I have a 14week old king charles my problem is that he has been pooing in the garden for the past 4 weeks (only had him that long) however I have only just started takaing him out this past week on the lead due to his jags.  I take him out to park but he refuses to do a poo unless it is in ourback garden.  Any suggestion would be welcome

Give him time - the park is a new and scarey place at the moment, as a young animal, he doens't really want to advertise his presence to all and sundry :(

One of my dogs Gemma, has never poohedor wee'd  out of the garden. I dreaded going camping as thought she may spend the first few days not doing anything, but she obviously realised that that was her home for a while.
She is 8 1/2. So dont worry too much. Hey ,means you never have to take nappy bags with you!!!!!
Lea :)

Well we took him away for day yesterday and he only at end of day did a widdle however when I got home I took him over to a big piece of ground that we have been to a few times and well HORRAYY he done a poo he looked a bit scared though although I gave him lots of praise anyone watching me must have thought I was a crazy woman.

I get the point though about picking up the poo this is something I will have to get used to.  My husband and children have been doing itfor me in the garden....

thank you. Still early days as you say...

Mine is a year old now and has only just started pooing in the park in the last 2 months. If you think about it you spend the first few months of their life telling them where they can and cant go and then to introduce the park as a place they can go must be a bit confusing for them. Sox only started doing it when he felt comfortable in the park - you should see him he thinks he owns the place! I guesss now he has confidence in open spaces he knows its ok to go. However, dont go out without nappy sacks as I made that mistake one day and guess what happened? Luckily my neighbour walks with us and had an abundant supply with her!

Well my dogs will sqat down in the middle of the road which is the reason why i stopped J-walking , i guess they'd be better off going in the garden :D

I would count myself very lucky if he continues to only poo in your garden, lot easier to clean it up at home than have to carry the poo around in bags until you find a bin :D

It gets difficult when you go away though - my old Lab cross wouldn't do it away from home for days at a time - I always thought she must ahve been getting really uncomfortable, but she just wouldn't do it.......

Yes it does Digger.  Our Lab is used to being off leash and she won't go on the path, she dekes into the tall grass and bushes.  Handy on walks near home but not so good at the boarding kennel or while on visits to family members where only leash walks on pathways can be had.  Also hard on her in winter when the snowbanks are two and three feet deep and there is a crust on top.  Still, she leaps off the path, tramples down a little spot, sometimes sinking out of sight (unless the crust supports her which it sometimes does) and does her business.  Our previous Springer would not go at all while on the leash.  This was easily remedied by letting her off for a short squirt but it sure was hard to get a urine sample the time she had a suspected bladder infection.