dog urinating in her own bed?

pboae

First I would agree that she could do with a check up, and it's also possible she is going to start her seasons soon, as many b!tches toilet training goes to pot at that time.

However, I would suspect it is more likely to be behavioural, as it's a common problem in dogs who have been crate trained when they are only partially house trained. Please don't take this as a telling off or anything like that, obviously you were doing your best with her, and just didn't realise the implications. But this needed to be dealt with when she first started wetting in her cage, by going back to regular (hourly) toilet breaks, lots of praise when she went outside, etc etc.

Toilet training isn't a one time thing, lots of dogs take 2 steps forward and 1 back appearing to regress at times. It's perfectly normal, and they will progress again more quickly with the correct training. It is also misleading when people say that dogs never mess in the beds. Many dogs will, unless they are trained otherwise. But even with a dog that really doesn't want to mess in it's bed, if it needs to go and is locked in a crate, it has no choice.

This is often the problem with pups who have small bladders and can go from vaguely needing to pee to being absolutely desperate very quickly. Which is why toilet trips need to be so frequent when they are little. Although dogs can be house trained at any age, there does seem to be a window when pups are small where they seem to learn very quickly, and if they are frequently going in the wrong place, they are likely to learn the wrong thing. So if they regularly find themselves in the crate when they need to go, they effectively become trained to use their bed as a toilet. Which can be a hard habit to break later on.

It can be caused by them being left in the crate for too long, but, it can also be started by them having accidents due to a urinary infection, being frightened by fireworks, a disrupted routine, anything really which causes them to pee in their bed initially. But if it's not dealt with promptly it can escalate.

If that is the problem, then the only thing you can do is go right back to basics with toilet training, and start again. Out every hour, stay with her, lots of praise, waking her up during the night and taking her out, and generally ensuring that she doesn't get the opportunity to use her bed instead.

But I would still get her checked by the vet first.

ali-t

suki1964 wrote: »

Your new pup could well be too young to be expected to go all night without being let out - esp if still on 3 or more meals a day. I always get up in the night to mine - usually takes them until 7/8 months before you are sure they can go all night without needing out - usually when down to two meals a day.

OP - get your pup checked at the vets to make sure theres no underlying infection before treating it as a behavioral problem

Suki1964, he has a 16' pen in the kitchen with a bed at one end and puppy pads etc at night and will poo and pee on the pads and often sleep on the bedding. But for some reason he seems to feel the need to cosy in with the poo and roll in it before sleeping in it - clean? I think not!

jolenejolene

Thanks for all your helpful advice moneysavers!

Ann_Marie77 - I am not sure whether she wees in her sleep or not really, as it is when she is left alone. I can only say that the time she wet in her crate that day, she decided to walk into it and wee. That does make me think that she believes this is the right place to do it? I really don't know. She does go out regularly and does do her business. In fact she will do it on command!

sleepymy

ali-t wrote: »

Suki1964, he has a 16' pen in the kitchen with a bed at one end and puppy pads etc at night and will poo and pee on the pads and often sleep on the bedding. But for some reason he seems to feel the need to cosy in with the poo and roll in it before sleeping in it - clean? I think not!

We almost called ours nugget when she first came due to finding them in her pen every morning. She's 5mths now and we've managed to train her out of it by 1. last meal about 6.30 pm 2. taking her out for evening poo between 9pm & 11pm, even if she's sleeping we get her up and she goes out and goes really quickly now to get back into the warm. 3. take her out as soon as she wakens in the mornings, she's normally bursting and goes straight away. Does mean himself having to get up between 6.30 & 7.30 each morning but it also means the cat & I get full spread of the bed

Raksha

It could be behavioural, inwhich case it can be solved by having two piece of bedding the same - when one is soiled, use it to wipe the clean piece of bedding before removing it to wash.

If it's caused by an approaching season, it's hormonal and not a lot you can do about it, it will stop when she's had her season.

It may be medical, which should be ruled out by a trip to the vet with a sample of wee.

suki1964

ali-t wrote: »

Suki1964, he has a 16' pen in the kitchen with a bed at one end and puppy pads etc at night and will poo and pee on the pads and often sleep on the bedding. But for some reason he seems to feel the need to cosy in with the poo and roll in it before sleeping in it - clean? I think not!

You shouldnt be giving your pup opportunity to mess in his bed. By having pads there you are giving it mixed messages - "its ok to pee/poo sometimes but not others". Try setting the alarm to get up and take him out before he has time to mess. Just up, out to the garden, command words only,praise when the business is done and back to bed no fuss. You really do want to nip this in the bud as soon as before it becomes an ongoing problem.

foreign_correspondent

Agree with Suki on this one - puppy pads just teach the dog its ok to toilet inside, in this case right next to his bed. Youhave got to teach the pup that outside is the place for toileting - but this will mean getting up before the pup needs to go.