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My dog is urinating all over the place
I have a 3-4 year old male, Chihuahua that is peeing all over the place. He
is not neutered. He gets taken outside for walks but continues to pee on everything. Any help will be appreciated. -Theo |
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Theo wrote:
I have a 3-4 year old male, Chihuahua that is peeing all over the place. He is not neutered. He gets taken outside for walks but continues to pee on everything. Any help will be appreciated. Did this peeing just start, or was he never housebroken? If it just started, a visit to the vet is in order to see if he has medical problem, like a urinary tract infection. If he was never housebroken, you'll need to start from ground zero, and it may take a while. Have a professional come in and steam clean your carpets, using a urine odor neutralizer, to get rid of the urine odor. Clean up any "accidents" immediately with an enzyme cleaner like Nature's Miracle (no commercial interest). After he eats, take him outside for a walk and don't come back until he pees. Praise him extravagantly for peeing outside. If you can take him to the same place to pee each time, even better - he'll form a habit. Don't give him the opportunity to pee in the house. Either put him in his crate or tether him to your belt when you are not interacting directly with him. (Don't leave him in his crate all the time, however!) Take him out for a walk at least every couple of hours, and watch him closely for signs that he needs to pee. At his age, he should have some anticipatory behaviors that you can notice. Don't punish him for peeing in the house - he won't learn anything from having his nose rubbed in a spot, except to fear you. If you catch him in the act, whisk him outside, don't yell, and again praise him extravagantly when he pees outside. Hope this helps - I'm sure you will get other suggestions. FurPaw -- Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. To reply, unleash the dog. |
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Theo wrote:
I have a 3-4 year old male, Chihuahua that is peeing all over the place. He is not neutered. He gets taken outside for walks but continues to pee on everything. Any help will be appreciated. Did this peeing just start, or was he never housebroken? If it just started, a visit to the vet is in order to see if he has medical problem, like a urinary tract infection. If he was never housebroken, you'll need to start from ground zero, and it may take a while. Have a professional come in and steam clean your carpets, using a urine odor neutralizer, to get rid of the urine odor. Clean up any "accidents" immediately with an enzyme cleaner like Nature's Miracle (no commercial interest). After he eats, take him outside for a walk and don't come back until he pees. Praise him extravagantly for peeing outside. If you can take him to the same place to pee each time, even better - he'll form a habit. Don't give him the opportunity to pee in the house. Either put him in his crate or tether him to your belt when you are not interacting directly with him. (Don't leave him in his crate all the time, however!) Take him out for a walk at least every couple of hours, and watch him closely for signs that he needs to pee. At his age, he should have some anticipatory behaviors that you can notice. Don't punish him for peeing in the house - he won't learn anything from having his nose rubbed in a spot, except to fear you. If you catch him in the act, whisk him outside, don't yell, and again praise him extravagantly when he pees outside. Hope this helps - I'm sure you will get other suggestions. FurPaw -- Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. To reply, unleash the dog. |
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Theo wrote:
I have a 3-4 year old male, Chihuahua that is peeing all over the place. He is not neutered. He gets taken outside for walks but continues to pee on everything. Any help will be appreciated. Did this peeing just start, or was he never housebroken? If it just started, a visit to the vet is in order to see if he has medical problem, like a urinary tract infection. If he was never housebroken, you'll need to start from ground zero, and it may take a while. Have a professional come in and steam clean your carpets, using a urine odor neutralizer, to get rid of the urine odor. Clean up any "accidents" immediately with an enzyme cleaner like Nature's Miracle (no commercial interest). After he eats, take him outside for a walk and don't come back until he pees. Praise him extravagantly for peeing outside. If you can take him to the same place to pee each time, even better - he'll form a habit. Don't give him the opportunity to pee in the house. Either put him in his crate or tether him to your belt when you are not interacting directly with him. (Don't leave him in his crate all the time, however!) Take him out for a walk at least every couple of hours, and watch him closely for signs that he needs to pee. At his age, he should have some anticipatory behaviors that you can notice. Don't punish him for peeing in the house - he won't learn anything from having his nose rubbed in a spot, except to fear you. If you catch him in the act, whisk him outside, don't yell, and again praise him extravagantly when he pees outside. Hope this helps - I'm sure you will get other suggestions. FurPaw -- Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. To reply, unleash the dog. |
