Dog Marking Bedding

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Hi,

My bitch Lilli is around 7 1/2 yrs old and I've had her for 2 1/2 yrs. When we first got her there was a bit of territorial (I'm assuming) peeing around the house and it was always on our beds and on my son's clothes that he'd dump on his floor. I restricted her access to these places for a while and things are fine now (touch wood).

The next things she started weeing on was any dog bedding around the house much to my other dogs disgust. One night she was asleep at my feet and when she stood up the flood gates opened and there was wee everywhere.

I went to the vet and after ruling out a couple of things they put her on Stilboesterol. Well she hasn't had the stand up flood happen again but she's till urinating on bedding. I've thrown out most of it now including my other dogs favourite bed and she's been sleeping on the lounge (she'd do that for part of the night anyway) which she's now started peeing on too. Thank god it's leather.

Anyway I'm hoping someone can explain her behaviour to me. I'm thinking she might have to be shut in a crate at night (it only seems to happen overnight) and if she was do you think she'd still wee on bedding that is exclusively hers?

I always make sure she goes to the loo before bed and on the odd occasion she's needed to go during the night she whines until she's let out.

I'm not very good at explaining thing so I hope this makes sense.

Thanks.

[Her Majesty Dogmad]

Either the meds or the dosage needs revising possibly?

I have an old foster girl who had exactly the same problem, it happened wherever she slept and in the car. She was on Stilboestrel for a few months but then it happened again, increased the intake and it's OK now. There is another medication you can try which I think is Propalin??? Someone correct me if that's wrong. More expensive but in some cases, more effective. I wouldn't be shutting her in anywhere, my old chook drinks and pees a lot more than she used to.

However, I also have a 16 year old girl who pees on anything on the floor. Had to take up all my carpets and if I drop anything like clothes or one of the dog's coats comes off while I'm out - it's a target for her. She doesn't have incontinence but she does have dementia! She drinks a lot more than she should simply because she forgets that she's just had a drink ... She has also peed in the car on occasion so I have to keep trips very short now.

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dogmad did your old foster girl do small or large amounts? Lilli's are large and that's why I thought she was marking.