Not submissive urination anymore. All out peeing and pooing

[bottlerocket]

I really don't think I can take it any more. It isn't a potty training issue, he knows when he needs to go to the bathroom, he will go to the door and wait or do something attention grabbing and lead us to the door if he really has to go. He has gone for long stretches and not been out if I get held up at work or class. This is the biggest mystery to me.

 

Even after going outside just a few hours before, he will sometimes pee in the house, or even poo in the house. And its not just a little bit either, I don't know where it comes from. I don't force him to hurry when he is outside. I wait until he is ready to go back in. It does not happen often, but probably once or twice a week at least. We could be ignoring the dog completely or be calling him over to us. There is really no pattern to it. Last night I took him out at 3am before going to bed, and this morning at 9am I woke up to him squatting and pooing all over the carpet in my room. I jumped out of bed and stopped him immediately and sent him out of the room. I got the carpet cleaning stuff and quickly got to work before it really set in. After I finished I called him in to my room again to put him in the bathroom where it has vinyl flooring so I could leave him there for a minute while I got dressed incase he had another accident. I did not even have an angry tone to my voice, I called him nicely like I do every time. He came in but immediately went to the other side of the room and suqatted and peed right infront of me. He was outside of my room away from me for a good 10-15 min while I cleaned and didn't pee once, but as soon as he got into my room he went.

 

I'm out of options

[Brad]

How old? Mine did this until he was about 9 months, and then just stopped. I can't help with the why, he just went when he felt like it.

[bottlerocket]

How old? Mine did this until he was about 9 months, and then just stopped. I can't help with the why, he just went when he felt like it.

 

roughly 3 years

[Brad]

roughly 3 years

 

Hmm, a little past the puppy stages. Have you checked with a vet for possible medical reasons?

[Debbie Meier]

This is what I would do,

 

1st: Crate the dog, he sleeps in a crate at night and stays in a crate when no one is home or when you are too busy to supervise him.

 

2nd: When there is an accident, immediately outside, don't take the time to clean, clean when the dog is either outside or if you have to supervise the walk when you return back in, while cleaning put him in his crate.

 

3rd: Make sure the feeding times are the same each day with no treats after a certain time of the night, I don't feed treats at all, they just make the dog go poop. I've found that our dogs all need to go poop about 3 hours after feeding, if I'm not available to walk them at that time I need to either make time or change the feeding schedule.

 

4th: If peeing is a problem at night remove all water after about 6pm.

 

5th: When you go out for potty/poop breaks be sure the dog both poops and pees before coming back into the house. Make it a ritual that the bathroom is outside not in.

 

For me, the best way to get a dog over soiling in the house is to set a strict routine for them.

 

Deb

[WildFlower]

I really have to agree with Debbie's entire post. It is excellent advice.

 

A crate could be your best friend in helping with this issue.

 

The other really important thing that I have found is keeping the dog on a strict schedule. Daisy goes #1 and #2 in the morning and then as soon as I get home from work she does another #1 and #2. Then before bed we go out again and she will do a #1. Even when she has access to the outdoors in the evening or we go play in the park, she will rarely go outside of her scheduled times.

[bcnewe2]

I'd check him for a UTI or some other issue that might be causing hiim the feeling that he needs to relieve himself. Plus if peeing is ok in him mind at this time, then why not pooing?

Just an idea.

 

I rescued my daughters dog long ago. we were his 7th home by 15 months or so. He came to me with a UTI that he had since puppyhood. One of the reasons he was given up was potty trainingissues. Once we treated the UTI he never had another accident. I think he was also beaten and chastised by his previous owners for this issue, casue he once had played in the hose with me, then I took off without thinking that he'd have to go pee. When I got back there was a pee trial going from the back door all the way down a whole flight of stairs (just to give you an idea of how much pee there really was). He slunk around for days thinking he was in trouble. Needless to say, I never said a word to him. it was to late and also my fault.

 

The other night it was 3am. Dew's just going out of heat. I thought she was up looking for love when she climbed into bed licking me and dh. We shooed her away. I awoke to a huge pile of poo. She tried to tell me and I missed the signal she was giving. Could you possibly be missing a signal that he's trying to give. I ask cause you say he tells you most of the time.

 

Poo...just another thing we put up with to live/love these dogs. It's all in a day's cleanup!

 

Hope you figure it out.

[bottlerocket]

I'll look into getting a crate for him. Its not a UTI, I just had him tested last week and this has been happening for months.

[Ms.DaisyDuke]

I would highly suggest using a crate and strict routine for him right now. I had a really hard time housebreaking my dog because of a person living with me. She thought crates were "cruel" (don't worry, she's a nut case!) and couldn't stand me putting my dog in one. When she came home from work or woke up she would let Daisy out of her crate and not supervise her AT ALL and she'd go to the bathroom wherever she felt like it. Once this girl moved out, I got a better handle on the situation. Crate when not home/could not supervise, strict schedule for feeding and outside time, lots of treats when going to the bathroom outside. It worked well and most will agree that dogs really need to know their routine!