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Bumping this as its $25 excl GST now ... Source

Thankyou very much for your replies everyone!! I am kinda surprised at the general reaction that 12 hours is too long, as this was never a problem in the past. Now I am worried that I have hurt her somehow That being said if this is the problem then thats a load off my shoulders, as I thought she was doing this on purpose as some type of game of dominance. oh and the reason it took so long to clean up is I locked her up in the bathroom last time (as the floor is easier to clean, then floorboards) but she had some how stepped into the poop, trod it all over the blankets I put in there for her, and then slept in it. So aside from cleaning the bathroom I had to wash the dog and the blankets, it adds up.

Hi I have a 3.5 year old female Bullmastiff who has just recently taken to going to the bathroom inside when I leave her alone when I go and work my nighshifts. It only happens when I am not present in the home and it has happened 4 times now. I only work 2 nightshifts a week. I do not think its a case of it being an accident as she regurlarly goes significent periods of time before wanting to go out the back for a potty break (significantly longer then my shifts anyway), hence why I think its behavioural. I have attempted the following solutions: *When I was home she was inside and with me all the time, now I have her outside for at least 5 hours a day. *I have attempted to move her meals around from evening to morning, which met with no success. *I usually feed her some kibble and some roo meat, as I was told by my vet Dogs digest meat at an est.6 hours and kibble in 12, so during the nights I was only giving her kibble. This did not work either. My limitations: * I cannot afford a behaviourist till feb or march next year, I have dug myself a whole financially with just buying a new home 6 months ago and its subsequent renovations. Hence why I am here looking for solutions * I work shift work, not by choice, I was redeployed from a business hours role 6 months ago, about 3 weeks after I signed the papers to my house and had commited to extensive renovations of my home, the only other option was redundancy. The shifts are 4 on 4 off 2 days 2 nights at 12 hours a piece. * Due to a being a prolific night barker I cannot put her outside at night. History: She had separation anxiety when she was one. Basically everytime I would get ready to go to Uni she would take a dump in the lounge room Which was the one room inthe house she was not allowed in back at my dads place. This was addressed by a pet behaviourists who informed me that I needed to put her outside more when I was home (as the pooping was also a form of protest about being put outside when I went to uni), change a few of my habits that was inadverdently signalling to her that she was the alpha (little things like when I would get home from work I would feed her while my dinner cooked, but as only the alpha eats first ...) and that she was probably afraid of the dark. Her night barking is a direct consequence of her separation anxiety and me not addressing it as I was not made aware of it (till it progressed to the point that she was pooping inside). Possible key triggers to this behaviour: * Just moved house 4 months ago, at my old place she had my dad when I wasn't home, though he never let her inside or anything. He thought I was weird for letting her inside. * Just started shift work 6 months ago, while this is not the first time I have done shift work in the past during the days my lil brother use to take her to the park with his kids for a few hours and during the nights my sister used to babysit her with her dog. These options are no longer available and they where my only alternatives. * In the last month I have done nearly 80 hours of oveertime, the first instance of this pooping happened before the overtime, I felt this still may be relevant as I doubt it helped the situation any. Oh and this much overtime is rare, I only grabbed it up as I said before, I am in a hole financially at the moment and this much OT doesn't come around too often. Well I figured I have answered most questions that some people may ask, and if you have any more please feel free as I really need to find a method of stopping a 45kg dog from pooping inside mah house. Oh and to assuage any fear, No i have not yelled at her or rubbed her nose in it. My exaspperation on this matter actually stems from the fact that I have no idea how to convince to stop crapping inside my house. The last thing I need after a 12 hour night is to spend several hours cleaning up poo.

So has anyone resolved this yet? Is it a product worth buying or is it just a scam? Is this the same product you are all talking about? http://www.pricelesspets.com.au/natural-balance