My dog is peeing all over the place, and she is not telling us that she has to go the the bathroom?

Answer 1

Much has to do with the age of the dog. Start by letting her out a lot so you can praise that behavior when she goes outside. Keep a close eye as to her activity right before she has an accident. She may appear anxious, etc.

Some dogs will just not be able to warn you in ways you expect like barking. I had five like that. We tied a large jingle bell to the back door so that it would ring when they would go out. After a bit they would associate the ringing with the door opening and soon they learned how to make it ring.

The adult dogs would teach the puppies - we let litters go at 8 weeks old with bells, already trained. It sounds strange but it works great!

Answer 2

There is a good chance that your dog has a urinary tract infection. The signs can be drinking more water, urinating more frequently, and yes, some accidents in the house. The urgency they feel to urinate can sometimes cause uncontrollable urination. Look for possible signs of blood in the urine- darker color or actual blood clots. I suggest that you make an appointment with the vet for a consultation and exam. There is also the possibility of urinary incontinence. Is she a spayed female? Sometimes lack of estrogen can cause the bladder muscles to weaken, especially while sleeping or relaxing. Is she urinating in her sleep? Again make sure you take her to the Vet to find out what is causing this. She could be very uncomfortable and she can't tell you what is going on. Either way, she can probably be treated very easily with medication. Hope all goes well for both of you. P.S. Simple Solution with oxyclean works great for messes on the carpet.

Answer 3

Is your dog in pain, and how old is your dog. Try taking her out more often to she how many times she has goes pee and also look for obvious blood in the urine.If you see no blood then take her out it just might be that she really needs to go and this is her way of telling you, and if that does not happen well take her into the vet for antibiotics it might be an infection, but your first step is try get pottie train cause it sounds to me that she very young. Is this your first dog

Answer 4

I am assuming this is a dog that is already housebroken. If so it may be suffering from a bladder infection. Usually a bladder or urinary tract infection had a particularly nasty odor to it, if it smells normal, depending on the age of the dog it may just be incontinence. I would consult a vet so that all the variables can be taken into account. I have a dog who has had several bladder infections due to anatomy reasons take my word for it and help your pets comfort by getting antibiotics from the vet.

Answer 5

If you think it is a medical condition, take her to the vet. Otherwise crate train her. I have a perfectly house broken Italian Greyhound because he is crate trained and on a feeding/watering schedule. The other one I have is crate trained and on the same schedule, but he is not 100% house broken. 99% of the time he will bark to be let out. He KNOWS what to do. But sometimes he will not bark to warn me and pee in his crate anyway. Sometimes he is just a lazy little idiot. So he has to lay in his own pee until I can clean it up. He hates this but does it anyway because he thinks I will give him attention but he is wrong. He is slooooly getting over that habit. His last owners gave him attention when he peed so he thinks it will work with me.

It takes a lot of patience to housetrain a dog, especially a small one. Bigger dogs are usually easier to housebreak.

Answer 6

Please don't rub your kitty's nose in her urine. No animal deserves that and there are many ways to modify their behavior without that kind of humiliation. Once they get past a certain age, cats don't have 'scruff' on the back of their neck, so you ARE grabbing a place that hurts them. In addition to MrsLititia's answer, I wanted to add: If she is putting her head in the litter box first, it sounds like she is well-aware of what she is supposed to do in there. It could be that the litter box is too dirty for her, so behind the recliner seems better to her. Try putting the third, unused litterbox behind the recliner where she likes to pee. Perhaps she might adopt that as "her box" and feel better about using it. I have a female cat who will pee on clothes/towels on the bathroom floor if we leave them there--Nowhere else in the house, though. She does the same thing... Head goes in the litterbox for a second and then she starts to creep around like she's thinking about where else to pee. A few times when she was sticking her head in the box, I'd just gently nudge her on the rump with my foot and she would get in it & go. Another odd thing which may or may not be helpful: I keep one litter box IN the bathroom. When my boy cat was being bad about peeing outside the litterbox, my husband and I would each take him to the bathroom with us every time we went and close him in with us. We'd talk to him while we went potty and eventually, he started using his potty while we used our potty!!! Three years later, he still follows each of us into the bathroom almost every time & goes into the litterbox when one of us uses the toilet. Sometimes he just sits there for a second, sometimes he goes potty. But for some reason he just really likes to come in the bathroom with us. Maybe it makes him feel special? (Another thing that could be a factor is the size of the box vs the size of your cat? Could it be hard for her to turn around in there? Have you eliminated all of those obvious factors?)

Answer 7

Trip to vet to rule out urinary tract infection, then crate train the pup. Depending on the age, your pup can't hold it very long. Make sure you're AT LEAST doing the following until your dog learns to go outside:

1. Crate the dog at night.
2. Take your dog outside FIRST THING in the morning. This means FIRST THING, before you pee, before you make coffee, before you pick up the paper, YOUR DOG HAS TO POTTY!
3. Offer the dog to go potty every hour. Say something like, Go Outside? very enthusiastically.
4. When the dog does go potty outside, MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT. Really, it sounds ridiculous, but it works. We clap and say YAY!, but more importantly we say "GOOD POTTY".
5. If the dog eats, if the dog sleeps, if the dog plays, if the dog walks, it must have the opportunity to go potty. Take it outside. Don't forget to say "Go outside?". Your conditioning your dog to recognize that cue.
6. Praise praise and more praise when she does the RIGHT thing.
7. DO NOT EVER put your dog's nose in an accident, or punish the dog verbally or physically for having an accident in the house. Dogs do NOT remember making that mistake, and all you're doing by freaking out is reinforcing the dog's nervousness. Instead, you must catch your dog IN THE ACT of making the mistake (by constantly keeping an eye on the dog). If you SEE them making a mistake, quickly say NO!, scoop up the dog, say Go Outside and put the dog on the grass or wherever they should go.
8. If you cannot watch the dog, crate the dog. Never leave an untrained dog unattended in your home. If you have to, attach a leash to your belt or beltloop so that the dog is under your control and supervision at all times.

Took my street rescued dog 2 weeks to learn, took my pound dog ZERO time to learn. The street dog now goes to the door instinctively and pats it with her paw. I then say "Go Outside?" and she backs up sits down and wiggles her bottom, never taking her eyes off of me. The pound dog simply follows.

Good luck!

Answer 8

Your dog needs to be trained. Take her out of your house at least 3 times a day. Walking the dog will give her the "feeling" to do the call of nature. As you do this everyday, she is gonna get used to it. Eventualy this becomes a habit. In the end the habit makes her. So if she misses walking out, she's gonna show some signs of discomfort, if you are being observant enough, you will know she needs to pee ,

Answer 9

Maybe you're just not HEARING her.
I have a Yorkie and he doesn't make much noise at all. When he has to go outside and I'm busy, I will notice he is either at my feet constantly or he will frequently be walking to the door then back by me...then back to the door.

You have to pay attention. I've never been much of a 'pet person', but I do have children. You will learn to 'read' their behavior patterns and the two of you will communicate. They are very much like raising children in many respects.

Answer 10

Dogs can't TELL you that they have to go to the bathroom. You have to have them on a regular walk schedule. Take the dog out regularly praise and reward her going outside. If that doesn't work go back to basics and try crate training her.