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We got a rescue dog a little over a month ago. They were unsure of the age but thought she was between 1 to 2 years of age. We were assured that she was house trained, and with the first couple of days in the house it seemed she was. When we first got her the shelter told us to crate train her but that we would also have to crate train our other dog at the same time. Since our other dog is amazing we have had no issues with hermy husband was adamant that we would not crate train because it would be punishing our older dog for no reason. SO, after a few days after being with us, the new dog started wetting all over the house for seemingly no reason as she was fine the first few days. We attributed it to maybe not being let out enough, but there are times we had just let her out and she will come back in and pee in a random room. We have tried to limit the areas she has access to, since at this point she has ruined every carpet in the house. Using enzyme cleaners does not seem to work as she still keeps going back to certain areas to pee.
The biggest issue is that she pees when she sees any male figure in our house. She seems to get really excited, for example, when my husband comes home from work or my son from school, and some days she will uncontrollably pee all over. She literally pees as she runs all over the room. This has become a major issue as these messes are hard to clean up. She will also pee if my husband so much as touches her. This is only an issue when she sees the two males in the house, not with the females. We expect possible prior abuse as it’s the only thing that makes sense.
Additionally, since she keeps peeing all over, this has given our other dog the idea that it is okay to pee in the house. Besides peeing in all the same spots as the other dog, it seems that she is jealous of the new dog and whenever we are playing with the new dog or acknowledging her in some way our older dog will revenge pee in the middle of the living room floor. Even with telling her no just as she starts to pee, and trying to pull her away, she won’t stop and will completely empty her bladder on the floor while staring blankly at us and it makes a huge mess on a floor that is not supposed to get wet like that. She is essentially ruining the floor, the wood is starting to lift at the edges.
We are at our wits end and my husband feels like it is a mistake that we got this new dog. We did some research and found that it takes about a month for two dogs to get used to each other and the new dog to feel comfortable in it’s new environment, but it has been over a month and I feel some days we have made no progress at all in trying to train this dog. Anyone have any suggestions? We are desperate.
The biggest issue is that she pees when she sees any male figure in our house. She seems to get really excited, for example, when my husband comes home from work or my son from school, and some days she will uncontrollably pee all over. She literally pees as she runs all over the room. This has become a major issue as these messes are hard to clean up. She will also pee if my husband so much as touches her. This is only an issue when she sees the two males in the house, not with the females. We expect possible prior abuse as it’s the only thing that makes sense.
Additionally, since she keeps peeing all over, this has given our other dog the idea that it is okay to pee in the house. Besides peeing in all the same spots as the other dog, it seems that she is jealous of the new dog and whenever we are playing with the new dog or acknowledging her in some way our older dog will revenge pee in the middle of the living room floor. Even with telling her no just as she starts to pee, and trying to pull her away, she won’t stop and will completely empty her bladder on the floor while staring blankly at us and it makes a huge mess on a floor that is not supposed to get wet like that. She is essentially ruining the floor, the wood is starting to lift at the edges.
We are at our wits end and my husband feels like it is a mistake that we got this new dog. We did some research and found that it takes about a month for two dogs to get used to each other and the new dog to feel comfortable in it’s new environment, but it has been over a month and I feel some days we have made no progress at all in trying to train this dog. Anyone have any suggestions? We are desperate.