My 2 yr old Chihuahua is still peeing!!!!!! HELP!?

Question

My Chihuahua Abby will be 2 years old on Oct 25, 2007. She is a larger chihuahua - about 7 lbs. A little bit of family history - I have had her since she was about 10 weeks old. I have a schnauzer who was 4 years old when we bought our Abby so needless to say our schnauzer is pretty dominant (not mean) but weighs about the same size as Abby + approx 2 lbs. Abby goes to the door and barks or scratches the door to get outside. Sometimes she will even come get myself or my husband. When we're home she doesn't need to go outside very often but when we leave her out in the living area at home she will pee in the carpet when we're gone. If we put her up in an extra bedroom ALONE she can stay in there for hours and never pee! I know the answer is to leave her in that room while we're gone but I don't know the root of why she pees. BTW we've NEVER EVER caught her peeing! I'm getting frustrated because she can't even sleep with us without waking up and peein gin our bedroom :( I'm so upset!

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Answer 1

There's a new operation for exactly this problem. It's called "total dog replacement". It costs about $15 at the SPCA.

Answer 2

Okay . . . I'm confused: If you "NEVER EVER caught her peeing", how do you know it's Abby's fault?????

Also, what's in the extra bedroom that's different from the other rooms?

Regardless, based solely on your details, either she's having a reaction to something in the living room, or your Schnauzer is doing something to cause her anxiety (that would explain why she doesn't pee when she's in the extra bedroom, "ALONE", as you said, and why she has no such problems when you're home).

Why not set up a video camera in a safe, sturdy, out-of-the-way, place (dogs don't know what cameras are, so you needn't hide it!), and focus it as much as possible in the living room, leaving everything else as normal as possible? Then, leave for an hour or two, and see what happens (by "leave", I mean, drive to the mall and go shopping; don't just sit outside or drive around the block; it's amazing what dogs can sense!)

As for sleeping arrangements, as much as I loved my dogs (3 dogs in 40 years; the second was the daughter of the first; each dog lived about 16 years), I did not allow them to sleep in my room (my parents allowed it, though rarely, because they have tripped over the dogs in the dark!).

Answer 3

Crating her when you're not around might be a good idea to start. Leave the TV or radio on for her when youre gone so she hears humans, and might take a little comfort in that. Also, make sure you clean the area she pees on really well, with Natures Miracle. She could have some form of separation anxiety.. you should talk to your vet about that too. There are medications that she can go on to stop this behavior.

Answer 4

Have you taken her to the vet to rule out a UTI? I would start there. Then keep the dog with you on a leash at all times while you are home for 2 weeks. Take her out often and if she goes outside, praise her and give her a treat. If you cannot watch her while you are home, consider crating her. A dog will not usually go where they sleep. I would not leave her just in the one room where she doesn't go, but rather put her in a crate. Make the crating a postitive experience for her, feed her in there, give her treats in there and introduce it slowly.

Try hanging a windchime or bell on the door where you take her out to go potty and when you take her out, hit it with her paw and ask her if she has to go potty and take her out. Do this every time and she will catch on to tell you when she has to go out. Give her praise for going outside.

Answer 5

Chihuahua's in common terms are available one length. there is not any such component as a teacup something in common terms a poorly bred runt. curiously despite training replaced into achieved has not been bolstered so she does despite she needs.

Answer 6

I would suggest crating her when your not with her.

Answer 7

Did You TRAIN her?