Dog Peeing on my bed (don't laugh!) :-(

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This is my first post in the doggy part of the forum and I was hoping someone would be able to offer some advice.....

My husband and I are at our wit's end because one of our 2 dogs keeps peeing on our bed :-(

He is a 2 year old border x patterdale and house trained. He is very good about going to the back door to go in the garden when he needs the loo and he has regular walks (2 or 3 x daily).

He never has accidents in the house... Except for occasionally weeing on our bed.

He did it loads when he was a puppy but now he is house trained he only ever does it very occasionally. However, he did it on Sunday and he has done it again tonight! I'm soooooo cross!

We can't figure out a pattern for this behavior or any triggers.... but I'm sure he knows it is wrong! Tonight he asked to go out and then after 5 mins asked to come in again.... (perfectly normal) and then literally 5 mins later I caught him weeing on my bed :-( I think he knows it is wrong because as soon as he saw me he stopped and jumped off!

Has anyone else had any experience of this issue?

Any advice / experiences gratefully received, I'm worried my washing machine will blow up if I keep washing double duvets!
 
That's too minging to be funny:eek:

If it's totally out of character, could there be a veterinary explanation, such as a water infection? Is he cocking his leg and scent marking or is he having a real gush?

I'd also advise keeping the bedroom door shut while you work it out???
 
Nads off!!! If they aren't off already. And keep him out of the room. Tough!

If he smells where he has wee'd before, he will go there again - sounds like he is 'pissing on a lamppost' so to speak, and marking his territory, which of course, is yours, not his.

Also, agree with Spud, rule out an infection.
 
Ok, i'm probably wrong and lots of peeps on here will be of much more help, but if it's not a poorly dog thing (which is when my dog did it) is it a dominance thing? Him showing you that he is boss, of either you or your OH? Him scenting over the top of your scent? Do you have any issues with him in other areas?
 
yuckyuckyuck.

Agree with the others. Provided there isn't infection or illness... Shut the door and don't let him upstairs. If he starts weeing downstairs kick his arse outside for half an hour!
 
Nads went the day the vet said he was old enough! (about 6 months I think)

I have had a few issues with him and my other dog (4 year old neutered JRT X) having a few serious scraps.... but hubby and I are dominant rather than one of them...

One thing I have though of is... Patterdale sleeps in a crate in our room (until he whines at 4am and then he comes on our bed), and JRT X sleeps on the end of our bed - could patterdale be marking?

Am I a crap dog parent! :-s I know you have to be in charge and they should have their place but they are still my pets and I like a cuddle!
 
Nah, I am soppy as anything with Henry, just ask any of this lot that have met us:D

However I do wonder if having one dog sleeping on the bed might cause trouble? Personally I would treat both the same, and give both their own beds to sleep on, while you sleep on yours. I would probably move both out of the bedroom too, I could not be doing with being woken up at 4am:eek:
 
Also - it's a real gush rather than cocking his leg.

He has never really got into cocking his leg that much, I think because he was neutered very young - when he goes in the garden he normally does a 'girlie' wee, but will cock his leg on walks.
 
Of to the vets to rule out a UTI i think.

I doubt it has much to do with dominance over you seeing as most of that is tosh anyway.

I had a dog that did it just because he thought it was a nice place to go, until i got a hold of the situation.
 
I'd ask your vet to do a urine dip then, to start with. This will rule out an infection. Water infections can send people absolutely loopy, so I'm sure they can do the same to dogs as well!
 
Ah! DOGS IN THE BED!!! Although I do have a pointer, so I don't think I could take him and my OH to bed (we just about cope with the cat on the end of the bed)

In my honest opinion, I really don't think him sleeping in the bedroom is helping, as he sees it as his territory aswell as yours, combining this with the fact that he is shut in a crate whilst JRT is allowed to sleep on the bed! (I'd wee on the bed if I was him :P)

This is typical marking behaviour, dogs that do pee in the house, usually do it in one place. He is probably jealous as hell of the other dog too, seeing as you letting JRT sleep on bed, as favouring him.

