My dog pooped surrounded by the living room this morning. He be told "no" and given time out.?

Afterward, he has been very hushed and seems sad. He never did this before. Can dogs poop out of spite?

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No, they can't. They also don't understand time outs. You also didn't mention if you caught it within the act or found it later.

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if you woke up this morning and found poop on the living room floor, your dog is upset because you disciplined him to late and he's confused as to why your yelling at him. If you caught him contained by the act, than your dog is being submissive. He knows he's done something wrong and until it seem fine with you again the dog will be submissive to you.

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Answers:    No they do not poop out of spite. they poop because they enjoy to and no one took them out. If you did not catch him in the exploit he does not even know what he was punished for, only that you are mad approximately something..

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No spite is peculiar to humans, dogs don't do things for spite.

Since you gave your dog a correction I hope you caught him in the act because there's no point surrounded by going off at him after the event. He won't know what he did wrong.

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Dogs do not poop out of spite. Dogs are incapable of spite. If a house broken dog has an accident it medium you let him wait too long to go out. He might also do it whether he's under stress. Have there been any change in the household? He's probably acting sad because he thinks you're wacky at him.

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They don't understand time outs.

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