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Hose trained dog has started peeing inside house?

  • 09-08-2012 11:25pm
    #1
    pookiesboo
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    My 8 year old female dog has started peeing in the house even though she is house trained. Today she did it next to the back door which was wide open but instead peed right next to it from the inside. She just did it now next to the armchair in the sitting room.
    She usually would stand near the door to go out before this to go outside and do her business. Has anyone elses dog done this before?


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  • #2
    SillyMangoX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    The most common causes for a house trained pet to start peeing inside are either a urinary tract infection or emotional reasons, so your best bet would be to get down to the vet and get things checked out and if it isn't a UTI then start looking at things that could trigger a behavioural response such as a new pet, new baby, owners going on holidays, being put in kennels etc. But it's way easier to fix the infection so it's best to assume it's that until it's been ruled out. Also at 8 years of age your dog would be considered to be entering her senior years so it would be no harm to get the vet to run a urinalysis and blood tests just to ensure that there is nothing more sinister such as impaired kidney function. Hope you get everything sorted :)


  • #3
    pookiesboo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭pookiesboo


    SillyMangoX wrote: »
    The most common causes for a house trained pet to start peeing inside are either a urinary tract infection or emotional reasons, so your best bet would be to get down to the vet and get things checked out and if it isn't a UTI then start looking at things that could trigger a behavioural response such as a new pet, new baby, owners going on holidays, being put in kennels etc. But it's way easier to fix the infection so it's best to assume it's that until it's been ruled out. Also at 8 years of age your dog would be considered to be entering her senior years so it would be no harm to get the vet to run a urinalysis and blood tests just to ensure that there is nothing more sinister such as impaired kidney function. Hope you get everything sorted :)



    Thank you, taking her to the vet today!:)


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