Moving to a totally new environment can be very stressful for a dog. What you describe sounds like stress and anxiety issues, as well as separation anxiety.

so I don’t know why he must poop in the dog house and on his bed.

Dogs may urinate and defecate when in a situation of extreme stress and anxiety. This can be caused by moving houses, stress in the house, and being separated from their primary caregiver.

This ASPCA article has more on separation anxiety.

More on how I help my dog with anxiety and stress-
http://shibashake.com/dog/dog-anxiety-problems/comment-page-2#comment-684867

My dog is also very sensitive to the energy of the people around him. If I get stressed, he will quickly pick up on that, get even more anxious, and that will worsen his stress symptoms and behaviors. To help my dog be more calm, I need to control my own energy, and manage my dog’s environment so as to set him up for success.

What you describe sounds like separation anxiety. Big changes (e.g. change of environment, your son not being around), can be very stressful for a dog. I help my dog with separation anxiety by setting up a fixed routine and *very slowly* getting him used to alone time (desensitization and counter-conditioning).

This ASPCA article has more on separation anxiety. There is a section on how to conduct desensitization exercises.
https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/virtual-pet-behaviorist/dog-behavior/separation-anxiety

Calm and successful alone periods will help my dog to build confidence and trust. Similarly, panic attacks and reactive experiences will undermine that confidence, set back training, and worsen my dog’s anxiety symptoms. Therefore, I always set my dog up for success. I manage his environment and do not expose him to more than he can handle. If I need to be away for more than he is ready for, I arrange for someone that he trusts, to be with him.

I’m watching my son dog. He’s house train, and he lets me know when he needs to go I

The other day I went to the store. Hadn’t been gone a half hour, come home he pooped in my bed. Every time I go out he poops. Please tell me what to do

I think working with a dog to train him through the process is key., Leave the house for a bit to test him, try a webcam to keep an eye from the neighbors house.

Somethings got to work – until then I’m gonna keep on trying 🙂

Here are some things that have helped me with my Siberian, who is a bit timid:
1. Bonding: It is important to try and establish a strong bond with the dog so that she will trust you when she becomes afraid rather than resorting to running away or aggression. Some things that can help with bonding include hand-feeding, positive reinforcement obedience training, fun walks, playing games, etc.

2. Go slowly: Set her up for success and go slowly and at her pace. Do not expose her to things that she is not ready for, and always protect her from rude people and rude dogs.

3. Desensitization: A good way to build confidence is to desensitize her to a wide variety of objects and sounds. First you want to start with a simple, non-moving, non-threatening object – say a simple toy. Show her the object and reward her for not running away. Reward her a lot, together with a lot of praise for showing any curiosity over the object. You can also put peanut butter or something else yummy on the object to grab her interest. Keep repeating until she is happily playing with the toy, then move on to another toy, and slowly introduce more scary objects like moving objects, objects that make sounds, wierd objects, e.g. umbrellas etc. Once she is comfortable with objects, you can slowly move on to desensitizing her towards people, then finally other dogs.

Make sure to only expose her to things that she is ready for. If she runs away or starts showing any fear, stop. This means that you have moved forward too quickly, so you want to step back and reduce the level of stimulus.

A book that I really enjoyed, and that really changed the way that I interacted with my dogs is Suzanne Clothier’s book Bones Would Rain from the Sky: Deepening Our Relationships with Dogs. It doesn’t deal specifically with separation anxiety, but more generally with bonding with your dog.

I too watch the Dog Whisperer. Some of his advice have helped me improve things with my dogs, in particular, the part about controlling my energy. However, I have also tried some of his techniques that have had detrimental results for my Shiba Inu Sephy. I actually like the methods in “Its Me or the Dog” (on Animal Planet) a lot more. I would definitely only use positive reinforcement techniques on a timid dog. Do not do leash jerks, alpha rolls or any other aversive techniques which can worsen the problem. Getting help from a professional trainer also helped me a lot in the beginning. Just make sure to find a good trainer that uses positive reinforcement techniques.

Please feel free to post me further questions or to write to me.

Hugs and kisses to Shadows.

Her problems include; separation anxiety, low self-esteem, getting into the garbage, runs away (can jump any size fence!) extremely skittish, fearful, timid, anxious, and the list goes on and on… I thought I had tried anything and everything, and was ‘at the end of my leash’ so to speak.

I started watching The Dog Whisperer, and have been practicing many of the techniques, such as; walking out the door before the dogs, making them work for their food, I don’t allow her to bark when people come over ect ect… I definitely have seen some behavior changes in the short time I have been practicing these methods…

She hasn’t been socialized much or trained so I believe we will have a long road to recovery. I am writing this because I was wondering if you knew of anything I could do to help her self esteem. If theres any books I should look at or anything. I am having a bit of difficulty getting into the whole alpha dog mentality, but I’m trying my best… Please if you have any information that will help me out, I’d love it if you’d send me a email 🙂

Thank you soo much

Natasha and Shadows.

Wow…Jomon shiba does look interesting. Almost a shiba. Haha.

I haven’t played Diablo before, but I heard it’s really good. I had a high school teacher who used to play Diablo until 3 or 4 am, and his wife woke up to make him go to sleep. I don’t know how he makes it to work to teach us. LOL.

Guest also mentioned a new Shiba type called Jomon Shiba. They are interesting looking.

lol – another Shiba?! I am with your boyfriend here 😀 I think my next dog will be a non-stubborn breed, who doesn’t try to kill the vet 🙂

Yeah will definitely get into the PS3 soon, but currently still playing Diablo II – while waiting for Diablo III. Are you a Diablo player? One of the best games of all time.