Invest in some puppy pee pads. They’re pretty inexpensive (Kmart or big W). Clean up is much easier.
I hope the dog settles. Getting woken up by animals is so frustrating.
Comment on Discussion Thread 👩💻 Tuesday 15 July 2025
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Parents flew interstate for a couple of days, and so I am looking after our dog. He barked at 1am, then 3am, and then kept going in and out of the room whilst I was half asleep. This morning, I found pee in seven different places. I feel like it has to do with separation anxiety, but he isn’t neutered, and pees anywhere he can lift his leg up.
He pees inside when no one can see him. I am beyond frustrated. We didn’t get him neutered in the beginning because he had a hernia on his belly, and the vet said don’t bother. So I guess I shall be going to the vet at some point.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 day ago
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Thanks for the suggestion. I might look into belly bands as well :)
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Is it too late to train the dog?
It sounds to me like the person in charge of the dog just didn’t want to train the dog because they didn’t want to use discipline because discipline isn’t nice
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 day ago
It shouldn’t be too late? He is five though. He only started this behaviour when he was four maybe but it’s only gotten worse, especially since his dog friend who comes to visit has gotten sick. He will sniff anywhere his friend has been and goes through phases of obsessively sniffing him.
We let him outside and he has a doggy door, which he knows to use. He will go outside on his own to pee when we are home and awake, but when he is left alone or when it’s night (perhaps because of the cold), he will mark inside.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Oh dear.
What you need to do is this: early morning say to him “c’mon outside pee pee”. Let him outside and keep saying “outside pee pee”. Stay with him and don’t let him back in until he has a piss. When he does, give him a pat, let him back inside. Do this every couple of hours so he associates outside with pee pee even if he has a doggy door. If you see him near the door, let him out “outside pee pee outside pee pee” etc
You can throw in a couple of “you dirty little bastard”. It doesn’t hurt him and it might make you feel better.
My dog is the most stubborn unruly dog known to man but he does not piss inside.
Hope that helps. Good luck.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Thanks for this, CEO! I’m going to take him outside even more so the association is stronger.
He has a doggy door. We also take him outside before we go to bed and when we wake up. I take him outside every couple of hours during the day too when I’m home. He pees pretty much straight away. The issue is at night when he wakes up and no one is watching him. Or when he’s home alone.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 day ago
He was waking you up to let you know he needed a piss. For some reason he’s not using the doggy door on his own at night.
It might be that he doesn’t associate night time with sleep. He might sleep more during the day and then be awake at night. Try and stimulate him more during the day.
It’s not usual for a dog to piss so much at night.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 day ago
It’s strange because when we’re all in the house, he doesn’t usually bark in the middle of the night unless someone walks past with their dog or he sees a possum.
I will try to stimulate him more during the day. Maybe if he goes for an extra long walk, he will be exhausted. He generally does sleep at night unless he’s left alone.