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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Dogs pee for many reasons and relieving stress, anxiety, fear, frustration, excitement, marking territory and possessiveness, dominance and deep respect are some of them. But they usually do things like isolate themselves, shun you or growl, show teeth or bite when they are angry at you. He could have heard a sound, smelled a scent from outside or something like that happened that worried him and he just relieved his stress in the place that best served his interests right then because he didn't know what else to do.
You want him to like going to his pee pad, not fear or recoil from it for being made to stay there for a reason he couldn't possibly understand and will just increase any stress or anxiety that might be causing his peeing by his bowls. I would try to undo that punishment session in his mnd by taking him to the pee pad a few times and happily treating him for voluntarily walking onto it, saying "Good pee pad" or "Good potty", etc., clapping happily and acting happy with him even if he doesn't pee - but just to restore walking onto the pee pad as a desirable thing to do in his mind.
He's ignoring you because he senses he did something wrong and you are unhappy with him and he doesn't know what to do. I'd start a roaring play session and run and chase him, toss a ball and get him playing and happy with me again, tossing him the occasional treat and smiling, petting him frequently. |
Absolutely agree with 'The Oracle' of Yorkietalk here. Crystal now at 13 months and really pretty good with her pee pad area came home from a long run with her mom recently, jumped on my bed and promptly had a pee.
This was out of pure excitement at seeing Dad, lucky old me!
I didn't punish her as she was completely ecstatic at the time and she would have become really confused.
Twenty minutes is too long for these little souls to recall what brought the 'jankers' on in the first place and is depressive I feel. I rely on Crystal's innate sense of right and wrong and when she returned to her pad, we had a celebratory 'Pee Party', loads of singing and dancing, a little treat and reassurance generally her she was still 'Hey number 1'.
I think the motivation of love and encouragement really works with these very bright little guys? They know when they've slipped up and probably feel far worse about it than we do. They want to please and I believe appreciate the intelligence that tolerates their little mistakes.