Help Needed for Zeus.

[Vela]

Well, you need to get an enzyme cleaner to clean up anywhere he has gone, and you need to treat him like a puppy who has never been housetrained. You need to start from scratch and treat him like a puppy and rehousetrain him. Good luck.

[sandragonfly]

oh poor zeus, you and family! I'm serious, exactly same thing happened to our family-dog, mocha. I knew no better back then but now I do.

I think re-training is best for now if you haven't tried yet, take him out every 2-4 hours, (depends on how often he went inside the house) don't let him back in until he does his business at 4th or 5th going outside. praise with his favorite toy/treat/food/whatever after he did, of course.

as for night, maybe could you have him crated in your room, and as soon as you hear him moving, take him outside immediately? or at least get up every five hours for now, then lessen hours by weekly if doing good. have you done that so everytime after you saw him peeing inside anyway? you should, but impossible since you're out a lot, right?

a lot (pretty long) walks would help extract his digestion/intestines to go sooner and relax better once back home.. how much does he drinks? sometimes exceed water isn't necessary, maybe a big bowl a day? would less his "I gotta go!!" ..

did vet says nothing about behavior issues? I know there's a lot of that in cats, but in dogs too? hmm. I mean, most? anyway, hope a solution will be found soon and you all live happily ever after!

[binka_nugget]

The vet's positive it's not a medical problem? If it's definitely not a medical problem, I would go back to basics and train him like you would train a puppy. Make the crate his "den".. even if your dad thinks he'll be fine one night, don't give in. All it takes is one mistake to set you back in training.

I suggest keeping him by your side, preferably on leash. When he's not by your side, he's in his crate. What do you do when you catch him in the act? He knew at one point that he wasn't supposed to go inside, so I would make it clear that going inside is a definite no-no when you catch him in the act.. then immediately bring him outside and praise.

It's so strange that he's doing this all of the sudden. :\ My first guess would have been some kind of medical problem because it seems so unusual that a housebroken dog would slip back and start marking for no reason.

[Daisy and Delilah]

It sure sounds like a medical problem to me too. Maybe another trip to the vet? Zeus is such a cute boy. I hope the problem stops and everything is ok at your house

[flamepony12]

Sorry for the delay, I have an update in case anyone's interested.

We haven't had time for a second vet visit, but hopefully we will sometime in the near future. He's actually been pretty good about not using the house as his toilet at night, except for a few days ago where he went all over the couch. We've been working with him though, and things are looking a little better. (: