I don’t think you can call a dog taking a few steps while pooping a “habit.” If you watch dogs going poop, on or off leash outside, you’ll see that most of them do the same thing at least part of the time. It’s just more noticeable in a dog that you expect to poop inside, on a relatively small pad.
My yorkie, Jax, is also inside trained, using a pad with a grated pad-holder. (He shreds pads if not prevented by the grate.) He often — especially first thing in the morning, when his poop is more dry — takes a few steps off the pad holder while pooping. I don’t consider this to be in any way his fault. He’s doing what is natural — taking a few steps to shake things loose, so to speak — and I can’t realistically expect him to stay in the very small area of the pad when he needs to do that. The most I might be able to do is somehow give him a bigger area to accommodate his need to move around a bit.
On the other hand, if your pup is changing rooms entirely mid-poop, that might be another matter. You could try either putting down two pads together to give her more space or putting down a second pad in the next room where she goes to “finish.” |