dog urinating on carpet.?

Question

i have a one year dog who just recently started urinating on a carpet in my living. i think he knows he is not supposed to do it because he does it when im not around and he often hides when he does it. the stench will not come out of the carpet and i dont know what to do to keep him from doing this any advice?

Answer 1

have him neutered.

Answer 2

Sometimes dogs that are potty trained revert back and begin going on the floor for no apparent reason. In this case you need to retrain your dog and the first suggestion I have for you is not to let the dog have full run of the house when he is not fully supervised. Put him in a kitchen area, dining or bathroom area that has flooring that is easy to clean when you are not around (be sure there is nothing in these areas the dog can get into and harm himself on or eat). Begin as if he is a puppy bring him outside every 2 hours to go potty and retrain him. You must also consider that there may be a medical cause of this as well. Before beginning to retrain him I would bring him to the vet and get an examination done that includes a urine test to see if he has an infection that would make him urinate more. Also you will need to get a good cleaning solution for your carpet and get the urine smell out because he will continue to go there as long as he smells it. Good luck.

Answer 3

Provide him a Crate. But if you are going to be gone for more than 6 hrs, is not fair to the dogs to be in the crate longer time, in this case, provide him a confined safe area where he CAN go pee and you just have to clean it up when you come home. Also, he may be suffering from a separation anxiety, in this case, you try not to pay him much attention before leaving the home and after coming back home, this will teach the dog that your going and coming is not a big deal. It takes time, but eventually he will grow out of it. He is only one year old, most dogs do not mature until 2 years, or even more later like 4, or 5 years. Also I would recommend an obedience classes.

Answer 4

You have rec'd some good suggestions so far, incl limited access or crating, freq potty trips, positive praise, enyzme & vinegar cleanings, etc. but I wanted to ad that a "black light" is great for finding the urine spots on your carpet. I knew my pup had pottied in the house whien my hubby was in charge; but I didn't realize the extent until I got a black light -- oh my gosh! And, as someone mentioned, my pup's fav spot was my sewing room which was rarely used & it took a while before I noticed! It's important to find all spots so they can be deep cleaned since the dogs like to go back to the same spot. I purchased the black at one of the big pet stores - think it was PETsmart. Well, worth the $20!

Answer 5

In addition to the good advice from Cheryl105...

The dog doesn't know he's not supposed to do it- what he knows is that when he sees you behaving a certain way he should hide.

There are a lot of enzyme products on the market that help somewhat, but you really have to get them into a very wide area of the padding under the carpet.

As for teaching your dog not to do it, typically they do this in areas where the family doesn't spend much time as compared to other parts of the house. What worked for me was to start training my dog to do tricks in the area he liked to wet. That made it part of his house and he no longer wets there.

I train every day, but when I was first working on this I used one of those plastic mats that go under office chairs on top of carpet. They have pokey plastic nubs on one side and I placed that side UP in the area when I wasn't around until he started realizing that area is not for peeing- it's only for training.

Answer 6

Get some Nature's Miracle to treat the spots in the carpet. This will remove all traces of the mess so your dog won't be lured back to the spot again.

Have your dog in for a vet check. Dogs who suddenly 'forget' their housetraining often have an underlying medical issue such as a urinary tract infection. Once the medical issue has been cleared up they will go back to their normal housetrained selves.

Answer 7

Get a carpet scrubber and use it the smell will come out .If your not getting it out you may have more than one area he's going in. You mighr want to think about penning him up in a certain area when your not around or take him out a little more often. If he's an old dog he may not be able to hold it.

Answer 8

Well I don't have much advice about how to get him to stop but to neutralize the odor in the carpet use white vinegar, saturate the spot and then use a towel to soak it up. The vinegar might not smell too good but it will work and it will fade as it dries.

Answer 9

In addition to the other good suggestions, you could try a belly band. It's a strip of fabric that a male dog wears around his waist when indoors. If he pees, he will feel the wetness against him. This should be unpleasant enough that he basically trains himself not to pee indoors.

Answer 10

Vinegar and water....just learned that trick myself. Use vinegar and water and a heavy duty carpet cleaner vac or a shop vac and suck as much water out as you can and open your windows and let the spring breeze come through! Vinegar kills the scent and should take out any discolorations.

Answer 11

You're probably already doing this, but it's best if you just take him out frequently. My dog still does this and she's a spayed female. I make sure I take her out four times a day. That usually does the trick.