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This is not a new thing. We were never really able to housetrain him. We
were able to housetrain two other dogs (alaskan mallamute, chihuahua) but we just couldn't train him. We don't hit him. He doesn't show any signs when he wants to go. He just goes, sometimes right in front of us. We have wood floors and from all of his urine he has stained the wood black in those spots which is obviously very unsightly. Thanks for you input. -Theo |
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This is not a new thing. We were never really able to housetrain him. We
were able to housetrain two other dogs (alaskan mallamute, chihuahua) but we just couldn't train him. We don't hit him. He doesn't show any signs when he wants to go. He just goes, sometimes right in front of us. We have wood floors and from all of his urine he has stained the wood black in those spots which is obviously very unsightly. Thanks for you input. -Theo |
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This is not a new thing. We were never really able to housetrain him. We
were able to housetrain two other dogs (alaskan mallamute, chihuahua) but we just couldn't train him. We don't hit him. He doesn't show any signs when he wants to go. He just goes, sometimes right in front of us. We have wood floors and from all of his urine he has stained the wood black in those spots which is obviously very unsightly. Thanks for you input. -Theo |
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Theo wrote:
This is not a new thing. We were never really able to housetrain him. We were able to housetrain two other dogs (alaskan mallamute, chihuahua) but we just couldn't train him. We don't hit him. He doesn't show any signs when he wants to go. He just goes, sometimes right in front of us. We have wood floors and from all of his urine he has stained the wood black in those spots which is obviously very unsightly. Thanks for you input. -Theo Hmmm. I don't know if it is possible to get the odor of urine out of wood floors, but until you do, your house will continue to smell like an acceptable place to pee. How often do you take him out? How many hours elapse between walks? It could be a bladder problem, e.g., he has an unusually small bladder or some difficulty with bladder control. My chis (now 12) can go for at least eight hours with out peeing (overnight), although I let them out more frequently in the daytime. FurPaw -- Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. To reply, unleash the dog. |
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Theo wrote:
This is not a new thing. We were never really able to housetrain him. We were able to housetrain two other dogs (alaskan mallamute, chihuahua) but we just couldn't train him. We don't hit him. He doesn't show any signs when he wants to go. He just goes, sometimes right in front of us. We have wood floors and from all of his urine he has stained the wood black in those spots which is obviously very unsightly. Thanks for you input. -Theo Hmmm. I don't know if it is possible to get the odor of urine out of wood floors, but until you do, your house will continue to smell like an acceptable place to pee. How often do you take him out? How many hours elapse between walks? It could be a bladder problem, e.g., he has an unusually small bladder or some difficulty with bladder control. My chis (now 12) can go for at least eight hours with out peeing (overnight), although I let them out more frequently in the daytime. FurPaw -- Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. To reply, unleash the dog. |
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Theo wrote:
This is not a new thing. We were never really able to housetrain him. We were able to housetrain two other dogs (alaskan mallamute, chihuahua) but we just couldn't train him. We don't hit him. He doesn't show any signs when he wants to go. He just goes, sometimes right in front of us. We have wood floors and from all of his urine he has stained the wood black in those spots which is obviously very unsightly. Thanks for you input. -Theo Hmmm. I don't know if it is possible to get the odor of urine out of wood floors, but until you do, your house will continue to smell like an acceptable place to pee. How often do you take him out? How many hours elapse between walks? It could be a bladder problem, e.g., he has an unusually small bladder or some difficulty with bladder control. My chis (now 12) can go for at least eight hours with out peeing (overnight), although I let them out more frequently in the daytime. FurPaw -- Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. To reply, unleash the dog. |
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