My dog is 2. He was crate trained but he pees in the house when I leave him to go to work for 9 hours. How do I stop this he is ruining my carpet?
This isn't a fix, but have you tried confining him in the kitchen while you're gone? We did that until our dog got the message and stopped peeing during the day. At least it will limit the damage.
Some dogs, depending on the age, are too little to hold it for nine hours, so you may have to wait until he matures.
How about installing a doggie door he can use so he can go out to pee. 9 hrs is to long to expect him not to pee.
I think that leaving a dog nine hours and not expecting him to have an accident is wishful thinking. I would try to find a neighbor or friend who could let him out during the day for a few minutes.
My 7 year old dog is left alone while I am at work. He pees all over the house while I am at work. There is nothing physically wrong with him. How can I stop this?
I have a German Shepherd Rottweiler Chow mix. I've had him since he was a year old. He's had three homes within the last five years. We've finally settled in our new home in January 2015. I had a baby in September of last year. Since we've been in our home he won't go potty outside. I've taken him to the vet and they don't believe when I say he's seven years old and they haven't given me any advice other then shoving pills down his throat which I won't do. 
I'm home with him twenty four seven unless I have errands to run. I'm gone for two hours at most. I let him outside every hour. When I'm gone he will pee and poop all over the house even if it's for ten minutes. I love my pup dearly, but I'm about to make a Max soup (I'm kidding but not really haha). If I kennel him I get complaints from the neighbors because he howls and barks until I come back home, but if I don't I come home to piles of grossness. I can't leave him outside because he ruins my garden and I've worked too hard for that. I also have the garden caged in so he can't get to it, but he still destroys it. I haven't built him a cage out back because I know he'll cause a "disturbance" even though everyone that has a dog around us barks constantly. I also just realized how terrible the word cage sounds.
I'm at a loss on what to do. He's had his accidents when his dad and I were both working, but I've been a stay at home mum for a while now. I take him on walks, he's fed very good food, and we have puppy play dates, but he still acts out like a jerk. Any sort of tip will help because I've tried everything I can think of. Thank you for reading!
Your dog has had too many homes and was never permanently housebroken. Now he is middle aged, so this probably will never happen. He has psychological damage from being moved from owner to owner.
You say you won't give up your garden, but you're going to have to make a choice: garden or dog. He'll need the entire fenced in yard to himself. Also, a large doghouse that is well insulated, and maybe heated for winter depending on where you live.
You knew the dog had problems when you got him. Your responsibility now is to make him comfortable in his remaining years.
I have 9yr old Jack Russell who wees in our home when left alone! It can be from 10 mins to 2 hours, we've crated him in a smaller crate in which he stopped cocking his leg, but while not in the crate he is still peeing on the kitchen corner units. Why does he do this? He knows it's wrong. He has done this all his life, however I've only known him 2 1/2 years! He's my partner's dog.
I'm sick of the weeing. Now, no matter if we take him out for 5mins to hours he still wees within 10 minutes when left alone in kitchen. So we have to crate him at all times when he's unsupervised. I would really like to get him out the crate. He's such a little character and I hate crating him, but I can't cope with the weeing and ruining our home. Please help!My folks had a dog for many years *Baby* was her name, part Pit and part Terrier, which my dad had found her initially wandering in a canal out in the middle of no where, and figured someone left her there that didn't care, so he brought her home so he and my mom could care for her, and they ended up having Baby for 19 years.
Now, she didn't wee in the house, but when she was left alone, even for 5 minutes, she'd turn into a very destructive dog.
My folks RV'ed a lot, and left her in the RV once for an hour while in the clubhouse at the campground, only to come back and find she tore all the blinds and curtains up on the windows, chewed the carpeting up, seats, you name it, she destroyed all that she could.
When they put her in a room in the house, she'd chew the door frames, so they couldn't ever close a door. If she were outside,
she'd chew on the frames of anything she could, to get back in.
The whole problem was, she didn't want to be alone, and that
is a great problem for owners if they're not 24/7 there with them.
If you can (video) for yourself your dog when she's left alone, you may find clues to something that sets her in motion,
This link might give you some suggestions, I hope, or it can be
a lead to other solutions.
