I have a Maltese x Westie, who is 2 years old. He has a doggie door to use to go outside when he wants. He has, within the last 2 weeks, started to go to the laundry near our toilet to do his business during the night. I get up sometimes during the night to find this right next to the toilet door and as I have had a knee replacement sometimes have slipped in his wee as I haven't seen it before it's too late. Now he normally goes out before we retire to bed and up until recently always used to go out to do his business. How do I stop him from doing this please! What is the reason he is now doing this?
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I'm not sure of the reason. But he may have got the idea he should go in the bathroom because you do. He also may be scared to go out. Maybe he saw something that frightened him while he was out there.
First of all, keep the bathroom floor really clean. Pine Sol would be good. I'd suggest getting laundry out of baskets on the floor. Use a hamper that has a lid and put dirty clothes directly into it.
Next, take the dog out to "go" for a while like you did when you were potty training him. You should be able to retrain him.
Thank you for your suggestions. We are doing that now with him to retrain him to see if that helps. I shall let you know :-)
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