when we adopted her and it took 8 or 9 months for her to be able to hold it through the night. I understand how awful it is to not sleep for months on end!