Dog Pees On Rugs

RE: Dog Pees On Rugs Post By Maureen (Guest Post) (09/15/2008) I can't believe that I will never be able to have a throw rug in my house ever again. My dog will not pee on wall to wall carpeting, but everytime I would place a throw rug by the front door or in the kitchen, within one day, he had peed on it. I got my mini doxie at 8 wks and used pee pee pads. He was only a pound and totally freaked about the create for two weeks straight.....so I gave up on it. The crate allowed him to stand, sit and turn around, so it wasn't that the crate was too big.....This is a very frustrating issue....I am unwilling to put down pads at this point. I thought I was alone with this issue for the past five years...but apparently not. If anyone out there has figured out a way to decorate your home the way you want AND not have your dog pee at will on throw rugs, let me know. Thx! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Pees On Rugs Post By Wanker (Guest Post) (05/18/2008) My dog pees on the rug at night too. She is one year old. She just had a vet checkup so no utis. She was crate trained by us when she was younger. She will not pee on the rug when we are awake. I am thinking of locking her out at night. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Pees On Rugs Post by Sheraone (78) | (07/13/2007) Contact Again, I have to ask, please dont crate train. Even for an adult dog it is stressful. Quite right they are evolved from denning animals. But more important than that they are pack animals. Social animals. They need to be with their pack. It takes 2 weeks or less of sincere dilegence on your part to train a dog not to pee in the house. It would take you longer than that to get the dog used to the crate--if ever. And all the time that she is in a crate is totally wasted training time, wasted dog/human interaction time and as I have said even more stressful for the dogs. All due respect for the rescue person who is making the best of a difficult situation. For people who say how their dog LOVES to go in his crate, it's because he feels safest there now. Humans always have the upper hand because they are bigger, but communication, dilegence and mutual trust are a lot more effective in raising a well adjusted socialized dog. And I am pleased that you ask first "what's going on?", which is a lot more revealing of your inner character than "how do I fix it? It shows that you actually care about what's going on with the dog rather than just how to mold it into something you want without considering the dog's needs. It could be that she has been pad trained and is using the small rugs because they are the closest thing to what she recalls. She has had a life for 2 years that you may know very little about. Is she sleeping with you, or in the bedroom? You could consider closing the bedroom door at night. Put some attention on house training again, mostly in the area of enormous praise and lovins when she does go potty so that she will choose to hold it just so that she can get that loving praise from you for going outside. We cant always be sure if a dog's bladder is full or not. Sometimes we feel the urge to go even if we have only been an hour ago. And it might also be a UTI issue. If the pad training or even small rug training is something that has been pushed on her by a previous owner who wasnt considering the dog's needs, it may be something that you may choose to accept and give her her own rug, considering that it's better than her choosing a wall to wall carpet. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dogs Pee On Rugs Post By Kona & Zuki (Guest Post) (07/13/2007) For the first time I agreed to use pee pads for puppy training with the two new pups I have. Turned out to be a huge mistake. They also pee on rugs thinking they are pee pads. I have a pet door for them to go in and out as they please at any time. As long as I don't put rugs down they pee outside. If I put a rug down, they will pee on it! Don't know a solution at this point except to never put a rug down. I'm not thrilled about living on bare floors all the time. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Pees On Rugs Post By Vic (Guest Post) (12/08/2005) Has she been for a complete physical? It might be a bladder infection. I agree with the others. Keep her close to you as much as she wants so she won't feel abandoned as she was before. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Pees On Rugs Post by ThriftyFun (3739) | (12/08/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact Hi, Maybe you should buy some puppy pads. They really aren't too expensive and it might save your rugs. Just put them on top of the rugs she's been using. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Pees On Rugs Post By Topo Gigio (Guest Post) (12/08/2005) I wonder if your dog thinks the rugs are a kind of puppy pad...Maybe when it was younger it was trained on them and now thinks that is an appropriate place to pee. There are all kinds of deterrant sprays you can try. Just look at a place like PetsMart. Crating is good also, but I had a problem with my terrier. He was a stray, about two years old, and he looked at the crate I tried to put him in like it was an alien. My other two dogs love them though. Maybe try luring him into the crate with food, and try feeding him in there so it's not a punishment place, but a refuge. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Pees On Rugs Post By Claudia -MD (Guest Post) (12/08/2005) Ditto on the crate training. Also when I go to work, I put the crate in the kitch with the door open and put newspapers down. My rescue dog has figured out on his own that the newspapers are where I want him to go. But if he pees on the edge of the paper and some gets on the lino, no problem- that's an easy clean-up. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Pees On Rugs Post by CEIL (27) | (12/08/2005) Contact You can use disposable diapers as a back up. Simply sew a circle and cut out a hole for the tail and either use the adhesive tabs or sew strips of fabric to tie from the belly to the back side. I have 2 dogs in diapers when I go to work, just for security. Hope this helps. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Pees On Rugs Post By Kathleen Rounds (Guest Post) (12/07/2005) Dog responding to fear of being alone - again, as she was while in the animal shelter. Crate train - get the how-to from your vet. Dogs don't like to pee in the same area as they are sleeping. Be sure to let her outside right away in the morning. Suggest putting the crate in or near your bedroom so she will be aware you have not left her. Purchase a small cotton rug and place it, folded up, in a corner of the crate just in case she really, really has to pee. Also, our little female needed to go often after she was spayed. We figured there was probably nothing that could be done to correct the problem so we put in a doggie door where she could go in and out as she needed. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Pees On Rugs Post by mkymlp (184) | (12/07/2005) Contact Try crating her if you can. Make sure the crate is large enough for her to stand and turn around. Most important -- it is not used for punishment. Leave the door open and encourage her to go in by putting in dog treats and toys. Let her feel secure in it. I don't know if you can crate a dog, we used a crate when our dog was a puppy. After she was trained, she still would use it. She considered it her own private den. Check around and see if you can find a used one but make sure it is safe for her. I was lucky enough to borrow one for about three years. We kept it down the basement when she was trained but she would still go down and sleep in it. She missed it when my neighbor needed it back. Now wherever she sleeps she likes to be in a confined area, like behind the couch. Good luck. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Pees On Rugs Post By Irish (Guest Post) (12/07/2005) Crate Training! I cannot stress how important this is; it will make all the difference to both you and your pet. Dogs are pack and den animals, when they have their own nook to curl up in at night, it makes them feel more secure. We are a foster home for rescued German Shepherds and this has always worked for us. Our daughter adopted a collie from the shelter and didn't listen to me about crate training. Several accidents and chewed up shoes later....she decided to give it a try. Her dog is much calmer and we don't have to worry about her ransacking the house at night when we are all asleep. Report Spam or Abuse