My advice would be to keep him out the bedroom alltogether, but then you still have the issue of jealousy with JRT being in there.

Dilemma!

Could they both not sleep in another room for a while? (How crule :P)

Hope you solve this, it's gross!!!
 
Hmm.. When I started reading this I thought 'get rid of the balls' but then I read that he doesnt have them anymore!

My old Border did this (Minging!!) but it all stopped once we whipped his balls off.

I agree a trip to the vets would be best and probably keep them out of the bedroom alltogether to be honest.
 
Not one of the doggy experts but interested why you start him off in a crate and then let him out to join you when he starts to whine?

My wretched dog has done that - to a friends dogs bed when we were visiting. Now that was definately a one up manship thing!. Luckily friend was OK about it and simply stuck the bed in the washing machine..
 
Don't let the dogs into the bedroom. Its your room, not theirs and they should be quite happy in their own space, not a shared space - although that may take some getting used to. Maybe, because he was made 'ball-less' young he is a false rig or a rig of some type and does have a marking issue?
 
This is common behaviour? usually 2 more common reasons.
What does he do his business on outside? concrete/grass and what flooring do u have in the house, the scent alone will come from his first scent when he first pished on the bed, did he go right through to the matress?
 
Cayla - thanks for your reply, in the garden him and my other dogs have a lovely variety of grass / stones / bushes / paving slabs / side of shed / fence and plant pots which they do their business on.

We have carpet in the house, which he doesn't wee on.

We were lucky enough to be bought a new bed and mattress from the in-laws as a wedding present in the summer. Sunday was the first time he peed on it and it just got the throw and duvet.

Changed sheets and duvet etc and he did it again on Wednedsay. Unfortunately this time as I caught him he jumped off the bed and got some wee on the side of the mattress :-( have cleaned and scrubbed lots but I think they can always smell it :-(

Little sod.
 
PP (ha just realised pee pee :p)

How did you toilet train him? Mine did this for a time because I had toilet trained them on lovely fluffy puppy pads and of course, my nice duvet bears some resembalance to that.

There's special stuff you can use to clean which doesn't have certain chemicals which make the smell worse, I believe - I have seen it in pets at home :)
 
Can recommend Urine-off which if you spray on eliminates all wee smells and stains. Best thing to do regarding protecting bed I've found is put a waterproof mattress cover on (buy from mothercare they do doubles I think) and then a mattress protector over the top to stop it being like sleeping on a crisp packet then make the bed up as usual with the thinnest possible duvet so it can fit in the washing machine.
Good luck in solving it.
 
Has he been unsettled at all recently? My whippet started weeing in the house after Christmas when we had a house full of people and no routine. He has settled down again now we are back to normal
 
The dominance thing does not sit with me, however things such as change, stress, anxiety, or health/urine problems as suggested will bring about this bahviour and as on the lines of Kitty suggests, dogs are or will try to be clean, they will where possible try not to pee where it will splash up, flat surfaces like tiles, wood, carpet, or run beneath their feet, so the bed is ideal for the urine to soak in and then it can be covered via ruffling up of the covers, or gathering them with their paws in order to hide/cover up the motion, cats also display this behaviour.
If u had nothing but a plastic sheet and no covers, he prob would not bother, obs u cannot do that.
The most common time dogs display this behaviour is when they woner leaves the house and all doors are left open and the dog becomes anxious.

I would block access to upstairs at all times when u are not up there yourself, using a baby gate, it's not like there is a point in going back to toilet training because he is fully toilet trained, there is a reason her keeps going in said place.

Also google pee post and place one outside, encourage him to use one pee spot to make sure he focuses and eliminates when he is out there.
 
LOL!

I did have a mattress protector but it was still in the wash after Sundays 'accident' :-(

He was actually very easy to house train - just put him out after naps / food / before bed etc and gave lots of praise and tit bits when he went in the garden. When he had accidents as a puppy we would shout 'no' to interrupt him pick him up and leg it into the garden and rewarded him when he finished the job outside.

I really shouted at him last night when I caught him in the act and then he went all quiet and creepy and now I feel mean :-(
 
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