I should know this, but i just dont!

**coco-bean** · 09-21-2006, 02:42 PM

This is has been covered over and over again but each problem is a little different i think!
CAINAN...that little poop....he cant hold his pee for the life of him! he's getting pretty close to fully crate trained, he only has an accident if he is left too long and took TOO big drink of water before he had to wait for me to come home! but he just goes and goes...! he keeps pee'ing on the couch! i've never had any of my dogs pee on the couch, because that is where they sleep or lay and what not! he's done this before but just about 15 minutes ago, i layed next to him, because he just woke up from a nap, he was just in like a lazy sitting position and the started pee'ing! i didnt catch him until the cusion was soaked of course because he was slouched, i couldnt see anything! is there anything i can do to make him learn that pee'ing on the couch is bad bad bad!!?!?!?!??? thanks!

**catnapper** · 09-21-2006, 03:03 PM

He just woke from a nap? You were aware he was waking from a nap? Then its not him - its you. A prime time for puppies to pee is immediately after they wake from a nap. Take him out the second he's awake.

**coco-bean** · 09-21-2006, 03:07 PM

i am aware of that thank you! i always take him out after his nap, during his nap, before his name...i even get up at 3:00 in the morning to take him out! he hasnt pee'd in the house in a while so im thinkin it's not me and why would he choose to pee where he is sleeping? dogs arent supposed to like that! My question is...how do i make him NOT pee on my couch? He's basically potty trained, but why my couch he knows he's not supposed to pee on there of all places! Actually im just going to delete this post when i have more time...i gotta go to work! bye everyone!

**Giselle** · 09-21-2006, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by coco-bean

Actually im just going to delete this post when i have more time...i gotta go to work! bye everyone!

Anyways, I have three theories:
1) Like Catnapper mentioned, puppies usually go right after they awake from a nap. That "lazy sitting position" sounds pretty darn close to what a female dog looks like before she goes potty (young males often urinate like females). Therefore, it's a possibility that you're misinterpreting his signals. For the first month, I misinterpreted Giselle's signals and I ended up having to completely remove the living room rug.

2) Dogs like soft surfaces to urinate in. Many dogs (including Giselle) have urinated/defecated on the couch because soft surfaces soak up moisture the quickest in the wild. This is why I have one less loveseat

There is nothing you can do but take him out frequently and stopping him if you see him in the act. It might also be a good idea to not let him on the couch for awhile.

3) He's marking his territory. Is Cainan neutered yet? If not, I would suggest doing so as soon as possible and cleaning the bajeezus out of your couch so that no remnants of his scent remain. However, it doesn't sound like marking because you said that he urinates in a sitting position. Nonetheless, I would still suggest cleaning and scrubbing that couch down!

**BC_MoM** · 09-21-2006, 07:06 PM

When puppies have to pee:

- Right after waking up from any nap they take
- Right before they go to sleep at night
- approx. 10 minutes after each play session
- approx. 15 minutes after each drink of water they take, no matter how big

Just a tip lol.. learn from my mistake:
Waking him up and taking him out at 3:00 AM will get him into the habit of doing that when he's older so you're woken up at 3:00 AM every night, for the rest of his life. LOL

**coco-bean** · 09-22-2006, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by BC_MoM

Just a tip lol.. learn from my mistake:
Waking him up and taking him out at 3:00 AM will get him into the habit of doing that when he's older so you're woken up at 3:00 AM every night, for the rest of his life. LOL

i dont have to wake him up at 3:00 in the morning to go out...he's already WIDE awake and on the verge on pee'ing!! he's the type of puppy that wont make a sound until it's almost too late...last minute sorta thing! but he's getting alot better, he sleeps through the nite now but he needs to go out about 6:00 every morning, sometimes earlier...sometimes later...just depending!

**coco-bean** · 09-21-2006, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by Giselle

Anyways, I have three theories:
1) Like Catnapper mentioned, puppies usually go right after they awake from a nap. That "lazy sitting position" sounds pretty darn close to what a female dog looks like before she goes potty (young males often urinate like females). Therefore, it's a possibility that you're misinterpreting his signals. For the first month, I misinterpreted Giselle's signals and I ended up having to completely remove the living room rug.

2) Dogs like soft surfaces to urinate in. Many dogs (including Giselle) have urinated/defecated on the couch because soft surfaces soak up moisture the quickest in the wild. This is why I have one less loveseat

There is nothing you can do but take him out frequently and stopping him if you see him in the act. It might also be a good idea to not let him on the couch for awhile.

3) He's marking his territory. Is Cainan neutered yet? If not, I would suggest doing so as soon as possible and cleaning the bajeezus out of your couch so that no remnants of his scent remain. However, it doesn't sound like marking because you said that he urinates in a sitting position. Nonetheless, I would still suggest cleaning and scrubbing that couch down!

okay since i just tried to quote just the first theory...it didnt work!! BUT anyways, i know that boys dogs often pee in the squatting position like females but there was no squatting about it....his butt was firmly planted on the couch and the lazy sitting...i ment that (coco does this quite often if she was not QUITE ready to wake up) he was leaning on the couch with his head drooped down looking at me...i think his head was drooped down because i was laying on the couch and he had to basically look down at me to even see eye to eye with me!
and to the 3rd theory...he isnt neutered yet...not quite old enough...he will be in about month...maybe a little more!
i do understand that puppies need to go out AS SOON AS POSSIBLE after their napping...but cainan often wakes up to switch to the opposite side of the couch or to just move positions and i got up to use the bathroom and i must of woke up him when i flushed because when i came out his eyes were open and he was just watching me, i figured he was going to go right back to sleep so i thought i'd pet him a little and help me get off to la la land! because about 25 minutes earlier coco and cainan both woke up (i have a wrap around couch) and each dog was on either side of the couch and i petted them each a little, and they both fell back asleep pretty fast! i thought i could do that again....! guess not huh haha!!

**areias** · 09-21-2006, 10:28 PM

If he's not allowed on the couch, he's not able to pee on it.

If the couch is the only issue, maybe wait until he's fully potty trained to allow him up there. Or maybe he just kind of forgot, my puppy does that every once in a while.

Also, when I first got my puppy, I put a blanket in the crate with him. Woke up the next morning, he had peed all over it. I took the blanket out, left him in there just on the pan, and he hasn't had an accident in there since then. If they can't really feel it (like a puddle) they may pee on it.