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I am going through a similar thing with TJ. When I first got him at 4 months it was a battle with the wee wee pads. I knew that he was still a 'baby-baby' at 4 months so I just trudged through it. And he really started to get the hang of the wee wee pads when I got the doggie little boxes. I have a few around the house (some are just make shift ones - rubber made wrapping paper tubs). Anyway, I also started a treat reward system for using the pee boxes. THAT HELPS BIG TIME!!! But just around when he turned 6 months, he started to get lazy when peeing, 1/2 in and 1/2 out. Sometimes he would lift his leg and other times he would just stand there and pee and then pee and walk too! Then for a week straight he peed on the corner of his crate. He would pee inside his crate, he would pee on his bed and on his blankets. He did all of these pee things on purpose and/or marking, I know,!!! Then at almost 7 months I got him neutered. All the pee problems stopped. UNTIL last week...TJ had a rough day of mucus poop and vomit (he has a senstive tummy and some digestive tract issues that we are working on to getting him better), well, that day last week for some reason terrified TJ, something made him scared, then when I got home from work I took him to the Vet (which he HATES), then the next morning we went back to the Vet and they took blood. A day later I come home from work and TJ decides he is going to pee every 20 minutes and he is going to pee ANYWHERE HE FEELS LIKE IT!!!! This went on for 2-3 days. I had to keep putting him in the box over and over and talking happy and postive to him to 'go potty' and then I enforced the treat rewards for peeing in the box BIG TIME. He has finally got back to peeing in the boxes and squating - NO LEG LIFTS and no accidents for a couple of days now.
The Vet said he probaby was made at me...and/or marking too, even though his is neutered, if he had learned to do it before he could do it again!
So, in TJ's case, I think it was a combo of being MAD at me and kinda/sorta marking???
Try a Treat Reward System and PRAISE him like there's no tomorrow when he does good. IT REALLY HELPS!!!
Good Luck!