Male dog peeing every where! Help!

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I'm minding my mums dog but may end up with him staying here but am havin a few problems!

I left him in the livng room last night (my 2 female dogs sleep near the back door, my cats are in the kitchen!) and put his bed down, took him for a wee before bed. But this morning he had done about 4 wees!

My mum said he doesn't wee in the house anymore, so maybe hes marking his teritory? He is neutered though.

Also he spend the whole night scratching the door trying to get upstairs, he took the paint off.

Is there anyway to stop him weeing a night?

Am thinking of crating him but my mum would probably say I was being cruel!

It sounds like he might be really anxious being in a different house. With the scratching the door too that sounds more like anxiety than if he was just weeing which might be territory marking.

Can you get some DAP spray or something to ease his anxiety and make sure he has plenty of wees before bed?

How long have you got him for? Maybe he could sleep nearer to you so that he doesn't feel so anxious?

Awww you think?

Whats DAP spray? do you have to get it from the vets?
We have him for a week. He could go home as my sisters there but shes not really a 'dog' person, wheras I am so my parents thought it would be best for him to come to me.

He can't really sleep nearer to us as the animals aren't allowed upstairs.

Yes I really do and I speak from experience! I have a very anxious golden who has the same problem when he's upset.

DAP can be bought from Pets at Home I think? Or yes the vets. You can get a spray, a diffuser or a collar for him to wear but probably some spray on his bed would be best.

I don't know what else to suggest. What helps my boy is lots of attention and strokes during the day to reassure him and then lots of toilets at night so that there's nothing left to do overnight.

Hope that helps. Difficult really as it's such a temporary problem, it will probably just get solved and your Mum will come home!

I agree with NJAPM, it sounds like anxiety to me. Although you don't normally allow pets upstairs it would be worth relaxing that rule for the short time he's with you.

How likely is it that you will have him for good though? As if it really is on the cards you may feel you wish to nip this in the bud - and surely your Mum couldn't object if he is to be your dog. After all, when and if he becomes yours the decisions will not be Mums to make! Explain to her perhaps that if he is going to remain with you, you need sleep, an undamaged home and a clean environment (emphasise the benefits of this for your DC, assuming you have them). Appeal too to Mum's concern for the dog - better a dog which feels secure in his own crate overnight than one who is crying for company and weeing himself in distress.

I've only ever used crates for foster dogs, not my own, at the rescue's request/owner to be's request or both. Rescue folk tend to be fussy (rightly so!) about their animals' welfare, and they have no objection to crates, as long as they aren't used for too long lengths of time or as a punishment.

A crate will not only help you it will make the dog feel more secure - leave the door open in the day so he can take himself off there, add some treats/chews/a kong and blankets/a duvet(not the latter if he'll chew it!), and allow him free access when he's tired or he's had enough of the family chaos. That way he'll be happier to accept his own little den come night time. You may find he objects for the first night or two but he will soon get used to it.

Perhaps even introduce a crate near your bedroom, or dare I say it, in your room, thus giving him more reassurance whilst eliminating dog hair/dog on bed syndrome?

Hiya, thanks for the advice.

DH put the dogs to bed last night and he put him in with the girls, we came down this morning and they were all curled up in the big bed (they have 1 each!) and there were no wees at all!

So I think thats the answer, they get along super during the day but was nervous about them being unsupervised in a small area, but there were no problems.

They are only little toy dogs so not really any danger of much happening! ButI always over think things with my dogs

I can't really discuss it with my Mum Vall as she is abroad and hasn't phoned yet!