Dog peeing on bed

Justask

One of my dogs a jr pees on my bed every single time I change my sheets. It's like she knows it's a Monday and goes straight in and wees .. I've tried putting the old duvet cover over it. But no she still goes. But when I take the cover off that she has peed on she doesn't go on the second fresh cover ? Any ideas

frozenfrozen

close the door

Justask

frozenfrozen wrote: »

close the door

I know it's wrong but they sleep in my room

SingItOut

Is she the only dog that sleeps in there or do they both sleep in there? if they both sleep in there she may be the more dominant one and pee on your bed to give a warning to the other dog. What I'd suggest is bring a basket each for them and make them sleep there instead of your bed

Justask

SingItOut wrote: »

Is she the only dog that sleeps in there or do they both sleep in there? if they both sleep in there she may be the more dominant one and pee on your bed to give a warning to the other dog. What I'd suggest is bring a basket each for them and make them sleep there instead of your bed

Both sleep in the room already in their own beds. She is only one and the other is 15 the older one is the boss.!!

SingItOut

She could be trying to take over from the older dog, If not then make sure she uses the bathroom first thing before bed and straight away when you get up.

lorebringer

She's marking - the girls do it aswell as the boys - stopping her is a matter of not letting her on the bed. It could also be the smell of the bed she dislikes, as in the clean smell, or the texture of the clean sheets that she associates with peeing on. We had one (a male) the would pee on the bed and we couldn't figure out why until a behaviourist suggested it to be the texture of the blanket - she got it in one, got rid of said blanket and no more peeing!

You defo need to ensure she goes for a pee outside before you let her up to the room and bring a bed for her so that she can sleep in it, and try to keep her off the bed. It could just be a bad habit and if she isn't permitted onto the bed, she may stop.

DaisyD2

lorebringer wrote: »

She's marking - the girls do it aswell as the boys - stopping her is a matter of not letting her on the bed. It could also be the smell of the bed she dislikes, as in the clean smell, or the texture of the clean sheets that she associates with peeing on. We had one (a male) the would pee on the bed and we couldn't figure out why until a behaviourist suggested it to be the texture of the blanket - she got it in one, got rid of said blanket and no more peeing!

No way! My female yorkie had my heart broke with last duvet (had suede squares on one & velvety detail on other two) covers. Everytime I changed cover there was new pee stains on duvet, I thought it was fabric softener (her not liking smell) & stopped using, I also thought maybe it was territorial as I'd have my mums yorkie over a bit too but now your saying that since I changed all my linen to plain eyptian cotton I can't remember last time I changed bought new duvet? Probably same time as I changed rest the bedding, could be something there OP

Sigma Force

Our youngest did that for a while when he was a pup, so hard to get the smell out so we just had to be mean and not allow him on the bed, he's grown out of it now but he is crated at night more because he's so used to being in his crate at night now, plus he's small and don't want to accidently squish him.

You can get waterproof sheets with a terry covering so they don't feel plasticy but tbh the pee can go right through them as well..even the pricier ones. Unless you get one of those hospital mattresses.

Crate training and not being allowed on the bed or in the room if needs be is probably the way to go, it's become such a habit now maybe a dog trainer on here can offer more advice. If he keeps going the mattress will soon be detroyed not cheap to replace.

MJ23

Put the dogs outside where they should be.

solarith

Slap the dog and shout at it every time it does it. It will learn not to do it. May sound cruel but it's how you train them.

kylith

The only way to break the habit is to keep her out of the room when you're not there to supervise her.

Does she jump up on it and squat? Perhaps if you kept a lead on her, brought her into the room and then, when she showed signs of squatting give an "Ah, Ah!" and remove her from the room. Repeat until she realises that making to wee on the bed means she gets taken from the room. She should soon learn that weeing on the bed means she doesn't get to sleep there.

DBB

solarith wrote: »

Slap the dog and shout at it every time it does it. It will learn not to do it. May sound cruel but it's how you train them.

Oh for goodness' sake.
OP, there are some good tips and advice all through this thread, save for the two posts above me here ^^^
It's most likely the dog is marking new, clean scents to make it smell like her own again. Slapping, shouting, leaving the dog out the back are all options, but none of them will work! Well, I suppose locking the dog outside will stop her peeing on your bed, but it doesn't get to the root of the problem!

solarith

DBB wrote: »

Oh for goodness' sake.
OP, there are some good tips and advice all through this thread, save for the two posts above me here ^^^
It's most likely the dog is marking new, clean scents to make it smell like her own again. Slapping, shouting, leaving the dog out the back are all options, but none of them will work! Well, I suppose locking the dog outside will stop her peeing on your bed, but it doesn't get to the root of the problem!

DBB - Why is it a cop out and why won't it work?

How were you taught when you were younger? Were you not scolded when you did something that was not acceptable? I'm not saying physically abuse the dog - but you need to make it clear it is unacceptable to pee in the bed. There are not many ways to make something clear for a dog.

Plastic sheets and the like is not solving the problem. The problem is making the dog not want to pee in the bed.

Justask

Thanks everyone (well mostly everyone) for the replies. She's just so quick and sneaky about it.. I'm going to try the terry towel water sheet over the bed. She is really well trained never soils the house apart from.
Thanks again.

Justask

solarith wrote: »

DBB - Why is it a cop out and why won't it work?

How were you taught when you were younger? Were you not scolded when you did something that was not acceptable? I'm not saying physically abuse the dog - but you need to make it clear it is unacceptable to pee in the bed. There are not many ways to make something clear for a dog.

Plastic sheets and the like is not solving the problem. The problem is making the dog not want to pee in the bed.

Slapping a dog is not an option in this house or should be in any house.

DBB

I'd consider slapping a dog to be physical abuse. Any form of shouting, slapping etc can backfire horribly, especially when the dog is given no alternative to fill the void.
Your assumption is that OP's dog is doing this because she's bold. My suggestion is that dogs don't do things out of boldness, there is always an underlying reason which makes sense to the dog at the time.
In this case, the dog appears to be overmarking a new smell which has replaced her own comforting smell, or maybe the owner's comforting smell, on the bed. This can really upset some dogs. The dog does what all dogs do when they need to replace their own smell, she overmarks it, because she's anxious. So, slapping or shouting at an anxious dog is going to do what? Stop her being anxious? I doubt it. I'd imagine it'd make her more anxious. And anxious dogs are more likely to pee inappropriately.
OP has a few options here. She can keep the dogs off the bed altogether. Probably not a runner. Or, she can keep the dogs off the bed just after the sheets have been replaced, and just let the dogs up at bedtime when she can keep a close eye on them so that they replenish their own body scent naturally when sleeping on the bed, or she can put an item of dog-scented cloth on the fresh bed, or run an object with the dog's scent on it, over the fresh sheets, to put the dog's scent back into the equation.
These deal with the dog's needs passively, rather than punishing her. I have yet to come across any dog behaviour that can't be dealt with using a bit if thought about why the dog feels the need to carry out various unwanted behaviours, and dealing with the underlying reason, rather than resorting to slapping and shouting. Even as methods for punishing children, these are frowned upon now. For the record, whilst I might have been shouted at very occasionally, I was never slapped as a child. I wouldn't slap a child now. Like my own parents, I like to reason things out with the kids instead.

Sigma Force

Waterproof sheets will help protect the bed whilst training.
Slapping is a stupid solution they're dogs not kids, and how do you think kids feel when they get slapped...we're not allowed to go around slapping adults (..well in some circumstances but that's an totally different topic lol) so why should we be allowed to go around 'teaching/training' kids or animals by smacking them one.

Postative methods of training is the way to go.