Rottweiler Urinating in house

Question
Hi Dawn,
First, I want to thank you for your response. The vet asked for a urine sample before she was spayed because I had told him she was peeing in her cage at night. The urine sample came back fine. He never gave a reason as to why he thought it was behavioral. She was spayed when she was 6 months old and he has not run any tests since then. I was thinking about giving her away because of the problems with her urinating in her cage in the night. When I would leave her out of her cage, she would on occasion pee in the house. Animal kind found a great home for her and they agreed to let me try it out for a week because I was having a hard time with giving her away. I ended up picking her back up at the end of the week because I just could not bear giving her away. When she returned home, she listened better when I would call her to come back, but her peeing in the house became out of control. After reading your e-mail and as I write back, I am starting to wonder if she had a better life there and she is acting out because I took her home. They had a doggie door and they had said she picked it up right away. However, even when my door is wide open for her to go outside she will still go in the house. She acts as if she loves me so much. She always wants to be by my side. I feel so lost and confused. I just want the best for her; she really is a sweet dog. I got her from a family in Amsterdam when she was five weeks old. Thanks again your assistance is appreciated.

Sincerely,
Inez

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Followup To

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Dear Dawn Spoolman,

I was relieved to see that I was not the only one having problems with their Rottweiler urinating in the house. I have a 1-year-old female that was crate trained but would occasionally pee in her cage during the night. It started to become every night. She stopped crying when she had to go and I would here her licking it up from the bottom of her cage. Hardly ever did she pee in the house. Now all of a sudden, no matter how long she is out, it is as if she is purposely holding it so that when she walks in the house she can pee on the floor. The weather is nice so when I cannot be out there while she runs free, I keep her on her run; but winter is quickly approaching and I need to figure out what is going on. I have already ruled out medical the vet says it is behavioral. I am starting to feel overwhelmed with frustration and feel like I have lost her as a companion because she always has to be outside. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thank you for your time.
Inez



Answer -
Hi Inez,  Has your vet run tests?  Is she spayed?  It is very abnormal for a yr old rottweiler to regress in their potty training unless it is medical or unless something tramautic has happened.  Why does your vet feel it is behavorial?  If she is spayed and this is the vet that spayed her, go to a different vet.  Check with them because some dogs that get spayed can have incontinence problems afterwards.  The vet that spayed her will not want to admit that.  Let me know about the tests, how long ago this started, did anything happen about the time it started, any changes in the household, no matter how minor and also how old was she when you got her, where did you get her from.


Dawn

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Hi, dogs don't act out because they feel life is better at one place or another.  They don't reason that way.  When she stayed at the other home, they stated she had no accidents in the home?  How was their schedule different?  Did they work all day and leave her outside?  Were they home all day?  Something was obviously different.  Dogs are pattern animals, what you need to find out is what their pattern was that made things successful for them to have her completely potty-trained.  That is the key to the whole situation.  Hope this helps,

Dawn