Our dog wees in the house every now and again if we leave the room and do our thing and not let her in
e.g. we go in out bedroom
have a shower
pop outside

any advise for this

she knows she is in the wrong as we sent he outside and we normal have to drag her or carry her to go in that direction but she walked they they didnt try and get in by jumping up (as she normal doees this!)

Advise welcome

One of the most common reasons for a dog wetting when you leave the room is separation anxiety.

They worry so much about where you have gone that they end up wetting themselves :(

It sounds like it's possible, especially if she then jumps up trying to get back in when you leave her again.

What do you do when she wees? I know you send her outside, do you tell her off?

Search 'Separation Anxiety' and you'll come up with a few threads on here I should think ;)

normal if she wees we put her outside - depening on wether while we clean it up maybe a bit longer depends if she barks...but she know she is wrong as she will try and be friendly but we ignor her you can all so see from her face
we do tell her off!

Hmm ok..

Dog language is often misinterpreted, dogs do the slow wagging tail, the coming upto your face and trying to be extra friendly as an appeasement method - not because they feel guilty or know that weeingi n the house is wrong, but actually because you're angry.

They see you tense and angry and their natural reaction is to make sure you don't follow through your threatening behaviour by acting puppy-ish because they think nobody will hurt a puppy.

So it's actually you telling them off that makes them react in this way and will not improve the behaviour but can serve to make it worse.

Our dog wees in the house every now and again if we leave the room and do our thing and not let her in
e.g. we go in out bedroom
have a shower
pop outside

any advise for this

she knows she is in the wrong as we sent he outside and we normal have to drag her or carry her to go in that direction but she walked they they didnt try and get in by jumping up (as she normal doees this!)

Advise welcome

my rescue dog does this too, sometimes with poo's too. It's not that she doesn't have the opportunity to go out, she can have been out and then will do it straight away wehn she gets back inside, she also has started doing it in other peoples houses which isnt good

my rescue dog does this too, sometimes with poo's too. It's not that she doesn't have the opportunity to go out, she can have been out and then will do it straight away wehn she gets back inside, she also has started doing it in other peoples houses which isnt good

Yea ours is a rescure dog!

Hmm ok..

Dog language is often misinterpreted, dogs do the slow wagging tail, the coming upto your face and trying to be extra friendly as an appeasement method - not because they feel guilty or know that weeingi n the house is wrong, but actually because you're angry.

They see you tense and angry and their natural reaction is to make sure you don't follow through your threatening behaviour by acting puppy-ish because they think nobody will hurt a puppy.

So it's actually you telling them off that makes them react in this way and will not improve the behaviour but can serve to make it worse.

So have you got any advise on what we should do to as a punisment

No punishment is needed, it's an issue that needs working through.

If it's separation anxiety, search it on the forum or around the web, you need to gradually desensitise her to being left alone and the wetting should stop.

When you catch her in the act, just gently and calmly move her outside. Then praise her if she 'finishes off' outside.

If you don't catch her in the act and find it afterwards, just ignore her and clean it up. Try to ensure you make no big deal of it.

It might sound like you're not doing much but honestly, this is the best way of getting around it - punishment will only make it worse.

No punishment is needed, it's an issue that needs working through.

If it's separation anxiety, search it on the forum or around the web, you need to gradually desensitise her to being left alone and the wetting should stop.

When you catch her in the act, just gently and calmly move her outside. Then praise her if she 'finishes off' outside.

If you don't catch her in the act and find it afterwards, just ignore her and clean it up. Try to ensure you make no big deal of it.

It might sound like you're not doing much but honestly, this is the best way of getting around it - punishment will only make it worse.

I agree with Lotti.

When we introduced our dog into the cat household, we gave her a small tit-bit treat everytime a cat appeared, so she associated the cats with positive things.

Try giving her a little treat when you leave the room. You don't have to make a fuss, just toss it down to her and walk out. Don't be out of the room for too long though for the first few times. Hopefully it may enforce the notion that being left for a short time isn't that bad at all.

Jon