carly
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Post by carly on Apr 27, 2015 18:22:59 GMT
A few months ago I adopted my lovely girl Holly (royal bronze). She's settled in lovely, and is great with my young daughter and cat. The only problem I'm having with her is that she's started peeing in the house! When she first came home she had the occasional accident, which I was fine with as it was a new environment for her,but over the last few weeks, it's becoming a daily occurrence!I let her out in the garden regularly, she has a daily walk, if she starts sniffing and circling she gets put outside just in case, but then ill find a new wee on the carpet minutes later! It's starting to make my house smell and it's reallt getting me down, because apart from this little problem, she's a perfect dog! Does anybody have any idea why she would start doing this and what I can do to prevent it?
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Post by Ian on Apr 27, 2015 19:31:51 GMT
For starters clean any wees indoors with washing powder, it's important to get rid of the smell as best you can. Also is she really doing a wee or is it just a small release, i.e. is she scent marking rather than weeing. I'm sure Pat will be able to add more to this. Also try Googling "dog weeing in house" or similar.
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Post by pat on Apr 27, 2015 19:48:25 GMT
the first thing to do is wash any area with pet deodoriser this will stop her smelling and going back to the place and weeing,try to confine her to one area until she knows that she has to go outside to wee.Make sure she has not an infection as that will also cause her to wee with no control over it.Once again start from the begining and take her out to wee and praise her when she does it,then make sure when she goes out she acutually does wee before letting her back in again, she should soon get the message and go back to being clean.It can quite simply be something has set her back and will take just a bit to get her back on track once again
pat
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Post by carly on May 9, 2015 7:30:49 GMT
Thank you both for your advise, I've made her a vets appointment to make sure it's not a uti. I always clean it really well with washing conditioner, disinfectant, now soda crystals too. The few days she's started pooing too  my carpets are stained, she's peeing in the bedrooms and downstairs, I'm pulling my hair out! |
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Post by pat on May 9, 2015 8:54:00 GMT
Hi Carly
make sure that you put her out and leave her out,if you just put her out she will stand by the door and not go to the toilet,when they are in the kennels they stay out for a long time to make sure they go, when she does go praise her, but do use the pet deodoriser as this will stop her smelling it on the floor and then go back to basics ,like putting her out every hour, praising her when she goes,she should then go back to being clean.try to keep her in one area until she knows what she is supposed to do, it may be something quite simple that is frightening her that has set her off and you need to get her back on track
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Post by codiesmum on Mar 21, 2016 13:27:40 GMT
Thanks for this thread. I brought my boy, Codie, back from Dogs Trust 3 weeks ago and he was clean in the house right for the start! I was so impressed by this. Then, today, for no apparent reason, this morning after he'd had his breakfast in the kitchen, he followed me through into the dining room and stood by the side of me. I thought it was so cute and was busy fussing his back when I suddenly realised he actually was cocking his leg and peeing all over the corner of my antique bookcase! Not just a little "marking"-type wee - but quite a River Nile! I didn't shout at him (what would be the point?) and then when I took him out for his lovely, long morning walk made sure that I praised him each time he did a short or long wee. Cleared up the other wee off the wood floor and book case and have put down a deodorising spray but am super-curious as to why he suddenly did this having been so good and not making a mess anywhere else since I brought him home from the Dogs Trust.
Any ideas greyhound experts? Thanks from Codie's mum :-)
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Post by kateymh on Mar 21, 2016 22:40:57 GMT
Our Darcy needs to pee fairly quickly after eating- it's almost just a natural reaction for him! We actually forgot/wernt fast enough to let him out after evening treat a couple of weeks ago and a new box in the hall way got it. Just try and be on hand to make him go in the garden as soon as he is done eating and praise him for going in the garden:)
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Post by sallyannh on Mar 22, 2016 4:39:33 GMT
Our Darcy needs to pee fairly quickly after eating- it's almost just a natural reaction for him! We actually forgot/wernt fast enough to let him out after evening treat a couple of weeks ago and a new box in the hall way got it. Just try and be on hand to make him go in the garden as soon as he is done eating and praise him for going in the garden:) Really? You're posting now? Get some rest!!! Just to add to katymh's post - I'm convinced our two think that our hallway is their 'paddock' area. On the very rare occasions that Darcy has transgressed, it's in there. Roma definitely had to be persuaded it was NOT her paddock when we first got her. To this day, when we call her for her food, she will walk past the food in the kitchen and lay down in the hallway for a few minutes before coming to eat. She must have been taught a few things as a youngster and then her brain became full up! |
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Post by codiesmum on Mar 23, 2016 18:27:34 GMT
Thankfully we had no puddle yesterday morning nor this morning. He doesn't go into the dining room on his own anyway, so I am keeping a close eye on him. Think he was just so relaxed, stood there being fussed, he just let it go! ;-) Thanks all. Codies Mum
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my carpets are stained, she's peeing in the bedrooms and downstairs, I'm pulling my hair out!