anxiety / seperation / or bad behaviour

Question
Hi I have a 2 1/2 yr old male husky, he's obviously been toilet trained, but we're having problems, for the last week he's taken to using the inside of the house and front and back decks for his toilet. In august we went overseas, so I had someone come in and look after him, and he did the same thing. Why have someone come in to look after him? Well as soon as he gets to the kennels he gets the runs, but even having him looked after at home, made no difference. I had time off work, I went back just over a week ago, and thats when he started pooping in the house and everywhere else. I put it down to him being left alone. the first time he pooper inside it was runny, so we cleaned it up, 5 mins later he did it again, so I locked him outside for ten minutes at the most, he howled as they do, but now he doesn't like going out the door. My problem now is that he's pooping inside late at night all over the place, it's runny to semi firm. I've told him off, then I thought better of it and thought if I just ignore it he may stop, to my disgust, no it hasn't, it's driving me insane. I actually thought it may be a seperation thing, as he's been sleeping with us all the time, just follows us around and even down the beach, the uncatchable husky is running up to get caught, which is odd. I'm just lost as to what I do to get him to stop pooping in my house. It's funny as i've read a lot on the huskies, how they shouldn't be let off leads, they aren't guard dogs etc. With my boy george as we call him, he runs beside the bike to the beach, he gets let off the lead, runs an absolute muck and with a bit of bribery you can usually catch him, everybody knows him and he's refered to as the naughtiest dog on the beach. He just plays with the other dogs, loves to swim when there is balls to catch in the ocean, and also loves to steal other poeples balls, as with all the dogs down there, if it's not your ball it's slways more fun to play with it. People look at me stupid when he plays with some dogs, they look as if to say catch your dog and put him on a lead, ha ha, me being me I keep walking because if he's playing I can't catch him, he is the impossible animal, but I love him for the way he is, I wouldn't have him any other way. As for the huskie not being the guard dog, well I have the perfect guard dog. I'm sure during the day you could rob the house and he'd just let you, but at night bring on a another dog, he's frightening, he doesn't bark at the drop of a hat, but if there is something suss, my boys on the job. Maybe I got lucky and ended up with a weird husky, but I can say not one without true trates, like, his killer instinct, he definetly has it, and it costs me nothing for mouse traps.

Answer
Sounds like a normal Sibe :p  Unpredictable and a little nuts.  And actually, a beach filled with other dogs and people is probably the safest place for a Sibe to be off lead.  There's enough going on that the chances of him "bolting" are slim.  If he does bolt, it's probably just to the next dog a few yards away, so no big deal.

I hear a lot of housebreaking problems ocurring when owners leave for a while.  It's seperation anxiety problems and unfortunately somewhat normal.  The best method - vigilance.  The runny stools are usually stress related and makes it a little more difficult to deal with.  Generally, two things helps: feed a little less, try adding rice and low sodium chicken broth to the mix.  Those two usually help and should help firm stools up.  Don't worry about feeding a little less during this time - Sibes won't starve :p

Now, to fix the housebreaking issue - just start over.  When you trained him originally, your job should have been to stay with him anytime he was indoors and try to catch him in the act.  Go back to that.  Escort him around and if he starts to go in an inappropriate place, correct him and take him to the correct spots.  Basically - remind him that the rules are still in place and you expect certain things from him.  With adult dogs, I usually find that if you can stay vigilant, a handful of corrections over a few days, and everything is back to normal.

Hope that helps some and if you have any other questions, feel free to let me know.

Oh - and they do make great mouse traps, don't they?