Dog Peeing on Couch

RE: Dog Peeing on Couch Post By Gihan (Guest Post) (07/04/2008) Hello I have two dogs, a Yorkie and also a west highland. We love our dogs very much but its has been difficult as we live in Dubai in an apartment. The weather gets very hot to walk them too much especially in the day, and when we take them out they get exhausted very quick and dehydrated there is also little greenery. Our west highland lately has become very naughty peeing on the beds and sofas daily and no matter what we do he is doing this. I do not think it is a urine infection as it seems quite deliberate. It's difficult to walk the dogs every time they drink as it's too hot outside that it will affect their health (50 degrees today). Please any help would be appreciated. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Peeing on Couch Post By Snuggles (Guest Post) (04/28/2008) My puppy for the 1st time has peed on my mother's couch, she always pees on her wee wee pad wherever we re my house, my boyfriend's house anywhere she goes on her wee wee pad, so why do you think she peed on the couch? She's also holding her pee for a long time she doesn't go right away she pees about an hour after she's up why? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Peeing on Couch and her new bed Post by tgd1947 (1) | (05/30/2007) Contact We rescued a 6 year old Cairn Terrier about 6 months ago from a breeder. She has been spayed and is healthy. She has peed on the sofa where she sleeps. We bought her new bed and has peed on it twice now. We think we have her trained and then she pees where she sleeps. She seems happy, has been a long struggle to bring her around. She doesn't know how to play or ride in a car. She loves women but she is afraid of my roomate and loves me. We are both male and just don't know what to do with her. She tries so hard to please but this has got us puzzled. We let her out often to go. We were feeding her ProPak dry dog food then recently switch to benefil that she seems to like better. We hate to punish her by making her sleep in the kitchen at night or when we are gone. Report Spam or Abuse Dog peeing on her new bed and on sofa Post By tgd1947 (Guest Post) (05/30/2007) We rescued a Cairn Terrier about 6 mo ago from a breeder, she is 6 years old and was kept in a kennel. We think we have her trained and then she'll pee on the carpet. Recently she peed on the sofa about where she sleeps. We bought her a new bed and the first night she peed on it. Again last night she peed on it again. She is such a sweet little dog and tries so hard to please us, but we don't know what to do. We were feeding her ProPack dry dog food. Then we just switched to Benefil. We let her outside to go pee often but we don't have any idea what would be causing her to do this. We hate to punish her by making her sleep in the kitchen at night or when we are gone. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Peeing on Couch Post By freaking out in NC (Guest Post) (05/23/2007) My dog pees on the couch, and has peed on my mom's bed. She has ruined already 2 couches and a futon. I got her from a shelter,and she is really sweet, but I can't have this behavior. What do I do? She isn't incontinent, this is deliberate. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Peeing on Couch Post By Yvette Shaw (Guest Post) (05/07/2007) I just bought a new bed an my dog has peed on my new bed twice. why is he peeing on my new bed and new pillows? He is already house trained and he is a year old. He seems to like a lot of attention when I am busy around the house. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Peeing on Couch Post By PuppyMommy (Guest Post) (02/25/2007) Since I bought a house and moved my dogs from living mostly outside to living mostly inside, I also had the fun experience of the dog(s) peeing on my couch and bed, as well as that special treat, peeing in bed in the middle of the night while we are all sleeping in a puppy pile. They were housetrained before we moved. I also have a cat. I did a lot of laundry, bought a lot of cleaner, and spent a lot of money at the vet's. Here's what we came up with: 1)Both dogs understand house training and are willing to use the doggie door. They will pee on grass outside on command, most readily in their designated peeing area. 2)Neither one had any infection. 3)One dog turned out to lose her bladder control as soon as she closed her eyes. Now she takes a pill that helps her with great success. 4)I know it sounds nuts, but sometimes they are just so sound asleep they don't wake up to pee. 5)Both of my dogs mark their territory. We always knew this, from before they were a year old, even though they are females and were spayed before six months. The clincher was the day I saw my little darlings hop up on the couch to see out the window. The very moment they saw a pair of Pomeranians walk by outside they peed right on the couch where they were. 6)One of the dogs has been nosing open the curtain by our communal bed to spy on dogs walking by outside and peeing on the bed when they do. 7)Both dogs will mark inside and on top of their doghouse outside, as they have done most of their lives. So, how did we manage this situation? 1)I put the medically incontinent dog on daily medication. I don't like to pump all those drugs into her twice a day for the rest of her life, but there were two factors that made me choose this: we have wood floors and the vet assures me that constantly leaking urine would over time lead to irritation, broken skin, and infection in that area of the dog, as her problem was tending to get worse over time. If medication were not an option then I would have put down vinyl flooring over my wood floors. 