Outside our bedroom is a deck with a concrete surface that we use to let the dogs do their business. I had this umbrella up there but in one of the storms it got to windy and we had to take it down and laid it down on the side of the deck. Well Cooper thought that that was his spot to do all his business. After a while the umbrella was getting pretty ugly and quite smelly so I decided to throw it away. So that night I let him out to go, and he looks at where the umbrella use to be and just sits there and stares at me. He doesn’t do anything. Three minutes he just sits there. Finally I let him in and an hour later I take him out again. He just sits there again. This went on for 3 days. I am assuming he learned to use the toilet in between.