Why has my dog started having accidents in the house after she was fully house trained???

Question

My yellow lab is 8 months old and was fully house broken. I got her spayed and when she came back she started urinating in the house. I called the vet and got her on meds for a bladder infection but that was 2 months ago and she's still doing it. Anyone know why she would do this?

Answer 1

When puppies are left in kennels and can urinate with no rules, they often slip back into their old behaviors. Also keep in mind that with surgery, the normal routine has been disrupted -- and at this pup's age -- routine is extremely important.

It sounds like this surgical adventure has derailed your pup's progress, so when all else fails, start over from the beginning—confinement and leashing. Keep at it, and your lab will pick it up again, and with luck quickly!

You may also have an emotional dog that’s telling you he or she is upset because of something you did in changing a routine or its environment -- like the surgery. Again, I would venture that re-establishing the rules and reinforcing your training is the best approach.

Answer 2

I would seriously talk to the vet. I had a dog that her bladder was nicked during the spaying surgery, and it took quite some time for it to heal, and then she just couldn't hold it as long has she first was able to. Since the spaying was the start of her problem, I'd go back to that point and really question the vet to see if there could have been anything that went wrong that he didn't tell you about. If you don't get any satisfaction there, get another opinion.

Answer 3

She is very young. If she is alone for 8 hours while you are working that is too long. No animal should be expected to "hold it" for that long. Also, did the vet say there is anything wrong with her bladder? If you don't know you should ask him. In any case, you need to follow up with the vet.

P.S. I had a high strung cairn terrier who would urinate every time someone came to the front door and during thunder storms. I finally replaced the carpet in the living room with tile.

Answer 4

It may also be for attention. Animals will often resort to destructive behavior when they want to be noticed (much like humans), especially if you work a lot and she's left to her own devices. If that is not the case, then she could have a more serious bladder problem than an infection & I would take her back to the vet.

Answer 5

Is she also drinking more? You may need to have the vet check her for diabetes, or some other condition. That's how we first came to find out that our 4 year old lab had it.

Also, she could be doing it for attention. Long before our lab developed diabetes, we got a parakeet. That night she was not getting her usual attention, so she peed on the floor.

Answer 6

as the previous person stated, she is still just a puppy. humans children who experience sickness, trauma, or surgery; many times experience emotional developmental setbacks (i.e., bed wetting, thumb sucking, baby talk), resorting backwards in their normal behavior. as again as stated, to overcome this setback you must reinforce the behavior which this K-9 required to achieve being housebroken. the bladder infection also presented a new physical sensation to the urination process which influences the prior training which requires new training or re-enforcement of prior behavior.

Answer 7

take her to a different vet to make sure the other one didn't mess something up when she got spayed.maybe she needs more meds because bladder infection is not gone.

Answer 8

my guess is that for some reason she got scared or nervous. I knwo they say chidren often regress so maybe dogs do too. Or she could have a UTI. My cat did that. Try www.sspca.org

Answer 9

Reinforce her house training. She's still a pup, just do what you did in the beginning.

Answer 10

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