Help!

[Bonnies mum]

my 8 month old dog won’t stop wee’ing in my house. I have taken her out religiously since having her the 17th July, she gets treats and recognition galore when she wee’s on demand. Tonight she barked to go outside for a wee. She has never done this....yeyyyy I thought. Then she proceeded to run around the house like a loon and did another wee. I cleared it up and 10 mins later she did it again while looking at me I am thinking of doing a urinalysis incase she has infection (trio to vets tomorrow) but I honestly think she is being naughty. I am at the end of my tether. I work 3 days a week, I walk her before I go to work, she is left maximum 4.5hrs and then i’m home to let her out lunchtime. She is alone again for another 2.5 hrs. I don’t crate her although I did initially. Today during the day she also piddled in my kitchen which is where I keep her during the day. She hasn’t done this for a long time.

Bonnie is a shitsu Yorky cross. I have heard that shitsus are hard to housetrain

 

[Kara 1]

Please dont think she is being naughty ......you say she is 8 mths old but you have only had her since july ...2 mths ...was she house trained before she came to you ...
I would definitely have her checked by a vet too ...

 

[JoanneF]

Some dogs do take longer than others. I also agree it's a good idea to make sure she doesn't have a UTI or similar. You are doing the right things but another tip is to have a special reward like frankfurter sausage or roast chicken that is only given for outside toilets. Some dogs also do a sort of double wee, so after taking her out to wee and bringing her in, you could try taking her back out again.

 

[Shalista]

Depending on her past living situation it may be more difficult to potty train her.Because of his upbringing Bax took 4 years to get 90% potty trained and i honestly dont think im ever going to get that last 10% of certainty about his bladder.