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Ok, I'm going to start off saying my husband and I have four dogs who all get along great. The youngest dog, a 2 1/2 year old neutured male Pomeranian, we got from some people who had more dogs than they could care for. He was extremely skittish and prefers women to men. (Though he will play and sit next to my husband) Apparently as a puppy he fell out of a car window and broke his leg. They took him to the vet and put a cast on him. As a result, they wee pad trained him (it was winter time). None of our dogs are trained as such. When we got him, he didn't even know how to go outside. The first night we had him, he went 18 hours without peeing. I ran to the store and got wee pads, put one down and he went instantly.
I refused to let him pee in the house though, so I worked on putting used wee pads outside until he finally got the idea. Now when you go outside, he goes to the bathroom right away. He's actually the best out of the four at it.
Now, here is the problem. He still wants to go in the house, even if he was out 15 minutes beforehand. He will pee ANYWHERE. On the bed, on the couch, any room and floor. Sometimes its a lot (even if he peed a lot outside 20 minutes earlier) and sometimes it's a little. If you go to hook him on his leash, he will just pee rather than waiting to get outside. We do keep him in a crate at night and when we are at work. He WILL pee in his crate (and it's a small crate - he has enough room to turn around and stand up, but that is it). He will pee in his food bowl sometimes even. So he will pee where he sleeps and eats. No problem.
My husband finally said last night that it's enough and I have to get rid of him. One, I've never given an animal away. I feel as though if you get one, it's for their life. Two, with him always being so skittish, I feel bad putting him in a stressful situation of another new home. I also worry about the next person giving up on him, hurting him, or putting him to sleep. He is such a sweet dog. There is just this issue. I feel like the situation at my home might not be any good either anymore with my husband yelling at him more and more.
I just don't know what to do. HELP!
I refused to let him pee in the house though, so I worked on putting used wee pads outside until he finally got the idea. Now when you go outside, he goes to the bathroom right away. He's actually the best out of the four at it.
Now, here is the problem. He still wants to go in the house, even if he was out 15 minutes beforehand. He will pee ANYWHERE. On the bed, on the couch, any room and floor. Sometimes its a lot (even if he peed a lot outside 20 minutes earlier) and sometimes it's a little. If you go to hook him on his leash, he will just pee rather than waiting to get outside. We do keep him in a crate at night and when we are at work. He WILL pee in his crate (and it's a small crate - he has enough room to turn around and stand up, but that is it). He will pee in his food bowl sometimes even. So he will pee where he sleeps and eats. No problem.
My husband finally said last night that it's enough and I have to get rid of him. One, I've never given an animal away. I feel as though if you get one, it's for their life. Two, with him always being so skittish, I feel bad putting him in a stressful situation of another new home. I also worry about the next person giving up on him, hurting him, or putting him to sleep. He is such a sweet dog. There is just this issue. I feel like the situation at my home might not be any good either anymore with my husband yelling at him more and more.
I just don't know what to do. HELP!