dog peeing in the house

[twodoggies2001]

My almost 10 year old mini schnauzer has started to pee in the house and more often than not, it's not just marking.  He was recently diagnosed with border line cushings and I was wondering if this could be the cause.  Thankfully, my entire bottom storey is tiled throughout, mainly because of the dogs even our bedroom so he is not affecting any carpet.  He is not really showing any signs of being affected by the cushings and he has access to the outside via a doggie door.  I will be making an appointment to see the vet during the week but, in the meantime, any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[SchnauzerMax]

UTI?

[Mjosa]

Maybe get him a belly band for inside until you have him sorted with the vet.

[Akay]

Cushings usually results in the dog drinking more, so this would cause the dog to want to urinate more.   My 13 year old dog that had cushings started peeing in the house when he hadn't peed in the house since a puppy.  He just couldn't hold on because he was drinking more. 

[twodoggies2001]

Akay, I had him at the vet last Monday and his bloods showed that his Cushings is still under the borderline, so that's good news, and he doesn't seem to be drinking all that much really.    He is on anti-biotics for 7 days, and if he is still peeing inn the house, after he finishes then 7 days on them. then he's back for more tests.  The frustrating thing is that I never catch him in the act, just find what he leaves.  He shows no signs of being unwell and plays at the park with his 'friends' and acts younger than his 10 years.

[Papillon Kisses]

Just in case as he's at the right age: http://petsci.co.uk/canine-cognitive-dysfunction-questionnaire/ and https://dogdementia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Canine-Cognitive-Dysfunction-Checklist.pdf

 

PS: Treatment is available if so. 

Edited September 16, 2017 by Papillon Kisses

[twodoggies2001]

Papillon Kisses, thankfully I can say he's not on that list.  Other than peeing, he seems normal, loving life, and socialising with his doggy friends at the park.  I'm not sure whether this is wishful thinking, but I feel the peeing is less today and I am hoping it is because of the anti -biotics . 

[Scottsmum]

On 03/09/2017 at 6:48 PM, twodoggies2001 said:

...but, in the meantime, any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Back to basics. Start taking him out to toilet as often as possible, as you would with a puppy. Praise etc. The whole box & dice.

 

 It's a bandaid solution, but a work around with ever is going on. If its more sinister it'll give you a good idea of how often he's going & volume and if its something else it'll help him not get into bad habits.

 

Might pay to revisit the use of the doggy door too (basic training & praise) - just in case something "traumatic" happened there you're not aware of. 

 

 

[twodoggies2001]

Scottsmum he has access to the doggy door and more often than not, he takes himself outside, even during the night.  He finishes his course of anti-biotics tomorrow and as I said previously, he is peeing less in the house now, but I will be going to the vet with him anyway to see if indeed there is something more sinister going on.  I am now so grateful that we decided to tile the entire bottom floor of our home, so at least cleaning up is so much easier.  The strange thing is that we have rugs around and he has never peed on any of them.

[Scottsmum]

Good luck with it all.