Peeing on sofa
 

Hi, I came home from work today and sat on the sofa and it felt a tiny bit damp, I think it was pee.....Riley has never done this before, he is Toilet trained on his pee pads, so I don't know why he would off peed on the sofa, it's baffling me. Has anyone experienced this before?

Thank you in advance for any advice :thumbs up

How old is he and is anything going on out of the ordinary around there? Like a routine change or anything like that...

I ask, because Mandie has had several regressions through her life. Just last week, she walked right past her pee pad and peed the carpet.

Once, when she was about 6 months old, she peed on our bed.

Now, watch for any further out of the ordinary "peeing" behavior and if you can't explain it (like, "oops, took to long to take him out" or "he's upset because I worked 12 hours yesterday" etc), then you may want to just rule out a physical issue. Could be a simple UTI. Once all of that is ruled out, if it continues, you might need to just restart potty training like he's brand new.

Thank you for the reply, I started a new job, which means I leave home a hour earlier in the morning, but back a hour earlier in the afternoon (but my partner is at home until the afternoon, so Riley is only on his own for 3 hours max). But other than that nothing has changed, he has gone on his pads since I've been home tho.
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Here are some thoughts from someone who has been there. When alone, anxious over something, feeling a tad frustrated until fully housebroken and quite mature, they will sometimes pee where our scent is very strong as a release of those tensions. Others pee by the door we left through. Others "go" on our shoes or things we love. It's not that uncommon. Clean it up, remove the bacteria with that special cleaner over and over and block him from the sofa, bed, etc., for a while with big cardboard boxes or tin foil on it. When Tibbe did this, I would matter of factly and without ANY malice show his pee to him, say "uh oh" without emotion and then take him immediately outside, saying "Potty outside is gooooooooood". Eventually, he began to see that I acknowledged his statement but showed him the preferred place to eliminate is where I choose and besides that, I'd block his other choices with boxes and foil and by the time he was 2 1/2, he became totally clean in the house.

How old is Riley? Could it be he felt stuck on the couch and had to pee and it just came out?? I know when Peanut was a puppy he was deathly scared to jump off the couch, which was a good thing bc of his size. It sounds off to me since he has never done that..??

Oh Lord yes I have been there with Sonic and he knew better because he would move to another spot I can tell when Sonic is guilty of something.. There has been a few times when he peed on the couch while he was sleeping, my theory is this is he was to lazy to get up there also has been times where he peed ALOT like made at trail he has done this like every other month and made me mad because he knows, like I said I can tell when he is guilty lol. Now *knock on wood* everything has been good.

i just posted about this exact thing...idk what to do either. lily has been potty trained for about a yr and she just now decided it was ok to keep peeing on the couch!! ughhhhhhhhh....and i was home both times she did this and she looked right at me the second time and just pee'd like "hahaha", i flipped out because she definitely knows better!

Could it be that he licked that spot till it was real wet? I have seen my girls lick the sofa from time to time only to make a big wet spot, but never pee on it.

Get this-I came home today and I usually put a towel under the kitchen table for the Yorkies to sit on. Well one of them took a food bowl over onto the towel and peed in it! I really think they get mad when I leave and they try to get back by peeing on things. They have two dog doors and no excuses! I guess it is a male Yorkie thing to pee on mama's stuff when she leaves!

I don't know you or your dogs but from what I can glean from your posts, the dog is anxious over things in his life. More than likely a dog will get frustrated when you leave him alone and he makes mistakes, chews your shoes or pees in the wrong places, you get unhappy and he knows that, feels even more frustrated and starts to unravel a bit. Sometimes a dog will pee right in front of you if they are stressed enough. They sense there are problems, read your body and mental attitude, look at your face and feel the animosity or stress coming from you and just have to relieve their stress right now in front of you - saying, see, Mommie, I'm worried! I don't know what to do - fix me!

Is your dog kept busy and worked and walked daily when you are home? Is he mentally stimulated with interactive toys and games you play with him? Have there been additions to your home - a new baby, boyfriend, are you gone longer or are housebuilders working across the street using buzzsaws, etc.? He could be feeling ill, hurting or has a UTI.

Get a vetcheck and if there is really no physical problem, it's his lifestyle that's most likely the problem.

Working with them using Nothing In Life Is Free and starting or redoing a good obedience training program or agility can do wonders for dogs with problem behavior and sudden, non-medically-related, aberrant pee/potty habits. Also, restart your housebreaking program and get him back on track. He's not just going rogue and doing things to spite you - I promise you. That's human behavior and animals don't mess about like that. Changes in behavior of any kind tells you your dog needs some kind of help. Now it's up to momme to come through for him.

Oh, Sandy, I'm sorry, I clicked on the wrong post to "Quick Reply" to. I didn't mean to click on yours but the OP's.

