Moving home.

Not sure where best to put this James but feel free to move to somewhere more appropriate if you see fit.

Long story short.......

Our house is under offer and we have a deadline to move of mid June, my dogs do not like change and obviously there will be some stress involved for all of us during the moving process so i thought it would be nice to document in a thread in the hope it helps others as well as us.

I'm going to start packing items from the loft and cupboard under the stairs, things we don't use next week, i'm starting as far ahead of the date as possible to keep stress to a minimum.

I like your approach wishing to help others while your having a stressful time yourself, says a lot about you.

When your getting too stressed as most people would moving house (I know I would for sure) I think you will find your dogs will tell you that from how they react, you may find they are more difficult to control and Kiesha the omega may go off and hide etc etc......

If / when any of that happens you know you need to calm down and the dogs will return to normal....

When I have moments of anger or stress its my dog that calms me down as I see a difference in his behaviour and it immediately makes me think about my behaviour....they are great teachers if you listen to them.....

Absolutely.
She already knows something is going on but is being tolerant as its still minor, Kiesha's way of showing protest to any form of upset is to sneak downstairs and poop in the kitchen in the middle of the night.
On the odd occasion this happens its always after a big upset to her.

Is that a common thing to do, ive never known another dog to do it?

Kiesha being the omega and most nervous will be the first dog in your pack to let you know of the unwanted stress levels.....its their very important job in a wild pack to be the ones to spot danger for the pack.

When dogs are too stressed they cant control their bowls and have to poop or pee, its not uncommon, of course she doesn't want to show weakness or do it in front of you and sneaks downstairs, it could also be some form of scent marking to protect the pack, the member on here wolfdog may be able to add something here.

A previous dog of mine who we put in kennels for 4 days for a short break was probably mistreated there as the first two nights back at home he sneaked downstairs and pooped, could also of been partly separation anxiety or that he was kept in a cage for 4 days!.....who knows.....

He was about 4 years old at the time and never had previously done anything like that before or afterwards....

I have never put a dog in kennels since and nor will I, if they cant go anywhere then neither can I.