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Darcy is now 20 weeks (today I believe) and we have had a major setback in housetraining over the last couple of weeks. He was at about an 80% success rate previously, and now seems to be at about a 50% or less. So I am trying to figure out if this is a behavioural thing or if he has a bladder infection or something.
Things to point to behavioural/ normal:
- It has been super hot in Toronto and as a result he has been drinking a lot more.
- The issues only occur during the evening, not in the morning or during the day when at work. In fact I can't remember the last time he had an accident at work.
- He may be confused due to using pee pads some of the time and outside the rest (although this confusion is pretty recent, he seemed to be getting it pretty well previously).
Things to point to some sort of bladder infection:
- He doesn't seem to have much control over his pee. Like it takes him by surprise when he has an accident. Yesterday I had him on my bed for a few minutes (he had just had a pee so I thought it was safe) and he peed suddenly without warning. In the past he has always asked to be let down at the very least.
- The quantities seem very large (but could be due to increased water intake).
- Today he was in a crate for 10 minutes and suddenly peed on the towel he was standing on. He never even asked to be let out. He had peed 45 minutes before that.
In the evening he's basically peeing every half hour to hour. But his drinking quantity is up. He's almost 5 months. Does this seem normal or odd? I will take him to the vet if this continues, but don't want to rush him off if it is just because he is drinking more water and so needs to pee more.
Anyway, I am at my wits end with this. I put him on his pee pad and he just stares at me. Then a few minutes later he pees somewhere random. I can't take him out as often as he is going as I'm in a condo and it takes forever to go down and back up.
I know it's not his fault but I feel like he is just peeing all over the place and I'm drowning in urine! I end up getting frustrated with him and that's not fair. So any suggestions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Things to point to behavioural/ normal:
- It has been super hot in Toronto and as a result he has been drinking a lot more.
- The issues only occur during the evening, not in the morning or during the day when at work. In fact I can't remember the last time he had an accident at work.
- He may be confused due to using pee pads some of the time and outside the rest (although this confusion is pretty recent, he seemed to be getting it pretty well previously).
Things to point to some sort of bladder infection:
- He doesn't seem to have much control over his pee. Like it takes him by surprise when he has an accident. Yesterday I had him on my bed for a few minutes (he had just had a pee so I thought it was safe) and he peed suddenly without warning. In the past he has always asked to be let down at the very least.
- The quantities seem very large (but could be due to increased water intake).
- Today he was in a crate for 10 minutes and suddenly peed on the towel he was standing on. He never even asked to be let out. He had peed 45 minutes before that.
In the evening he's basically peeing every half hour to hour. But his drinking quantity is up. He's almost 5 months. Does this seem normal or odd? I will take him to the vet if this continues, but don't want to rush him off if it is just because he is drinking more water and so needs to pee more.
Anyway, I am at my wits end with this. I put him on his pee pad and he just stares at me. Then a few minutes later he pees somewhere random. I can't take him out as often as he is going as I'm in a condo and it takes forever to go down and back up.
I know it's not his fault but I feel like he is just peeing all over the place and I'm drowning in urine! I end up getting frustrated with him and that's not fair. So any suggestions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.