He is left on his own for around four hours and has been since we got him. He is very clingy with me, he is taken out in the morning and when I'm home from work to the local park. I'm constantly playing with him (taught him some tricks too) and he is happy all the time. I don't know why he has peed on the sofa, when nothing has changed........x

When I'm at home he goes on his pads and never has accidents.... He hasn't peed today on the sofa so that's promising! I hope to get a "sister" for him soon as his mum is expecting a litter in four weeks. Do you think this will help him being on his own having a another dog in the home :)

Maybe you should correct the problem before bringing in another one or he may show her how to pee on the sofa too!:eek: You may want to hire professional furniture cleaners to clean that sofa before the next one comes or she could smell that area and think that's where to go.

If I didn't have this problem sorted in four months I will worried!!!!!! He will not be doing it then, and the sofa has already been steamed cleaned :)

I have this problem as well...I have three, so I'm not sure who the culprit is...although I suspect its Raelle, the oldest of the three at 2yrs old. Knock on wood she hasn't done it in a little while, but it was every night!
I usually go to bed early, Daddy stays up far later than I do.
Jeanie, what you say makes sense, she is very attached to me, it could very well be that she does not like me leaving her downstairs to go up to bed.....stressed at me leaving her, so to speak.
I have been on vacation for two weeks now, and I bed them down before I go to bed as I have been going to bed a lot later than is the norm.
Hmmmm going to have to change the routine, put them to bed before I go to bed myself, that may alleviate the problem.

If he's clingy, he's insecure for whatever reason. He could have been born that way, something in his day-to-day life is making him that way. But it could be that insecurity that caused him to pee where your scent if strong. If you do play with him a lot, he might be dependent on you and not have a strong sense of his own confidence. Reading all that you can online and in behavioral books will give you some insight into how to help make a clingy dog more independent and self-assured. A good, rigorous, daily training program or agility program where his achievements are emphasized can keep him busy with a job and gaining confidence and a series of challenges for him to keep his mind busy figuring out how to overcome the problem can help with lack of self-confident, build him up in that area. Some separation anxiety training could also be in order just in case he's started really stressing when you do leave him, even for only 4 hours.

Your dog could have become a submissive eliminator that day, peeing out of fear, stress or excitement or extreme respect. While you were away, something could have happened to trigger one or more of those emotions and he relieved himself for one of those reasons. If he never repeats it, don't worry about it. If he repeat it, then you need to delve further into it.

Prevent him from accessing the sofa or bed so he can't have easy access over the next few weeks to prevent a recurrence and then what could become a bad habit. Once a dog does something twice, it can easily become a habit if he liked it or it made him feel good.

Steam cleaning the couch is good but if you didn't use a special urine odor eliminator with enzymes that break down and destroy all biologic material in the urine, he will still smell it and will likely try to repeat on or near the sofa.

Very likely she is wondering why you all are so close and she's always near and then you leave her to go to bed, leaving her behind. Pack animals tend to like the whole pack sleeping together in very close proximity and she could feel a bit abandoned at bedtime. Can you rub an old teeshirt of yours all over your body and scalp, under your armpits and other highly scented areas and bed her down on it and see if that comforts her more. Also, see my above post and see if there might be some suggestions there that will boost her self-confidence, independence and sense of security when you are not near. Good luck!

I think it is just good ole male Yorkie behavior. They mark their spot. My Yorkies have alot of toys, soft places to lay down and are spoiled rotten in this house. I have to put them in our large kitchen on the tile when I go out because I cannot trust them. We have a big cemented yard they can romp in. Males will mark. Now in our motorhome if I take them out alot they will not have an accident. But at home-perhaps. The vet checked them both out recently when I went in to get the heartworm check for revolution. So far no pee on the couch.

Gonna disagree with that, Sandy, I can happily say just so some don't think we have to accept it. Not all male dogs mark. I've only had one at a time though. My Scotty didn't mark and my Tibbe doesn't mark ever in the house. Scotty was papertrained but Tibbe is completely housebroken. He's never marked in the house n his life, just the very occasional accident when I was still training him and giving him longer times in the house without watching his every move up until age 2 1/2. He marks over the dog next door's scent along the fence outside but once he hit 2 1/2, he stopped urinating at anytime in the house. And Scotty only went on his paper once he was housebroken. They were years and years apart but neither marked/mark. And boy, you can tell if they do pee in your house! I can scent out urine easily - especially on damp days. Yucky smell. No stains and no smells and no wet spots here, thank goodness. My sister's Yorkie didn't mark in her house either. But we take forever before we stop housebreaking. I worked on Scotty almost a year and Tibbe a year before he was allowed the run of the house without me watching him. He's been a little champion about it. I know when he gets old and incontinent, that could change but for now, I'm enjoying it. :)

I also have to disagree here with you Sandy. Raelle is a female, 2yrs old, she is the one peeing on the couch. Orion will be two next month....male, no marking. He did start to mark when he was younger, once I had him neutered and continued to housetrain him, that behavior stopped.