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CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone āØ1ā© āØdayā© agoOh dear.
What you need to do is this: early morning say to him ācāmon outside pee peeā. Let him outside and keep saying āoutside pee peeā. Stay with him and donāt 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 āoutside pee pee outside pee peeā etc
You can throw in a couple of āyou dirty little bastardā. It doesnāt 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 āØ1ā© āØdayā© ago
Thanks for this, CEO! Iām 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 Iām home. He pees pretty much straight away. The issue is at night when he wakes up and no one is watching him. Or when heās home alone.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone āØ1ā© āØdayā© ago
He was waking you up to let you know he needed a piss. For some reason heās not using the doggy door on his own at night.
It might be that he doesnāt 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.
Itās not usual for a dog to piss so much at night.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone āØ23ā© āØhoursā© ago
Itās strange because when weāre all in the house, he doesnāt 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 heās left alone.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone āØ23ā© āØhoursā© ago
Buy a Kong and fill it with peanut butter and throw it outside. He needs to feel safer outside on his own.
Does one of your parents take him outside to piss in the middle of the night? Dogs form habits. Sometimes you have to break those habits quickly before they become problematic.