My dog p* * *es all over the room through the night. Help!!!!!!!

[PhoenixGirl]

He's an 18 month old Lhasa Apso and over the last few months is peeing in the living room while we're in bed. He doesn't do it through the day in the house and its not every night, but def more often than not.

There are a few possible reasons for it but it didn't start at the same time as any of the following things:

1. We had a baby who's now nearly 11 month old (possible jealousy?)

1. He used to sleep in a cage in the living room but we decided to take it away just after having ds.

1. We went on holiday for a week in summer and left him with my parents.

As you can imagine its a pain cleaning 4 or 5 patches of dog pee up every morning, especially with a baby crawling around and its not exactly hygenic. We have laminate floor so it makes it a little easier.

Someone told dh he could be spraying his territory and getting him 'done' could sort it.

Anyone got some wise words or had this prob themselves and can help. Please because its beginnig to really get me down.

Soz its long

I know nothing about this but would it be better to cage him at night again to at least save on the mess for you to clear up on the floor?

It probably would but we felt cruel caging him and have sold it now anyway.

Def get the cage back - they never 'go' in their bed. Call it a crate and you don't feel so bad

It would be cheaper than a trip to the vets

My mum has a dog flap and he goes out as and when he needs - would that be an option? The territory thing does sound likely though

Sounds like stress to me.

Celia Haddon in the Telegraph has a column on pets, she has sent me free advice for both my cat and dog that was incredibly detailed and very helpful -in fact my lab was featured in her 'problem pets' column! - might be worth a try if you look at the Telegraph site.

Dog flap not really an option as we have a communal back yard and he doesn't go out there cos 2 neighbours have got big dogs so it would have to be in front door and i don't like the idea of that.

Will look at telegraph site thanks.

looked at this thread and thought to myself glad them days are over only to then go into the kitchen and find a big wee patch

we had the same problem the dog use to wee and poo all over the kitchen floor at night, at the time we had a 12 week baby and i use to hate the mess in the mornings. One night we decided to take his basket into our bedroom to see what he would do. He has been in the bedroom ever since, he never gets onto the bed and has never made any mess during th night since. The problem we have now is he snores really loud

No chance that is def not an option dh probably would.

I would probably get the cage back too as that is what he is used to. He might feel as if his bed has been taken away. My mums spaniel is the same, if she lets her out of the cage when she isnt there she is a nightmare.

I would clean the whole area with biological washing powder (assuming you haven't already) - it is the only thing that removes the smell for the dog. When dogs smell their own pee (it's been cleaned but they can still smell it) it kind of triggers them to have another pee.

Worth a try to eliminate that possibility?