 Is she just being stubborn?
Xena made five months old today. She is a well potty trained pup. I have a puppy proofed area set up in the kitchen for her to sleep and play in when I am not around. When I got her at 5 weeks she kept trying to pee by the door so i set up newpaper there and a pee pad a little further in the room. Since then she will poop on the newspaper and pee on either the news paper or her puppy pad. When I take her out of her room she won't use the restroom anywheres else, after a half hour or hour of play in the living room I'll take her back to her room and let her pee. She's been doing so well.
Until now. In the past week or two I thought she was actually improving. She's been pooping on the pee pad so I thought she was doing better and soon would be able to take out the newspaper (which I have not done yet.) Apparently she's improving and digressing. The last two days I've been finding pee spots in her room on the tile floor. At first i thought it was just an accident like she missed the pad or got too excited. So I cleaned it up and didn't worry about it. Yesterday i watched her sniff around her pee pad then walk off and pee on the floor as if it was intentional.
Do you think there is some kind of health issue with her suddenly starting to pee on the floor? Which I doubt. Is she hitting her terrible 2's stage in puppy years? Seeing her pee just anywheres in her room almost feel like she's trying to make a statement or doesn't care where she goes anymore. What are you're thoughts? Do you have any advice on getting her back on track. |