Advice needed for my senior dog
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:29 am
Hi! I'm new here and need some advice please.
My senior dog, Winter, is a 19 y.o. poodle/terrier mix who is blind, hard of hearing, and has Cushing's disease. All of his adult life, minus the last year, he was very well house-trained. Now he urinates inside, but for #2 he barks to be let out. Because of the Cushing's he is often hungry but only prefers wet food, for which he also barks relentlessly. I keep dry food available 24/7 to him and our other 4 young dogs.
The advice I need is regarding him urinating inside. I suspect he might have lost his training due to a new human member in the family, but I'm not sure if it can be attributed to that or the Cushing's. It's not that he is incontinent, he can control it. The times I've caught him in the act I've followed protocol for re-training, such as whisking him outside and rewarding him for successful outings, but it doesn't seem to work. The other 4 dogs are house-trained, no problem there. Is there another method or solution that is recommended? Or must I resign to laying down wee-wee pads all over the house?
I read through other posts and visited www.vetpetpartners.com but there was no helpful info there.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and thanks in advance for your reply!!
My senior dog, Winter, is a 19 y.o. poodle/terrier mix who is blind, hard of hearing, and has Cushing's disease. All of his adult life, minus the last year, he was very well house-trained. Now he urinates inside, but for #2 he barks to be let out. Because of the Cushing's he is often hungry but only prefers wet food, for which he also barks relentlessly. I keep dry food available 24/7 to him and our other 4 young dogs.
The advice I need is regarding him urinating inside. I suspect he might have lost his training due to a new human member in the family, but I'm not sure if it can be attributed to that or the Cushing's. It's not that he is incontinent, he can control it. The times I've caught him in the act I've followed protocol for re-training, such as whisking him outside and rewarding him for successful outings, but it doesn't seem to work. The other 4 dogs are house-trained, no problem there. Is there another method or solution that is recommended? Or must I resign to laying down wee-wee pads all over the house?
I read through other posts and visited www.vetpetpartners.com but there was no helpful info there.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and thanks in advance for your reply!!