Dog peeing on bed!

katie1234

Please help!
My 7mth puppy who is more or less housetrained (so I thought) randomly peed on our bed on sat. I washed all sheets cushions duvet everything and properly cleaned even though it never really even soaked onto anything as it was just really all on one cushion.
Since then she is no longer allowed on the bed. However, tonight she ran in again and did the same without anyone noticing! Worse though cause this time it has soaked through to the mattress!
Can Anyone please help me understand why she has decided to do this? From now on the bedroom door will be firmly closed but I just can't get my head round it. If she would ever have an accident she would always go on the same mat, never on soft furnishing.

What has happened to her that has made her want to do this?

sarabe

Could be for any number of reasons.

How did you initially house train her?

Did she get into trouble for accidents indoors?

Is she worried about going outside for any reason.

The bed may seem like a safe place to go.

Best to just deny her access and go back a stage in her house training and make sure that you take her outside frequently.

Zero opportunity to go wrong.

Is she possibly coming into season?

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

sorry to hear about your doggy problem.

Dogs normally wee as a sign of dominance, she may wish to assert her dominance over the family and try to become pack leader and does this by weeing in your sleeping area.

I'm no expert but this is what I would do...

-restrict her movements around the house

-ensure she goes outside every 2 hours or so and take her on the lead, when she does a wee outside go overboard with praise as she is doing it.

- if she wees where she is not supposed to, ignore it (I know its hard) as punishing her or telling her off will be counter productive and make the problem worse.

-if she wees in the house, do not let her see you clean it up and use a non bleach cleaner as this prevents further weeing in that place as it has the smell of wee and she may do it again in that place.

- you may have to go back a step in terms of her training, dogs are very good at finding the chink in your armour and seem to wait until you relax in your behaviour and then take over.

- I have recently just rehomed a rescue dog from the local centre and although I have never used one before, I have borrowed a crate from a friend and I am very impressed by it. You may want to consider one. Please look carefully into its usage though as they are not meant to be used as a means of punishment but should be seen by the dog as a safe haven.

-Its hard, please perservere and post again if you have trouble, let us all know how you get on and in time you will have a lovely well trained friend. Good luck and well done (ps sodium bicarb is good for the mattress)

Tim_Deegan

Get a breathable waterproof mattress protector just in case she does sneak into your bedroom again.

katie1234

Mattress protector is on it's way! We never used punishment when housetraining even last night she wasn't punished for it. She was always caught in the act as a pup and taken onside on a lead. She caught on quickly but was very Ill after and set her back a little. She is crate trained but only at night. During the day she just sleeps in her bed. Actually she doesn't she just sleeps on the sofa!
I was wondering about dominance myself. From now on she won't be allowed near the bed but at this age she does seem to be developing a naughty streak!

ariba10

No dog we have ever owned has been allowed upstairs or on furniture.

sarabe

katie1234 wrote: »

Mattress protector is on it's way! We never used punishment when housetraining even last night she wasn't punished for it. She was always caught in the act as a pup and taken onside on a lead. She caught on quickly but was very Ill after and set her back a little. She is crate trained but only at night. During the day she just sleeps in her bed. Actually she doesn't she just sleeps on the sofa!
I was wondering about dominance myself. From now on she won't be allowed near the bed but at this age she does seem to be developing a naughty streak!

It has nothing to do with dominance.

http://www.apbc.org.uk/articles/why-wont-dominance-die

It is more likely to be an anxiety problem and this will be exacerbated if you go down the 'rank reduction' route so please be careful. The naughty streak just means she needs more help to understand what you want her to do.

It is a sensible precaution to not allow her in the bedroom unless she has an empty bladder.

Getting caught in the act is still punishment, however mild. How would you feel if everytime you sat on the loo someone interupted you?

Peeing on the bed is something that I would associate with a dog that is worried about getting caught going to the toilet when they are desperate to go.

It is a behaviour that is often associated with older pups that were initially trained as youngsters using puppy pads.

The house training may seem to be going along okay but it only takes a little upset to set it back.

Take her outside to the toilet before she needs to go so that she is already out there when nature calls.

Beckyy

It could be a few reasons:

- Marking
- Excitment
- Nervousness

I would always keep the bedroom totally off limits to dogs, however good toilet training is, they need their own space and so do you. Make sure that you're very aware of taking her out for the toilet at the moment, any accidents indoors are a step backwards in toilet training.

peachyprice

Did you have lots of people in the house over christmas or lots of new noises i.e new noisy toys, christmas crackers (my dopey yorkie is fine with fireworks but becomes a quivering wreck with crackers) All these new sensations could have unsettled her.

puppy999

My friend had 2 puppies ladradoogle and a bishon and they were trained to go on puppy pads (sorry I dont beliv in them)...the bishon peed every were and so did the doogle but they were not take out enough (not saying that you dont take yours out enough)...... the doogle started peein on the bed ....... than they came to stay with me for 2wks I walk my dog 4 to 10 miles a day (all 3 r around the same age ) they didnt pee on my bed or floor went home clean and trained ....... they were home less than 2wks and they were back to sq one ........

katie1234

Christmas might have upset her a little. No one was really round to ours as we went elsewhere instead but she came with us all the time so was still exposed to all the madness! I know many people don't have dogs on furniture and whatever but we do and we don't have stairs so she has easy access to most things. However were making a good effort in keeping the bedroom door closed and so far she hasn't made it back in there.
Fingers crossed it was just a little slip up and shel be back on track shortly.