dog pees on carpet

[amberlynn83]

my dog wakes me up at about 3-4 in the morning whining to go outside.  I get up and let her go outside.  She goes pee outside.  When i come back inside with her. I discover that every once in awhile she has already peed in the house. in the same spot everytime.  Why does she do this?  I know not to use ammonia based cleaning products, and praise her when she does go outside.  Any suggestions?

[FP]

How old is she?

[PatTheRat]

Every time your dog goes outside give it a little treat. When it goes inside, rub its nose in it and shout at it. Cruel but should work.

[FP]

Rubbing a dog's nose in pee does not work at all!  Yes it is cruel and rubbing a nose in some pee that a dog has done hours earlier, only serves to confuse the animal.    By all means raise your voice and say 'no'  if you catch her  peeing and then remove her straight outside.  The idea of giving her a treat when she goes outside is excellent.

 

I ask how old she is because this could have a lot of bearing on the situation.

 

[druiaghtagh]

you've got to be joking pattherat, being cruel NEVER works, there is no excuse for cruelty, as mentioned it would only confuse the poor animal, maybe if she is old, she cannot hold it any longer. My dog is 10 and often gets up at night,she rarely'goes'inside and i would just tell her sternly no if we caught her

[FP]

Agreed druiaghtagh, on both the cruelty and the fact about older dogs.    That's why I enquired about her age.  Also the vet told me that bitches often take quite a long time to get full bladder control, up to about 18 months sometimes.  So if amber's dog is young she probably needs more visits out during the night.

[ezapf]

Here is the answer I posted to a similar question not long ago. I am assuming you are talking about a puppy:

 

I crate-trained my pup. It worked great. Go here to see what its all about:

http://www.perfectpaws.com/crt.html

Like Marvin, I have to respectfully disagree with Octavius (about rubbing the dog's nose in it). Dogs are creatures of habit and learn through praise and repeated behavior. I heard a story about someone rubbing his dog's nose in the yuck and sending the dog outside. The dog learned the routine. He would do his deed in the house, rub his nose in it, then run to the back door. I'm not sure if its true, but I think it is believable.

When my dog forgot where to pee and started to squat in the house, a loud "NO" would stop her instantly. I would then go to the door and she would follow.

The real trick is to take the dog outside very frequently before he decides to pee in the house. This will give him the opportunity to pee in the right place. Then you will have the opportunity to give him tons of praise. He will quickly learn that peeing outside is a good thing.

Good luck!

[amberlynn83]

she is about 12 or 13 years old.  Blue heeler crossed with a husky.  I thought it might be because of incontinence.  but why does she go outside as well then?  Thank you for the answers so far.  And i never rub my dogs nose in an accident, especially if it was done hours before.

[ursula62]

Dogs have very sensitive noses. Maybe she can smell where she peed before and so uses that spot as an emergency loo?

[FP]

Amber, I would guess it's old age.  She is an old now and needs to wee more often.  Not exactly incontinence.  During the night she is probably half asleep when she goes indoors, or perhaps she cannot wake you sometimes.  I am afraid you might have to start letting her out once or twice during the night (or even more).  This is a very natural thing to happen with elderly bitches.  She will not be doing it intentionally, so don't scold her She may well become incontinent at some stage. 

 

She will pee in the same spot.  As Ursula says she sees it as an emergency loo - bless her.

[senga-marie]

I agree. My 12 year old male whippet has started to get caught short in the house and it it very distressing for him as he's never done it before. He has an enlarged prostate and sometimes has a job getting the flow of urine started, and sometimes when I think he's finished outdoors he come in and it starts flowing again. I get down on my knees and scrub the carpet and sometimes cry,  not for the carpet, but for my little dog who has given so much and asked for so little. I'll remove all the carpeting if I need to before I'll ever shout at him.