smileyzookie Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Holy crap I dont know that I've ever been this angry with her. I swatted her butt, and put her outside. I cleaned it and let her back in and made her stay on the couch away from the computer. Im seriously mad. The story is... Abu the neighbors dog (who loves Riven and Riven loves him) came over. This is nothign new, it happens all the time. Only, today she decides, hey Im gonna just pee on the front room carpet next to Abu. I saw her squat and yelled "RIVEN!!" She just looked at me and continued peeing. I think that is what really hacked me off. Then I call hubby and tell him, and he says "you shouldnt hit her, just show her you're dominant" ... Im like "what would you have done?" He's like I dont know I've never been in that situation ETA: Im 99% sure there is no bladder infection, she had been out in enough time she could have held it, she didnt ask to go out either. ETA 2: In thinking of it, what the crap is he talking about "show her you're dominant?" LOL What?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheRuffMuttGang Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Even housetrained dogs have accidents sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileyzookie Posted September 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Even housetrained dogs have accidents sometimes. This isnt an accident though. I understand if I hadnt taken her out or whatever, but this was while I was right there. She didnt even ask to go out. Im just so upset that ... well... that she did it to begin with, but also that she did it in front of me, as if my rules of where she pee's have no effect on her, but also that when I yelled, she just looked at me! Like, not even scared, just like, you know, bite me lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheRuffMuttGang Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 She's a dog. It happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileyzookie Posted September 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 She's a dog. It happens. You have multiple dogs, what would you do if one began marking in your house? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheRuffMuttGang Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 I don't understand why you think she was marking just because she peed next to her "friend" dog. Believe you me, I clean up plenty of accidents made by housetrained dogs. Show her who's dominant, eh? So she learns to submissive pee instead, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maralynn Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 She could have peed from excitement or, in her excitement, forgotten to ask to go out. Yelling at a dog after they have started peeing doesn't really do anything but confuse them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileyzookie Posted September 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 I don't understand why you think she was marking just because she peed next to her "friend" dog. Believe you me, I clean up plenty of accidents made by housetrained dogs. Show her who's dominant, eh? So she learns to submissive pee instead, I guess. The reason I think she was marking is because she has done it before in that exact same spot. Why didnt she ask to go out if she had to go? That is what Im not getting... Yeah.. the comment by my hubby, I got no clue what he meant. I do know he doesnt hit her, so I dont know what exactly he had in mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Oop Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Donna, how old is Riven? Around two or under? Don't take it too personally. Even though it may have seemed like a case of defiance on Riven's part, it seems like a very dog-like behavior to me. It may be that she was suddenly just feeling very possessive about her turf when her friend was there. Has Abu been inside your house very much? Riven probably got the point that you were not pleased with her behavior and won't be anxious to repeat it. Hang in there! Give Riven a hug and hopefully she won't ever repeat that kind of performance. Just FYI - I have a teenage son that looks at me like that sometimes and it makes me furious, but I know that eventually he won't act like such a defiant little beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OurBoys Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Donna, She didn't ask because she's a dog. Anytime a dog is busy playing, they aren't going to stop and ask to use the bathroom. Dog's also have to go more often when they play and get excited. Everytime she has a playmate over, try to schedule bathroom breaks more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat's Dogs Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 I must say I agree. Its like little kids, they don't want to stop playing to go to the bathroom! They are just to excited to have their friends there! That behavior sounds just "doggie" to me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shetlander Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 My first thoughts are 1. bladder infection 2. immaturity (how old is she again?) or, as Debbie points out, just one of those things. Not a shining moment in dog ownership but not the worst either. Both my shelties at around one year of age peed on my bed. They did this a year apart from each other and they did this on different beds. Who knows why? Perhaps some sort of Sheltie Gang Initiation. If there had been a second incident with either of them, I would have taken a urine sample in. Instead it must have been a moment of adolescent insanity. Like Riven, Sassy peed right in front of me and when I yelled, she stared at me and continued to pee. And she is a very submissive dog so I really don't think it was defiance on her part. Probably she couldn't stop and my yelling "HEYWHATAREYOUDOING?!?!?" wasn't going to help her stop. Hopefully, by now you're over your anger and friends with her again. If she has another accident or marks or declares a manifesto or however it might be viewed, I'd take in a urine sample to make sure she doesn't have an infection before assuming it was a behavioral problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileyzookie Posted September 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 LOL of course Im friends with her again. I love her and her little doggie pouty face works wonders on my anger lol. Abu does come over all the time. He has only once attempted to mark on our couch, but we stopped him as soon as we saw the leg come up and he didnt go. I suppose from now on, I'll make her pee before he comes over. That way there will be no more "incidents" lol. Riven is around 2 years old for those that asked:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 What the others have said - and I'm glad you two are friends again. Just a thought - be sure and clean that spot with a proper enzymatic cleaner - just in case there is something about the spot that smells (to her) like it needs her 'attention'. (Oh, and it reminded me of my previous Border Collie who one night woke up (or maybe he didn't wake up) and stood and peed on my bed - where he'd been sleeping - and he was something like 10 or 11.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyoBC Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 I wouldn't get to mad at her. I would guess she got excited with her friend being there and forgot she had to go, or got to excited and had to go. Even fully house trained dogs have accidents in the house. Even Black Jack pees on stuff once in a while. Be sure to really clean the area that she has gone on before. Even if it looks clean to you she may still be able to smell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notailabigail Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Sounds like a mistake due to excitement to me. I was playing Abby's favourite game with her once where I pretend to chase her up and down the hall. She was getting really excited and she jumped on my roommate's bed to make a turn to run back and all of a sudden she squatted and pee'd. Just too much excitement, I think. I was happy it wasn't on my bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet_ceana Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Ack! Nothing worse than accidents. At least you know they are accidents though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Scott Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 My husband's intact male BC lifted his leg on me as we came out of Petsmart one day. I have no idea why it happened, but I couldn't be mad at Blaze because I was so busy trying to protect him from my husband who was trying to kill him...(literally!). That was the only time it happened. Barb S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Beer Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 This is kind of OT, but what Barb posted above reminded me of something. When I had Sammie in basic manners class a few years ago, there was this really obnoxious adolescent Lab that was absolutely fascinated by him. Whenever they would be in proximity to each other, this dog was very pushy in the way doggies can be when they meet. One time we were (thankfully) outside the building and this Lab stuck his nose right in Sammie's private area. Sammie turned and looked at him and then proceeded to lift his leg and pee right on this dog! Sammie has never done it again to any dog, but it definitely made his point! That Lab never bothered him again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyoBC Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 At the stock clinic last spring while I was getting stuff out of my truck Black Jack peed on my boot. I couldn't get mad at him for it. I just figured he wanted everyone to know I was his human Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Zeke has been known to pee on me as well (only once!). We were at agility class and for some reason he decided I made a good pee post (maybe because I wouldn't let him pee on the equipment?) and lifted his leg and peed all over my jeans/shoe. I jumped back, but I decided it was too funny to get after him for doing (and I doubted he'd be making it a habit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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