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jmwolff New Member  Posts: 1 |
posted 12-13-2003 04:23 PM
 
I have a 4.5 year old Bassett Hound who is using my house as his personal toilet. He has sporadically been peeing on the dining room rug (which used to be the only rug in our old house when he was a puppy...and was where he used to have accidents).. now we have wall to wall...the dining room is a regular spot for hime to urinate, but he will occasionally do it other places too. Now in the past few days he has been pooped in just about every room in the house. He used to be totally trained, we could leave him out during the day while we were at work. Now we can't even leave him out at night when we are sleeping. He knows to go to the door, but half the time he pees or poops inside he doesn't even "ask" to go out. He does drink like a fish when we come home from work and constantly drink and pees from 5-8pm. We had his urine checked and they said it was fine no infections or diabetes. Any ideas??? My husband is about one second away from bringing him to the pound. Any tips on how to clean the rugs (I guess throughout the whole house) to get the urine smell out??? Thanks! IP: Logged |
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3Dogsihave Member  Posts: 156 |
posted 12-14-2003 12:27 AM
Julie, Im not sure how to post link but if you do a search there were some really great posts a few weeks back about cleaning doggie smells out. And a couple on older dogs going in the house. Sorry couldent be any more help but if you find them they had some really good suggestions. IP: Logged |
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Maisey Member Posts: 1387 |
posted 12-14-2003 12:04 PM
To remove the smell from the carpets and other surfaces use something like Natures Miracle or another product with enzymes that actually remove the smell rather than cover it up. You can get a black light that will help you find all the urine spots, even the old ones so that you can effectively treat ALL areas. Did you say you moved into a new house and then this started? If thats the case, there may be another animal smell that is causing your dog to suddenly start eliminating in the house. Moving, changes in schedule, new people or things can cause a dog to start eliminating in the house too. I might ask for more tests from the vet too, to rule out anything physical. Maybe a blood panel? I would go back to basics with regards to potty training, treat him just like a new puppy, starting at square one. Getting the smell out of the house is priority one though...as long as he can still smell it in the house he will associate that with an ok spot to go. I used the Natures Miracle with my elderly Beagle as she started to lose control near the end, none of my other dogs ever had accidents in those spots and with a black light you can tell if you have removed it all. There are other products available that others may be able to recommend, thats just the one I used. IP: Logged |
nern Moderator Posts: 1591 |
posted 12-14-2003 12:05 PM
Nature's Miracle is a good cleaner to get the smell out. IP: Logged |
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