I need help please. Sissy is peeing in her crate. I’m sure
it’s behavioral and not medical. She has never done it during the day and she
didn’t do it while we were gone for a week and the dog sitter was
staying there.
She did it a few nights a couple of weeks ago, then nothing
while we were gone, then last night, on our second night back, she did it
again. There is no warning – it’s pee, then bark and whine. Sometimes it is the
middle of the night, sometimes toward the morning, last night was an hour after
going to bed. She has unlimited access to outside from the time we get home
from work to the time we go to bed. It’s difficult to cut off her access to
water because of the other dogs, but that may be my next step. However, like I
said, I’m sure this is a behavioral issue that may or may not be helped by limiting
water. When it happens I get her out, put her outside, clean, and put her back
in the clean crate. Does anyone have any ideas on what to do about this?
Background:
Sissy is a ~2 year old pit bull, she was my dad's and I got her when he
died. I've had her for over a year. This is the first time we've had
any problem at all.