Hi everyone,

I have a 7 year old neutered male Standard Schnauzer whom I've owned since 5 months old. He is a hard strong nerved dog. When he was a puppy we would block him off in the kitchen with a board if we had to do something elsewhere in the house. When you slid the board across and left him he would urninate in front of the board. If he was loose in the house and you went in the bathroom and closed the door on him he would urinate outside the door. This progressed to leaving him loose in the car for a few minutes as well. He has since been crate trained and for a long time we had no problems. When my husband and I separated it started up again in his crate this time. He could be outside for over an hour and I could be gone for as little as 15 minutes and he would urinate in his crate. I would hose him and the crate down and put him right back in the crate. He would do this almost daily for a week then stop again and start again. His next trick was to sometimes hide under the kitchen table when I gave him the command to go into his crate. I knew when he did this he would urinate in his crate which he did every time! If he didn't hide under the table I could put him in his crate with no problems. I started putting him outside when he went under the table. He loves his crate and would often go in there to sleep and was in bed before we are <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

We thankfully found the Leerburg site and at 6 years of age my partner did all the ground work with him (I work with our 16 month old Doberman) and has established a strong bond with the dog. He goes to his crate immediately on command, however, he still urniates in his crate on occasion. I am 100% sure it is not because he has to go and cannot hold it!

Here is my question and my challenge. What is behind the behaviour? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> It is like he is literally "pissed" off <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Since we cannot correct the behaviour because we are not even home when he does it what, if anything, can we do to stop it?

Thank you for any help or insights you can give us!

Warmly,

Mary-Lou Ashton

I don't know, "I pee you pay attention??"

Have you had him checked by a vet to rule out a urinary tract infection or some other health-related cause?

Could be, although we have tried ignoring him and leaving him in his mess.

Mary-Lou

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Have you had him checked by a vet to rule out a urinary tract infection or some other health-related cause?

No actually we haven't. We considered it a behavioural problem when he was a puppy and because of the length and inconsistancies to the episodes didn't consider that. I will talk to our vet...thank you <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Warmly,

Mary-Lou