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Originally Posted by Rosey07  Thanks everyone as you all know I went out of town this weekend and my DD took her outside all weekend so she would not pee in her house. I also continued taking her outside too....she seems to like it just fine and is doing well...but that is not what I wanted.
She will not be sleeping with us anymore as last night she peed at the foot of the bed... :shock:
Someone mentioned an infection...I don't think she has an infection *shrug* as she is not peeing more than normal, just not where I intended. |
A few questions for you. What time do you go to bed? What time do you wake up? You should take her out to pee right before you go to bed and you should be willing to get up VERY early in the morning to let her out. When dogs go to sleep, their bodily functions slow down so they are less likely to pee at night...but if they are in bed for 8-10 hours, they are going to have to go EARLY in the morning.
My dogs are not pee pad trained. I tried it, it didn't work. I love them so much that I sacrifice "sleeping in" in order to take them out at 5:30-6AM every morning. It's the least I can do in return for their unconditional love. Listen for the signs she gives you in the night. Johnny Cash LOVES to sleep. He would sleep all night and well into the morning if I let him. However, if he has to pee in the night, he does one of two things to tell me: (1) he licks my face or (2) he digs into my head like he's hiding a bone (that's no lie and it doesn't feel good when he's tearing up my scalp!) If my other yorkie, Tahoe, has to pee in the night, he doesn't want to wake me so he just sits at the end of the bed and PANTS LOUDLY. It wakes me and I take him out.
We, as humans, also have the bear the responsibility of some of their accidents and not hold it against them. For instance, I work ALOT and have a 2 hour roundtrip commute to work. I am gone from 7AM-6PM most days. That's 11 hours. I can't crate my dogs for 11 hours. It wouldn't be fair to them. So I leave them gated in the back family room which has hardwood floors. They aren't pad trained and they can't have access to a doggie door because I have two indoor cats that would escape through one. I have to accept that I will have to wipe up pee when I get home once in a while. I will have to pick up poop. I can assure you though, they held that poop as long as they could standing by the door before they finally went (which is why the poop is always by the back door). Some people get angry that they pooped. I accept that it's my fault because I wasn't home to let them out and I can't really expect them to hold it for 11 hours. That would be unfair.
These dogs are very routine. Take them out when you awake, take them out immediately after you feed them, take them out after they wake up from any nap, take them out before they go to bed. After a while, she will know that "she's going to take me out before bed...so maybe I can hold it until then" and make sure you praise her when she does pee outside. Give her a treat.
I hope you don't give up on her. She will get it eventually. You just have to be patient and accept that she will have accidents. To err is human. When she does, you immediately take her outside and stand over her until she goes again and then praise her.
~ Kelly