It really is sort of like a person that has an anxiety problem when others see no reason for their anxiety - but they still are anxious
because they can't help it. But, it's not a person, the dog has it, and it's probably very similar in that we may see no reason, but they do in fact have that problem.
Some dogs (from reading) can get over that, and some never do.
When a dog feels that *separation anxiety* though, they can become destructive with belongings or property, or wee anywhere, even when they know they're not suppose to do any of that, they still do it, because they just can't help it. That separation anxiety usually is "a mental thing" as we know, which makes it so difficult to remedy, but...not impossible.
I sure feel for you, because I know from what my folks went through, all the ups and downs from getting mad at the dog, to trying to soothe her nerves which was a non stop ordeal.
But read about it, and that too may give you some more clues
in how to handle your situation.
I wish you well and the best.
Our dog is 1.5 years old. When we are with her in the apartment she never peeps or poops (even up to 9-10 hours). But when we leave her during the day or for 3-4 hours, even if we have taken her right before for a walk, she very often does it in the house.
We also have a dog walker that takes her for a 30min walk during the day. So she has a break between these 8-9 hours. Also when we come home and she has peed/pooped she knows she has done something wrong and stays in her bed. We have tried punishing her, ignoring the fact, giving her many treats when she does it outside, but nothing works.
Also I don't think it's separation anxiety cause she doesn't bark as far as we know. Any ideas/advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time.
I have rehomed two dogs from an animal shelter. One is 7 now and has always been fine, but the other one is 5 and every time I leave her, even for five minutes she pees on the floor and sometimes even poos. It's gotten to the stage that she even does one when I go to the loo myself. So I am only out of the room for seconds.
She is only a small Pug so can be carried around if really necessary, but sometimes this isn't practical. Why does she do this? She even sleeps in bed with me lol head on my pillow too. She is very gorgeous and funny, but this is very stressful.My dog is almost 5 years old, and I have a big problem with him. He pees at home when he is left alone. It doesn't matter if he will go out before or not, if the balcony door is open so he can go out to the garden or if I leave him for 1 or 5 hours. He exactly knows what he is doing is wrong. He doesn't want to come when I ask him what is it.
I really don't know what to do. Should I crate him? I'm scared he will bark or howl, then imagine the neighbors.
Do you have any ideas?
Ps I also give him bone to keep him busy
Dogs do not have complex emotions like anger or spitefulness. The guilty behavior you see in your dog is really an appeasement pose in response to your anger or frustration. So if you really want a solution to the pee in the house you will need to keep looking. I would suggest a checkup with the Vet for starters. Is your dog getting adequate attention from and exercise with family members? If not a trip to the dog park may be really helpful. Anxiety is commonly where this behavior comes from. See if you can increase his exercise and relaxation, and go with him. We can all use a little exercise and relaxation.
My wife and I just adopted a 8 year old Treeing Walker Coon hound and most of the day she's home while I'm at work, and he never had a problem. But when we both leave to go get groceries or go out to eat or whatever, he will bust down the dog door that keeps him and our other dog in the kitchen and he will always poop in the hallway and pee by the dining room table.
We have tried the no marking spay and have shampooed both spots, but he continues to do it. Is there anything else we can do or should we just get him a kennel?My dog is 5 years old and since our son was born, he has peed when left alone at home unless crated. My son is now 3 and I can't figure out how to stop the behavior. My dog has never pooped in the house. He has a doggie door where he can go outside to our enclosed yard anytime he wants.
We do not have grass in our yard. We have a rocked yard. I admit he doesn't get walked everyday. I am a stay at home mom. Any suggestions would be wonderful. How can I fix this?Remedy for a dog that pees in the house when I'm at work.
I took my puppy from a dog foster home about a year ago. I love him to bits; he has a great personality, and I feel that he loves our family so much. But, whenever I leave him at home he pees in the house on the carpet, on the bed, on flowers, etc.
My wife and I were thinking about taking him to 'doggy school', but then again, it's extremely expensive, and the nearest 'doggy school' is far away from us. Maybe you have some advice? Thank you.
