It's 8:45am and I have been in tears for close to 3 hours. Why? Because I am beyond frustrated and worried.

On Saturday, Kimi decided to all of a sudden pee on Samantha (my dog's) pillow bed. I posted about it here but I'm too lazy to look it up. I was very worried as this is very unusual for her and monitored her closely for the rest of the weekend as well as this entire week. We had no more problems. Great litter box usage, lots of pee when she went, no blood. So I became convinced that the reason Kimi peed on the pillow Saturday morning was because she smelled something in it and in that crazy animal mind of hers, it triggered her to go to the bathroom on it. I called the vet and they agreed.

My mom and I decided to treat Samantha to another bed yesterday, so we went to PetSmart to pick out the perfect one for her. We bought it, brought it home and Samantha loved it!! I have a couple pictures of her laying on it chewing a rawhide bone last night. When I went to bed, I took the bed up with me. Samantha always starts out at the bottom of our bed and then spends the rest of the night on her pillow. I know she loved having a bed back.

This morning, I woke up and it was still dark out. I thought I saw something on the bed but wasn't sure as the nightlight was casting shadows. I turned on the light. The girls were right next to the bed with two fresh pee stains on it - the urine hadn't even completely soaked in yet, it was that new. I immediately started crying.

I don't know what to do. It was BRAND NEW. There is no way that enough "smell" could've been put on it in the little bit of usage it got before bed to make Kimi want to pee there. She doesn't pee ANYWHERE ELSE in the house. She doesn't show any symptoms of having a UTI or anything else. She doesn't pee on the pillows on our bed. JUST Samantha's bed pillows.

I just don't understand. WHY. WHY NOW. All I know is that I cannot take this anymore! I love my girls and I've been in hysterics all morning, but I cannot figure out WHY they're doing this and I certainly can't have them eliminating all over the house - especially with a baby on the way.

What do I do? Keep them locked out of the bedroom at night? That means Samantha would either be locked in with us (which isn't fair as she likes to roam) or locked out with the cats - which also isn't fair because she has slept with us for over 3 years. It doesn't seem fair to punish her for someone else's doing.

If we lock just the cats out, Kirin would claw at the door. Plus, he loves to lay with us. So does Sushi. So we'd be "punishing" them for something they didn't do, too. We couldn't lock them in WITH us as they wouldn't have access to their litter boxes.

So do we lock JUST the girls in the back room? For what - the night? When we're gone? How will that "fix" anything? It seems like just putting a band-aid on a leaking dam. The girls have both been checked out lately - the vet gave them a clean bill of health. That leads me to believe it's behavioral. HOW DO I FIX THIS? I am at my wit's end. My husband has been so understand and so patient with this problem (first with Maya pooping outside the box, now with this) but he's losing it quickly too.

I just don't understand why they're doing this. NOTHING has changed. We haven't changed food, litter, their access to various places in the house... NOTHING. NOTHING IS DIFFERENT. I don't know what to do. I don't want to get rid of them, but I just don't know what to do. Can someone here help me? Take them for a week or two and work with them? SOMETHING? ANYTHING?

Sorry for the rambling. I just don't know what to do.