My 1 year old Yorktese is paper trained but goes pee in the middle of the kitchen floor

Question

  QUESTION: I have a wonderful 1 year old Yorktese named Angus. He is totaly paper trained and has been since he was 11 weeks old. We just moved into my boyfriends house and Angus randomly goes pee in the middle of the kitchen floor.Angus is so well paper trained that i can take him to my office, friends and famiy's houses show him his paper and he goes right to the paper when he has to go. This is getting to be a real pain. I make sure that his pad is never over used. Why is he doing this? What can i do to stop it?

ANSWER: I know it sounds confusing but dogs have adjustment periods just like people. Your boy is adjusting to the changes in his life but in routeine., people in his life and where he lives. Go back to doing what you did during potty training for a couple of weeks. The familiarity of the routine and the short reminder should have him back to his old self within a couple of weeks. BTW, if this is a picture of him, he is just adorable~
Also do remember not to  punish for mistakes but reward for success.
Blessings,
Cindi

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QUESTION: Hello Cindi,
   Thank you so much for you prompt answer. My boyfriend and I thought about the adjustment part of all of this. i was hoping if I gave you some more history we may find a different cause and cure.
    Angus is a CUTIE! (that is him in the picture)Angus has been with me 24 hours a day since the day I brought him home. I was lucky enough to have an employer that allowed me to bring him to work with me. Angus is a very well known dog. he has always been use to going lots of different places with me every day.I was in the mortgage business, so he went to realtor's, title companies, and closings everyday. Angus is so paper trained that he could even go in the car.
   Angus has always been a "mommy's dog" but when i meet my boyfriend he took right to him. Angus would even sleep with him instead of me. Before we moved in Angus would of course go to bret's house with me to visit, and like always he went right to his paper. The first month we lived here we did not have any accidents.
  We have thought that maybe it is a spite issue, that the newness has worn off with Angus and his new friend, and now he see's Bret as something that is taking away mom's attention. we take special care to include Angus when we are doing anything, there really isn't a reason for him to be spitefull. Angus can go a week or two with no accidents and them he has one. Should I be worried that there is medical issue with him?
   besides the move that is four months old already, the only other change is that i no longer work, so he and i are not on the run as much. We are home together.
  Friends say that i should teach him to go outside. We live in northern Minnesota, and my little guy only weighs 7 pounds. so the winter is out. In the summer he is outside allot, never un attended. Angus will even ask to go in the house to go pee on the paper. He of course will pee outside to mark his territory, but i do not think he is aware of the outside being a specific place to go pee. I am also concerned because he is so well paper trained, that I should not try to take that away from him.
 Any thoughts?

Answer
Hmm, friends LOL. I have those too, the one's who tell you when you should potty train your child, take your dog off puppy food., take your baby's binky away LOL and obviously outside train your dog. I say if it works for you and boyfriend and Angus, then why mess with success?
I was going to repost and suggest you have him vetted just to be sure he has no physical issues, sometimes bladder or kidney problems can seem to come and go. Dogs truly do not use pottying to make statements as hard as sometimes that is to believe. We do tend to humanize them a great deal. They break potty habits out of stress, or illness., confusion or because another dog did first. Not because they are angry. He might be feeling a bit insecure and left out. But that would only cause him to break training due to his feelings,. not because he expected an outcome or was making a statement. Dogs are VERY immediate. And VERY literal. They don't think maybe if I pee on the floor things will go back to normal. Does that make sense?
DO have him vetted, and go back to doing what you were doing when you first trained him. The structure will help him feel more secure and remind him of what his boundaries are.
He is a very lucky little guy :) and very special. Enjoy.
Cindi