He potties on my dang bed!!!

    • Bronze

    He potties on my dang bed!!!

    What the heck!! i have two dogs, a 4 yr old male chihuahua mix who is neutered and a 10 month old male beagle who is not.  My dang beagle keeps pottying on my bed.  Not like in the middle or on my husband's side,  ON MY SIDE.  He did it like 5 times and we decided to let them both sleep in the crate together at night.  Problem solved right?? WRONG. i got out of the shower last night and had my pjs at the foot of the bed on my hubby's side and the dang dog peed all over my jammies!!!! What!! WHY!!!! Why does he do this!?!? on my stuff?!!?!?!?!?!?! ARRRGGGGHHH!!!!!! HELP.  its only the beagle,  the other one is fine.  They are both house broken. I just don't freakin get it!!! Help me please. what do i do to stop this??
    • Gold Top Dog
    clearly he is NOT housebroken.  How 'bout shutting your bedroom door so he doesn't have acess to it?
    • Gold Top Dog
    How are you cleaning the spots?
    • Bronze
    i normally do.  hes not allowed in the room, but i was in the shower and i guess my hubby opened the door.  he is housebroken though.  the bed is the only place and time he has ever gone in my house.  i dont know if its a possesive or attention issue?? i just dont get it
    • Bronze
    i have an upholstry cleaning machine and use a ph neutralizing cleaner
     
    • Gold Top Dog
    If he's reliable 99 % of the time, but not 100% of the time, yes, I'm sorry but there ARE some housetraining issues.  Honestly this isn't some scheme to make sure YOU have the peed on bed and pj's.....dogs are not spiteful.
    • Bronze
    then what can i do to alliviate this??  he goes out 4-10 times daily.  whenever he wants.  what more can we do?
    • Gold Top Dog
    Maybe the dog shouldn't be allowed on your bed until he learns not to pee on it.  When the dog pees on the bed, is he unsupervised at the time?  You said up there that you got out of the shower and your dog peed on your jammies, but I'm confused as to whether you got out of the shower to discover it, or he did it while he was laying in bed with you.
     
    My pup Shippo is crated any time he's unsupervised so I don't discover any new "surprises" lol...  In fact, he's in his crate right now because I'm at work.
    • Silver
    He thinks he is higher in the pack then you. You need to teach him you are the boss, he might be house broken but trying to put it over you it's time you proved you are at the top of the pack.

    My dog still jumps on the bed and rolls around on my other halfs side to put his scent but he still knows no matter what my other half is higher then him. 
     
    My dog only ever peed on the spare bed after our cat did and the only reason she did is she had bladder problems (14 years old) so he tried to cover her scent with his.
    • Gold Top Dog
    I really don't think this has ANYTHING to do with nce.  Hounds are attracted to spots where they've eliminated before.  Since he's a beagle, his nose is incredibly attuned to smells that are so minute that you have no idea they are there.  This pup does have housetraining issues. 

    I suggest putting a command on his potty such as "Go now" or "Hurry up" or "Do your business."  Something to that effect.  Also leash him when he goes outside, take him to the same spot.  When he goes potty outside, reward and praise.  If he doesn't go he doesn't get a reward.  And in addition to that, no more trips onto the bed.  If he insists on jumping up, leash him in such a way that he cannot jump up. 

    And I just thought of this, I'm sure someone will correct me here if I'm wrong or way off base, but is it possible that he's performing a submissive ion on the bed?  Do you catch him on the bed and "correct" him?  If he's a fearful dog, this might be the case.  There's just alot of variables here.
    • Gold Top Dog
    What concerns me is the 10 times a day that you say he does. This isn't normal even for a 10 mounth old puppy. Maybe he has some bladder issues and this is his way of comunicating his problem with you. I hate compairing cats and dogs but when a cat has urinary issues they often pee on the owners bed as a way to grab attention to show something is just not right.

    I have heard of perfetly housebroken dogs suddenly start peeing inside. When we did a urinanlysis it turns out they had an urinary track infection. After giving medicine and curing the infection the dogs returned to only going outside.

    If it become too much of a problem a good talk with a vet might help.
    • Gold Top Dog
    Just to add another dissenting voice to the confusion, I think the dog is marking and needs to be neutered as well as taught not to mark in the house.
    • Bronze
    thank you very much for all your imput.  i must say however, i dont believe in crating my dog all the time.  they are free to roam the main living space in my apartment and all the side rooms are closed off when i am home.  if im gone they are in the crate.  also,  i understand eliminating in the same spot repeatedly, but we have a brand new bed.  fresh from the factory and he is the only one who has ever pottied in it.  but its in different places on the bed.  my initial thought was marking but then i thought maybe he was too young?? i guess not though.  hes 10 or 11 months old.  i just got him about 2 months ago and he was "housetrained" but they said too that he was used to being put in the bathroom while they were out. (and he opened my cabinets and pushed everything onto the floor so he had a place to lie down AND he chewed up the door jamb)  Maybe the people were freakin liars huh? i dont know what to think   arrrgghhh
    • Gold Top Dog
    What do you mean crate the dog all the time? I never said anything about the dog living in the crate. But if there are times when you can't watch the dog, and you know the dog is going to pee on your bed, what are you going to do? Just let him roam unsupervised and ruin your brand new bed? I crate pup when I know I can't watch him. That doesn't mean he lives in there. But if we're sleeping or I'm at work, or I go to take a shower, I can't watch him so he's crated. Accidents have been kept to a minimum, and since I also don't allow him on my bed, he doesn't get a chance to pee on that either. My adult dog roams the house freely, because she's earned it. Shippo will earn freedom of the house in time but right now he is being crate trained and it doesn't hurt him. >u.u<
    • Gold Top Dog
    You have a beagle in an apartment.....  (first red flag)

    Beagles are usually not easy, happy go lucky little dogs.  They are hounds (very independent).  This one is peeing on your furniture and chewing your woodwork. Beagles need rules and he needs to know that you are the boss.  No bed or furniture priveleges and a strict schedule until he understands what he can or can't do in the (ahem) apartment.  He should be kept under supervision or crated, when you can't watch him, until you get these issues straightened out. He also needs to be neutered. 

    Your dog probably was housebroken in the last environment, but your home is a new place.   You say that you don't believe in crating. Keep an open mind. There is nothing wrong with crating you dog if you are giving him enough exercise.  If you were to decide to do obedience, agility etc. with your dogs, they would have to be comfortable in their crate.