Loki had the same kind of pattern at 6 months. Most of the time he'd ask to go out, then out of nowhere BAM he'd pee on the floor. I think his bladder just wasn't ready. He also preferred the carpet and our carpet cleaner got a workout too. (We used the resolve pet stuff after soaking it with Simple Solution) We can't really gate off the kitchen in our house, but we crate trained and otherwise kept an eye on him at all times. When he peed on the carpet we'd grab him and take him outside. Finally around 10 months he stopped having accidents on the carpet and only had a few by the door on the tile if we didn't hear him to let him out. We put the bells up when he was about a year old and then he pretty much stopped having accidents since we could always hear him ringing them. He'd pee by the door maybe once a month for a while, then once every 2 months and now he hasn't had an accident in like 6 months. He just turned 2, and he also has bladder issues that he's now on medication for and he is fantastic about asking to go outside and waiting on the door mat until someone lets him out.
Does that give you any hope? |