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I have a almost 7 year old Weim. who has been peeing in the house on a more regular basis lately. She has always been a healthy dog and was house trained as a puppy. My husband and I are scraching our heads or more like pulling out our hair for a solution. We have an 11 month old baby and my husband seems to think that the dog may be reacting out of jelousy? We give our dog plenty of excercise daily. I've noticed that she sometimes goes as soon as she hears our car in the drive way... I say this cause the urine is sometimes warm when I'm cleaning it up. Is this out of excitment or anticipation? She was a crate trained dog for the first 2 years but now she get anxiety everytime she goes into the crate. Other than possible medical causes do you have any suggestions? We need your help.

She's beautifull ! I absolutely LOVE the color of those dogs! Soft, smokey grey.
The first thing I'd do it have her to the vet to make sure it's nothing health related. Usually I'd feel like - of my gosh - another $ trip to the vet for what will probably be for nothing.
But better rule that out first.
Second I'd pay close attention to exactly WHEN she pees. Is it to get attention?
Are you spending as much time with her , now that the new baby has arrived. I remember a cat my hubby had when he lived with his parents. As soon as he started closing his bedroon door and not letting the cat sleep with him, she started leaving a "present" outside his room every night!
Just wanted to say "I'm not impressed. Remember ME?"

She could be going when she hears the car door, either because she's been holding it and hearing the car gets her excited.
Maybe try having one of you leave in the car for awhile and one of you stay outside where you can see or hear her. Watch how she acts when she hears the car arrive.
Does she go nuts in excitement?

Why is she having issues with going in her crate now? Are you putting her in there in order to keep her away from the baby? Maybe she feels like the crate is her punishment. If she's not using the crate to sleep in at night, then why are you still keeping it around?
About 3 weeks ago we let our dog start to sleep anywhere he wanted in the house (except our bedroom) and he always chooses one of two places now, and never went back into his crate to sleep.
So after 2 weeks of that, OUT went the crate! Yeah ! We replaced it with a Cool Bed, which he ONLY started using a couple of days ago.

Do some research, watch her alot to find out the why's and when she pees in the house.
My guess ? If it's nothing medical, it's definately for attention.

I dont know the dog, so i can't really make suggestions as to why. but it could be stress, it could be health, it could be age.

Try cleaning the areas really good with something that will kill the enzymes and odor. Like natures miracle??

I'm just wondering if you had any luck b/c we're going through the same thing - I think our LOs are the same age - mine is 14mths now (yours was 11mths 3mths ago.. right?! lol)
Anyway, we've had this as an off & on problem, but right now we're ON & she's about to get the boot b/c I can't take it anymore!!!

Hi - you sound like you've reached the end of your patience. Can you tell us a little bit more about your situation. Does she pee in the house during the day when you're not there, during the night when you're asleep etc. Is it consistent or is there some factor that seems to bring it on - like going away on vacation etc. Do you just have the one dog? Was she housetrained at one point and then reverted or has this been a problem all along?

As you can see from this thread and others, many people have had this issue and most have been able to work through them. Give us a chance to help you.

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