Why did my puppy start pooping in his crate after several days with no problems?
We got our 3 month old king charles cavalier about a week ago and we started with the crate right away. For the first four or five days he was doing really well with it, he would cry a little when we first put him in for the night and then again every time he needed to potty. Every time he cried we let him go outside to go potty and it was fine. Yesterday we left him in the crate for an hour and came back to see that he pooped in it. We cleaned and washed the bedding and put him in the crate when we went to bed. He didn't cry at all, which is unusual because he normally cries for a few minutes at least. We woke up in the middle of the to check on him because he didn't cry to go out as per usual. We found that he pooped and peed in his crate. We let him out to go to the bathroom, cleaned, and changed the bedding. We got up again two hours later and he pooped again!
Otherwise everything seems totally healthy and normal! He doesn't seem sick at all. Why would he suddenly start pooping in his crate?