Dog peeing on bed!

DogsBody

Keep an eye out for her first season in the next few weeks (if she hasn't already had one) - all my girls have had a bit of a house training regression just before having their first season.:)

pulliptears

My Westie has always been clean, he's 10 now and never really been any trouble, however, he also has a quirk.....

Since he was about 8 months old if he gets upstairs he will go into DS's bedroom and leave him a nice poo on the carpet. We have no idea why and have had 2 different carpets in there over the years but still if he gets in there he leaves a 'gift'. We always joked that he never liked DS lol He doesn't do this anywhere else in the house.

Fortunately he doesn't go upstairs very often so its a very rare thing now, but its something that's always puzzled me.

Tropez

It may not be the case but some dogs will wee for attention. When they're being housebroken, an accident on the carpet generally results in the owner rushing over to clean up the mess and take the puppy to the correct spot to show them where weeing should actually be done.

Therefore, some puppies start to associate peeing with a way of getting their owner's attention particularly if accidents did not elicit what the dog perceived to be a negative reaction (like the stern "No) but a positive one (like saying in a soft voice, "Oh you silly little devil"). This occurs mostly in dogs prone to separation anxiety. If your dog has begun associating your bedroom with the place you are when it isn't getting the attention it thinks it deserves then it might start going pee-pee on the bed as a means of gaining that attention.

sb44

katie1234 wrote: »

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?

Ours was virtually fully house trained when we got her from the breeder at 3 months old and I could count the accidents that she had on one hand.

However, a couple of times now over the last couple of years she has weed on the bed. On both occasions we found that she had a bladder problem.

Check the area around her 'bits' to see if she has any kind of discharge, she may have an infection as ours did.

bouncydog1

I would suggest you stop her getting on the bed and the furniture as you may find that she sees herself as pack leader and snaps when you try to remove her.

My friend's husband allowed their dog on the bed and if he goes to bed before her and the dog is on the bed and hubby asleep, the dog refuses to get off and allow her in - we did suggest hubby was trying to tell her something:rotfl:

However all jokes aside don't create potential problems - as to the weeing could also be weather related with the cold and wet we have had recently, but would get her checked out in case she has a water infection if there are further accidents.

katie1234

Thanks for all the advice. She has been spayed last month so she's not coming into season. If it happens again will definitely get her checked out as I hadn't thought about infection. It's just so hard not to get frustrated when she seems to do so well and then has a few accidents.

sb44

Katie, I have just realised, if she did it on Saturday people could have been letting fireworks off celebrating New Year? You may not have heard them but you know how sensitive a dog earing is.

bouncydog1

Clue might be in the recent spaying - I believe that there may occasionally be waterworks problems after this op.

Mupette

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sorry just had to post this.....

just reminded me of the advert