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Hey fellow dog-owners
We've had a chihuahua now for a good 10 or so years, and there's generally been no real problems, we've tended to him as well as we possibly could. When we got him as a puppy, we had to teach him 'how' to pee outside, and honestly it didn't take that long, he now knows to sit next to either one of our doors (the front or back) and wait until he gets let out, which doesn't take awfully long time as there is almost always someone near either door. We also walk him once every day, at evening around 11 pm (note, we've delayed this a lot, see later why) and we generally walk him until he poos, and makes sure that he doesn't actually pee anymore, and this has been completely problem-free until lately.
It started not too long ago when he started peeing in the middle of the night, before this we used to walk him around 9-10 pm every evening. The main issue in this was that he peed on the carpet in the bedroom, which can be a pain to get off. Eventually we started trying to take precautions to see what could be causing this.
1 - We opened the bathroom door, which is right next to the bedroom where he sleeps, that way if he HAD to pee, he could at least do it on the floor in the bathroom, where it wasn't as difficult to remove.
2 - We 'delayed' his walk times to a little later, aka we went from around 9-10 pm every evening, to around 11 pm, meaning the only time he wouldn't actually have access to getting out, would be between 11:30 pm (when we'd come home with him again) and around 6-7 am (when the first person would wake up and let him out in the garden).
3 - We 'removed' his water and food bowl after we came home from walks, this was to ensure he didn't start drinking in the middle of the night, which might cause him to suddenly need to pee.
Now our concern starts because we've had him for 10 years now, and it only just started happening. At first we saw it more of an accident that could've happened one or two times (as many has already mentioned on this website, dogs have accidents too), but now it's been happening at least once or twice a week the past several months.
The real concern began today, when he not only didn't piss during the night (but actually during broad daylight, just when we didn't know) but also twice, both in the bedroom and in the bathroom. Especially considering we let him out at almost every opportunity, even if he doesn't just sit at the door, we might open the door, and sometimes, harshly force him out.
We're unsure what else we could do at this point, and even worse, we're afraid it might be something with his bladder.
I've got a picture of the most recent pee in the bathroom, though I'm not sure how useful it would be. Any information you lot need to possibly help us would be wonderful, we're just not sure what else we could do at this point.
Sincerely,
Steffenwollau.
We've had a chihuahua now for a good 10 or so years, and there's generally been no real problems, we've tended to him as well as we possibly could. When we got him as a puppy, we had to teach him 'how' to pee outside, and honestly it didn't take that long, he now knows to sit next to either one of our doors (the front or back) and wait until he gets let out, which doesn't take awfully long time as there is almost always someone near either door. We also walk him once every day, at evening around 11 pm (note, we've delayed this a lot, see later why) and we generally walk him until he poos, and makes sure that he doesn't actually pee anymore, and this has been completely problem-free until lately.
It started not too long ago when he started peeing in the middle of the night, before this we used to walk him around 9-10 pm every evening. The main issue in this was that he peed on the carpet in the bedroom, which can be a pain to get off. Eventually we started trying to take precautions to see what could be causing this.
1 - We opened the bathroom door, which is right next to the bedroom where he sleeps, that way if he HAD to pee, he could at least do it on the floor in the bathroom, where it wasn't as difficult to remove.
2 - We 'delayed' his walk times to a little later, aka we went from around 9-10 pm every evening, to around 11 pm, meaning the only time he wouldn't actually have access to getting out, would be between 11:30 pm (when we'd come home with him again) and around 6-7 am (when the first person would wake up and let him out in the garden).
3 - We 'removed' his water and food bowl after we came home from walks, this was to ensure he didn't start drinking in the middle of the night, which might cause him to suddenly need to pee.
Now our concern starts because we've had him for 10 years now, and it only just started happening. At first we saw it more of an accident that could've happened one or two times (as many has already mentioned on this website, dogs have accidents too), but now it's been happening at least once or twice a week the past several months.
The real concern began today, when he not only didn't piss during the night (but actually during broad daylight, just when we didn't know) but also twice, both in the bedroom and in the bathroom. Especially considering we let him out at almost every opportunity, even if he doesn't just sit at the door, we might open the door, and sometimes, harshly force him out.
We're unsure what else we could do at this point, and even worse, we're afraid it might be something with his bladder.
I've got a picture of the most recent pee in the bathroom, though I'm not sure how useful it would be. Any information you lot need to possibly help us would be wonderful, we're just not sure what else we could do at this point.
Sincerely,
Steffenwollau.