Help please?????

Question

I have a almost 2 year old male pomeranian. Technically its my sisters, but I have it with me 95% of the time. It still pees in the house! Is there a way for him to stop at this age? When I take it for a walk in the afternoon, it goes #2 and #1 but later in the night, it goes again!

of course in the morning, afternoon. right before i go to bed.

Answer 1

here is some info, but Poms tend to be very emotional it could be he is marking territory or showing possesion of his human....

The first step in house training your Pomeranian is to set up the training area. Since dogs don’t like to soil there bedding, you need a confined area such as a crate or small room like a bathroom. When using a crate, make sure the dog has enough room to move around - you can’t expect your Pomeranian to be happy in a small confining crate for the duration of the house breaking period.

You need to spend as much time in the training area with your Pom as possible. Play with the dog in there and feed the dog there as well. Make sure your dog has a nice bed and can feel all comfy in the area. Don’t get discouraged if the dog does eliminate in the area at first - once he recognizes this as his own space he will be reluctant to do so. You can let the dog out in other areas when you are able to watch him, but when you are not home, keep your dog confined to “his area”.

Next you need to set up the toilet area. This needs to be a place that your dog can get to every time he has to eliminate. You need to watch the dog and accompany him to the toilet area each time he looks like he is going to eliminate. Of course, praise him when he does so he gets the idea that going there is a good thing.

If you put your dog on a set feeding schedule it will become easy to predict when your dog has to eliminate. Once the dog is using the toilet area pretty consistently and is not going in his training area, you can expand out to the rest of the home. Widen his training area a little at a time always keeping an eye out to make sure he only eliminates in the toilet area.

When you expand into a new area, stay with your dog as much as possible. It may be necessary to put the dog back in the training area when you are not home until he recognizes that the new area is also his “space” and does not try to eliminate there.

Answer 2

You said male... is he neutered? Often neutering will eliminate the problem, if it is hormone-driven territory marking. If he really needs to go pee later in the night, there are a few things you can do.

Don't give him anything to drink within an hour or so of bedtime, and take him out again immediately before bed.

You may want to review housebreaking with him, and perhaps crate him at night for a couple of weeks until he stops it.

Always, I recommend pet owners keep in mind that frequent or uncontrolled urination can be a sign of a medical problem, so if you take the steps to re-train the dog and cut back on the water consumption before bed, and that doesn't seem to help, have him checked out by a vet to see if he has a kidney or other urinary tract problem.

Answer 3

Take the dog out 3 to 4 times a day. Make sure it goes at least 3 of those times. Don't bring in back in until it goes. Including night time. After a while the dog gets used to it.

Answer 4

Is this dog neutered? That is the first thing to do, if not.
You should take your dog out on leash every few hours. Stand with him in one spot until he goes. Praise him within a second or two of good results. Take him out right after he wakes up, right after he plays hard, and shortly after he eats.
What are you cleaning up the mess in the house with? Use an enzyme cleaner that neutralizes the ammonia in the urine or stool. Natures Miracle is great.
Buy a book by Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson, 'Good Owners, Great Pets', for helpful hints.
When all else fails, get a 'belly band' to cover his penis. Male dogs won't generally pee in them so he won't be trying to mark.
Have the vet check to see if there is a physical problem going on. UTI?

Answer 5

What time do you feed this little dog, maybe it would be better to feed in the morning so it has all day to go to the toilet, and I would be removing the water at dinner time so the dog cant drink when it wants to during the night. My sister has a young dog that was doing the same thing, and she rang and asked me, (I have two dogs) we started him on paper and moving the paper each day closer to the door, then eventually outside, but it didnt work he still peed in the house, we tried being stern with him, we tried taking him every half hour outside, and bingo, he finally caught on, but, if your dog has stained the floor you need to get rid of the smell, cos this is where they come back to, their own smell. Try the newspaper trick but keep a piece of soiled paper and keep moving it till it is outside, and take some of his poo and place it where you want him use as a toilet, he will go to that spot once he smells his own scent. Good Luck

Answer 6

pomeranians are diffucult to housetrain. your best bet is to begin crate training. get a crate that is large enough for the dog to stand, sit, lay down and turn around in. you will have to leave it in the crate most of the time. dogs are den animals and don't like to soil in their dens. (although this is not always the case) you shoud take him directly outside when you open the crate. wait for him to go potty, reward him verabally, with a tasty treat or both. then return him to the crate. keep this up and he should begin to learn that to be out of the crate and going potty in the correct place can be rewarding. it will take time and patience. also keep in mind that dogs generally go potty about 20 minutes after eating or drinking. note also, that if the pet is not neutered, it may be presenting marking behavior and not simply relieving itself. one more note....you should also have a vet check him out, just to be sure that he has no physical problem, such as a urinary tract infection. although, it probably is just a training issue.

Answer 7

Is he peeing or is he spraying his territory? There is a difference between the two. They are completely different fluids. Male dogs don't spray with urine. It's an oil-based liquid that is very stinky. If he is fixed, then it's urine and fixable with training. If he is not, then it's not fixable because he is marking his territory and once male dogs start doing that, you cannot make them stop, even with fixing. Then in that case, he will THINK he is marking his territory but it will be with urine. You need to find out which one he is doing and that will lead you to the solution. (train or put him in a cage when you are out of the house)

Answer 8

Is this recent behavior? The dog could have a bladder infection. Or maybe the dog is drinking a lot before bed. Take the dog's water away an hour or two before bed.

Answer 9

You only walk the dog in the afternoon? Do you let it out to go potty any other time? If you can add some more details, it may be easier to get a good answer.

Answer 10

think about how many times you pee a day, and then remember your bladder is way bigger and can hold more then a tiny pom's can.
walk the dog more.
Also you didn't say but if the dog is not neutered, it could be marking his territory and you should get him fixed.