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My dog is about 9 years old and a male. He pees on the carpet and tile about once or twice a week. Most of the time its when we are at home. He is nutered and all of that and we already took him to a vet to check for a bladder infection. (link)
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I can totlaly relate to your problem. We have a 4 yr old male dog that IS house trained but keeps peeing in the house. He also does it about twice a week. I literally am so frustrated that I want to kill him.
We have 2 young children, a toddler and a baby. We have taken special care to make him not feel threatened by the new baby, he gets just as much attention as before (which is, unfortunately, not a ton), and besides, he's been doing this for a couple years, almost always around times of stress, like when we are moving. Sometimes he will stop for a couple months, then he'll do it 3 times in a row. Every time he does it, it's not like a puddle that he couldn't hold, it's a giant loopy pee that stretches thru every room in the house. I don't agree with that he was never potty trained, because they are not accidents that he couldn't hold.
I just took him to the vet to rule out medical issues, too, and there aren't any. I am at the point I just want to give him away, but he's so wonderful with the kids, and friendly, even if he is a big idiot. I found this site thru a search,http://www.dogchatforum.com/dog-marking-inside.htm, and I think he is trying to mark our house, even though he spreads it around instead of goign in one spot. And we get really mad at him, which would make him even more insecure, and keep fueling the process. The best thing I got from this site was the belly band idea. I think it may be just what we need! Our vet also said that there was an inexpensive drug that would help with incontinence if we thought it was caused by something not in his head. With your dog being 9, that actually could be a consideration. Anyway, thought I'd put in my 2 cents other than '9 years ago you didn't potty train him right'. maybe your issue is similar to mine.
Martha:)
check out this link: http://www.dogchatforum.com/dog-marking-inside.htm
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