2)I make sure they pee well before we all go to bed, and if I wake up in the night I also wake them and send them out to pee. They learned a special command for this so I can stay in bed. 3)I was not willing to fight Mother Nature over my sofa. I exchanged it for one made of wood with removeable cushions. The dogs stay off the wood because they can't get steady footing, and I keep the cushions in a nearby closet for when I want them. As my own seat is naturally padded I tend only to bring out the cushions for company. 4)Of course I bought a waterproof mattress cover- the kind that goes all around the mattress. Experience shows it is necessary to have that kind of plastic cover, itself covered by a quilted/cushiony mattress pad to protect it from getting torn by their nails. Just trust me, the bed sheet is not enough protection. Of course I did buy TWO quilted mattress covers for times I might need to toss one in the wash and also get some sleep. 5)I planned to tape the window shade by the bed to the actual window frame to prevent the spying behavior - of course I never got around to this and so still sometimes have a puddle. 6)I am also unwilling to fight Mother Nature over the dog house, and I do believe it must be emotionally rewarding for my dogs to mark their house. I let them do as they please out there. There are two related issues of note - 1)There are two spots in the carpeted area of the house where the previous owner's dogs marked and stained the carpet. After two years, my dogs will readily mark these spots if allowed to do so. They are prevented from entering these seldom-used areas of the house. If I ever need my dogs to be reliable in these areas I will most certainly remove the carpet and possibly that section of flooring, and even so I would want to watch them well, at least to start out. 2)Regarding territorial behavior -After being allowed to bark out the window at passing dogs, over time, my dogs have cultivated an objectionable intolerance for strange dogs, although they do tolerate dogs always in closeby neighbors' yards. A booklet titled "Feisty Fido" outlines a training method to redirect the dog's attention from passing animals to their own owner. My dogs learned the concept almost immediately and although I gave them only a weekend's worth of training several months ago, they retain as much as I gave them. It boils down to "if you see a dog walk by, just come see me and get a cookie". Now I have a pair of dogs who mostly race to the window, bark once or twice, and then race to the kitchen for a cookie. It is a vast improvement on the bark-fests of last summer, although it does not help at all if I'm not there to pass out cookies. I really hope if your dog is medically incontinent or flat out territorial you may gain some new thinking points from my post. Best of luck to you and your dog(s). Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Peeing on Couch Post By Jill (Guest Post) (01/05/2007) Your dog may have a problem with bladder stones. A trip to the vet would be a good idea, just to check her for any problems. At least you'll know where your dog's health stands. Report Spam or Abuse Request: Dog Peeing on Couch Post by lewis_admin (1294) | (01/05/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact I have a 5 year old dog and she has been great. Until this past weekend she has been peeing on the couch. Since Saturday and Sunday she has peed on the couch at least 5 times. I don't know if it is a behavior or medical problem. I would take her out to pee and she would pee on the stairs before we would make it to the grass. The only logical thing to me is that my boyfriend and I were arguing and maybe she feels what I am feeling and is peeing because she is emotionally stressed. Another incident she peed on my father and my dad helped me raise her when she was a pup. She always warmed up great to my dad when he would come over until my sister bought a new dog. I am not sure what it is because it could me a number of things. Please help me... Chasityt, San Antonio TX Answers: RE: Dog Peeing on Couch It sounds like your dog might have a urinary tracht infection. You will need to follow her around and catch some of her urine in a container. The vet told us to use an old soup ladle. Take it to your vet. They can check it and tell you. Our dog had the same problem. After going to the vet, no more wet spots. (08/16/2005) By sandy RE: Dog Peeing on Couch It sounds like a urinary tract infection. Get her to the vet ASAP. (08/16/2005) By Maryeileen RE: Dog Peeing on Couch Perhaps it is a kidney or urinary infection. Not all animals belong outside, and one other post just verged on fanatic. I'll decline as to say which one. I knew someone who ran a dog kennel and sometimes if the dog was going through stress. Stress can be a visitor that stays for a while, kids if she is not used to them, a new pet, or if you had more than one if that pet has passed away or was given to a new home.. if you changed brands of dog food, either kibble or wet or if you have been givng her some 'treat' she has never had... but try looking online, and if no luck ask your vet for suggestions. Good luck. (08/17/2005) By KLS8800 Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dog Peeing on Couch Post By brianne (Guest Post) (01/04/2007) my dog pees on the couch and on the bed but only where the cats have been. could this be a dominance thing? or what is happening and how can i stop it? please respond ASAP Report Spam or Abuse