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Originally Posted by Ronnie-123  Hi, new here :)
I have no idea what's wrong with my dog. He's a rescue dog, we have had him since he was 7 and now he's 10.
When we had to go away for a few days a few months ago, he went into a kennels with our other rotty. On return we found out that he'd been peeing all over his bed.
For the next week after getting him back he kept on peeing and pooing inside the house and on his bed!
He seemed to get over it and stopped.
However this strange behaviour has returned badly with him dumping in the house every other day. I can't understand this at all!!! There's access to the garden etc it isn't like he's trapped inside. He won't even let people know he needs to go outside when the door's shut.
He's old enough not to do this, he's always been such a lovely dog and I can't think of any reason for it. We've mentioned this to the vet but no answers.
Please help!! Any ideas at all???
The only thing I can think of is that it may be linked to abadonment issues. The only thing making me think this is that he first had this problem after we left him in the kennels for a few days, so surely us leaving him was the trigger?
In the first few months of owning him he hurt himself and needed to go to the vet's and he needed to stay overnight. Unfortunately he got all worked up because we weren't there and howled the place down - he got so bad the vets had to ring us to fetch him.
I'm confused :( and really don't know what to do. I don't even know what got him to stop doing it the first time round. |
If dogs are not kenneled often, stress can be a big factor, especially for older dogs, or dogs with unknown pasts. Even if the help is on top of exercise times, and are fastidious about keeping things clean and sanitized, simply the ruckus, other males around, etc... can lead to marking inside the kennel run. If the help is not exercising the dogs adequately, or the dog is unusually stressed, they will sometimes mess in the kennel run as well.
Another factor might simply be age. For instance, our Poohbear will be hitting 10yo in a month or so, and she has a tendency to "hold it" so as not to make too many trips outside
. Things like barking, getting excited, jumping off her chair... well, these actions can cause unwanted material to simply fall out of her. We affectionately call this stuff "Pooh apples". Since I won't make her wear Depends, we deal with it. Many times I have to remind her to go outside... the old grey mare just ain't what she used to be.
If you feel that stress is a factor, then simply be more diligent about "retraining" his timeclock, and being more consistent about feeding times, etc.. just like you'd do with a pup.
If his stools are not normal (too runny, too hard), then a checkup is likely in order. There may be a medical reason for his new found incontinence.