Only happens at night. Dog is around 7 years old, was adopted from rescue facility 5 years ago and has always had accidents. She even has accidents after she wakes us up to go outside!
2006-08-11 05:27:59 · 21 answers · asked by pwernie 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Only happens overnight. Dog is around 7 years old, was adopted from rescue facility 5 years ago and has always had accidents during the night. She even has accidents after she wakes us up to go outside at 3 AM.
I do not want to crate her overnight if possible. She gets walked almost everynight. She never has an accident during the day when we are here to let her outside. She does go to back door and stand when she needs to go out.
2006-08-11 05:57:55 · update #1
well you can put news papper on the ground or take him or her to the bathroom ever 30 min.
2006-08-11 05:31:41 · answer #1 · answered by thisisalittlegirl 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't know why you object to crating overnight. As long as you buy the right size, the dog should be comfortable. Maybe security at night is what your dog needs. It doesn't sound medical, if it only happens over night, unless your dog isn't left for around 8 hrs during the day, so you don't know if she'd have an accident. I graduated my dogs from crate, to a small bedroom I didn't need, so it became the "dog room". I had them sleep confined behind a pet gate for a year or so. If you tried reducing her freedom a bit, to one area, your clean up would be less, and maybe she would see that as her personal area, and not want to soil it.
2006-08-18 23:19:47 · answer #2 · answered by dogfrenzied 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am assuming your little girl has been spayed.
Barring any other health problems; which can be satisfied by visiting your vet; It may be an incontinence problem that often happens to female dogs who have been spayed. You see, hormone levels drop in some females as they get older. If this is the problem then the vet will give you a hormone replacement(?) which you will need to give your dog everyday for a week, then it is given every 3rd day for 3 weeks then once a week until the meds are done. You may not have to give her any further medication. If the problem starts up again you will need to start the meds again. Usually, the meds take effect within a couple of days.
Good Luck
2006-08-11 08:45:53 · answer #3 · answered by ellymar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She might be 'marking her territory' - my 'rescue pup' does that if we don't crate him at night. So, I really suggest crate training - it's really helped us!
Rescue pups have had who knows what go on in their lives...maybe she's having nightmares that cause the accidents, or associates nighttime and accidents somehow...
Have you had your vet check her out to make sure nothing else is going on?
Just an FYI:
Crating dogs at night isn't cruel - as I thought at first - crate/kennel training them gives them a safe place to go when they want to and at night. They'll eventually know they have that safe place whenever they want it (my sister's dogs went into their crates frequently after my nephew was born). Just make sure you don't associate the crate with punishment and that unless you're crating her at the time, leave the gate open she she can choose to go in. My sister says that 8-10 hours in a crate is the longest you should go...and just make sure you associate going outside to the bathroom with coming out of the crate. Maybe that will help.
Good luck! I wish you and your blessing of a pup the best!
2006-08-18 20:50:13 · answer #4 · answered by tydlywnks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well since she is an older dog, she might have a bladder problem, and can't hold it all night. Also try like you will do for a small child, and don't give her anymore fluids after a certain time at night. Also just before you go to bed, take her out one last time, or get a doggy door so she can go out on her own at night. If you don't let her sleep in your room, and she is roaming, she might be sitting by the door waiting for you to let her out, and then she can't hold it any more.
Hope this helps you out some. Have a nice night.
2006-08-17 20:10:51 · answer #5 · answered by Mama Goose 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am afraid ole grumpy-luv is right. Dogs will usually not mess in their own bed so I would say crate him and maybe start him out in small intervals. Then let him out to go do his business, and come back in, and put him in the crate, etc.........Make your time getting him to go out, further and further apart till you have him going one time at night. Its worth a try. My dog does very well, now. I had the same problem. One more thing, do be careful about what you give him to eat and drink after a certain time. Less fluid intake will make him or her not need to go out as much!!! GOOD LUCK!
2006-08-19 04:47:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First and most importantly if you have carpet in your house the dog urine is impossible to get out no matter what you try and the scent is there - so she will keep going and going. Amazingly I found this out when I moved into an all-tile floor house, my dog has never had an accident in the 1.5 years since the move.
Also restrict water after 6pm or maybe keep the dog outside at nite.
2006-08-16 07:37:54 · answer #7 · answered by violetoviolet 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where does she sleep? I'm not an expert, but this is what I've noticed in our puppy (sorry not an adult dog), but it might help. Our puppy will have accidents if we dont watch him closely. If we let him roam the whole house, he'll find somewhere to go potty while we're sleeping. However, if we leave the bedroom door closed with him inside, he just sleeps, he's never gone in our room. Maybe he realizes that's where we sleep.
2006-08-17 08:16:02 · answer #8 · answered by rdnkchic2003 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is this a spayed female dog?
She may be having inncontinance problems. It can happen with females that have been sapyed. They do not have any estrogen and they can loose the elasticity of the bladder.
They make a pill that can help with this problem.
Talk with your vet and get her started on some medication. It takes time to regulate the meds but they do work and if you take the time to get them regulated you should have many less accidents.
Good luck.
2006-08-11 05:40:44 · answer #9 · answered by tlctreecare 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to treat your dog like a child sometimes. Some vets will tell you to rub there noses in it. And it depends on her breed. Some dogs have accidents when they get excited. Cocker Spaniels are known to not be able to hold it. And it depends on her time before you. Some reflexes won't be forgotten by animals if they were abused
2006-08-19 04:23:00 · answer #10 · answered by Fallon V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your dog may have a physical problem-like weak bladder and so on-have her chkd by a vet for there may be simple solution-some medication-people have this problem too and easily helped. Doesn't sound like its toilet training problem since she'll wake you up at night but weak bladder or weak sphincter muscle problem which can only be determined by a vet examination. Good Luck and bless you for taking her into your home.
2006-08-18 21:08:06 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