I have had my puppy about a month now and generally training is going fairly well. He does still not like being left alone but I am working on that. However, at night I take him near the bedroom in his crate (which he loves) but more often than not he poos in it and then makes noise afterwards so I wake up and have to clean up and usually wash his feet too! He has had nights without going so I know he can hold it but the problem is I can't get him to go before bed. He will pee and very rarely needs to pee again until I get up, so that is not a problem. I just wondered whether anyone has any ideas how I can get him to poo before bed instead of after 2-3 hrs in his crate at 2am!

He generally poos at quite random times, not necessarily after eating and not at the same time each day although he does get fed at fixed times, 8am and 4pm.

Any ideas welcome....