Dog peeing on my bed

[MightyMeerkat]

Has anyone had this? Pup has always slept on my bed. She's generally really good and then twice in the last month or so she has for no reason I can tell weed on my bed just before we go to bed. The first time wasn't too bad but this second time it soaked through to the mattress. I really don't know what to do about it. She won't settle if she's not in my room with me. Thanks.

Is she crate trained?

I had this with my girl. Turns our it's a thing in the week or so leading up to a season.

I have a waterproof mattress cover on my bed at all times which minimises issues but it's still annoying.

It is quite a common thing for dogs to wee on owners beds .

We will never really know but often thought to be a "smellyish" place for human scent and the dogs are marking the area to belong and add their scent to the humans scent.

Make sue your dog has weed outside before going into the bedroom . Change the bed more so less strong human odour. Encourage your dog to sleep in own bed in the room not on your bed.

Bed marking is often anxiety.

Id be inclined to start training your dog to sleep in it’s own bed or open crate in your room. That may take a while but can be done by reinforcing the bed as a good place (food). You may have to pen off your bed while she gets it and sleep on the floor with her for a while if she’s used to being close. You can do it with patience.

Having had an anxiety weeer I’m not a fan of dogs on the bed really. In the room yes as they are social sleepers but not on the bed.

Thank you for the replies. She is not crate trained. I did try it when she was a pup but it wasn't successful. She is 18 months now. She is spayed so I don't think it will be a hormonal thing. I suspect it may be anxiety but I can't think why she would be anxious. She is a happy excitable and loving dog all of the time. The only other change in her behaviour would I think about it is that she seems to want to be outside all of the time in the evening - she sits at the patio door watching out for hours sometimes.

Given the fact she’s wanting to go out more often, I would advise a vet check, in case she has a UTI.

If that’s all clear, could nocturnal animals (eg foxes) be disturbing her a night? That could potentially cause her to develop some anxiety going to bed. In which case, some white noise or similar in your room, if you can tolerate it, might help block out any external noise.

I had a bed wee-er many years ago, but she only ever did it when we were staying with my parents, which made it a bit awkward! She wasn’t an anxious dog generally, but clearly wasn’t happy with being removed from her comfort zone. We taught her to sleep on a comfy, but waterproof. dog bed in a pen in the room in the end.

That's a good idea about a UTI. She has had one in the past although I haven't noticed any other symptoms recently.

We do have foxes around our area so she could have seen one in the garden and the smell of them could be around. She could be watching for them to return maybe. She does bark to guard her territory sometimes.

Get the dog in its own bed on the floor. Will take a few nights but like with kids if you persevere it will pay off.