we have a foster dog, he is adorable, only been with us for 3 days, but we are seriously in love.
He is a springer spaniel, gentle, adorable, affectionate, bright and lively. He is 18 months old, and full of energy.
He was owned by a lovely family where he was very well trained, so he is trained and looking to you for instruction and eager to please.
He is just so LOVELY. Well, we want to keep him, he is without doubt the dog that would fit our family perfectly. We have been fostering for a few months and every other dog has been a dog we are looking after on the way to someone else. This dog is different.
BUT, of course there is a but. They have been forced to rehome him because he wees everywhere.
He is fully housetrained, and on a normal day, he is fine, but as soon as he is startled, over excited or nervous, he just wees. It is never a dribble, but a full on flood, every time. He seems to drink a lot and wee a lot anyway. Even when going outside to do a normal wee, if he has a full bladder, he will start weeing as soon as he hits the back door step and run across the garden while in full flow and then stop and cock his leg, and do a full wee.
so, as an example:
On the evening he arrived, weed all over the kitchen floor twice (to be expected) went out into garden and weed, then 1 hour later, kids in bed and dh sitting on lounge floor with dog next to him. I left the room and came back in, for some reason this startled him, he jumped up as I came in and then dropped into submissive dog position and then weed all over the lounge.
The next morning I came down, before I could get across the kitchen and open the back door he had done 4 huge wees on the floor, then got past me into the dining room and ran round weeing, then went outside and weed again!
Ok, so that was him in a new setting, so we expected lots of nervous wees. Since then he has only had one more wee in doors, but we are taking him out to wee every 1.5 hours, and managing new people etc very carefully.
so, with him just weeing every time he is nervous, we couldn't adopt him. The people who would have him when we are on holiday (eg my Mum) would NOT want a weeing dog! We couldn't take him anywhere, so sunday lunch at my borthers? He would wee everywhere. etc etc.
Does anyone know if this is a cureable condition? It is definitely nerves, he is the sort of dog that always seems to be on alert, even when you think he is asleep, as soon as someone leaves/enters the room he is immediately alert.
I have no idea if this has been investigated by a vet. the house he was in was busy with people and dogs, so possibly he would settle more and be calmer in a quieter, one dog household. He is also young and may grow up. He was originally a puppy rescue and was abused, so that explains why he is easily scared.
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weeing dog - do you think it is possible to cure this?
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steppemum · 18/11/2017 17:57
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