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My 10 month old jack russell/pug is STILL having frequent accidents... This is the problem: When me and my husband are home he lets us know he has to go out without a problem. However, at night time when he is free from his cage and knows that we won't scold him he is peeing on our carpet! I wouldn't have known, but I came home yesterday and it really smelled like urine... so I borrowed my brother's blacklight and me and my husband searched out all the spots (at least a dozen), smelled them to confirm and had to shampoo the entire carpet!

It's bad enough that we have to keep him caged while we aren't home, I just can't see having to keep him caged all night too... He only has accidents when we aren't home or are sleeping when he knows that he won't be scolded. If we keep him in his cage he will hold it until he can go out.

If anyone has advice on how to stop these night time accidents please let me know!!

Thanks,
Kelly

I'm sure someone else can give you some hints on stopping the night time going, but I do know the first thing you have to do is get rid of the urine odor in your carpet. Shampooing won't do it. You may nto smell it, but he can. You need to use something that will eliminate the odor. I use Nature's Miracle, but I know there are others out there. This stuff is fantastic in getting rid of urine odor and spots.

My only thoughts on stopping the accidents is not let him have the run of the house. Can you confine him to the bedroom where you might hear him get up?
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Shadow, Jadzia and Lyta.
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Dogs come into our lives, and too quickly go leaving pawprints on our hearts, and we will never be quite the same again.

I'm not positive but I heard that Nature's Miracle sold out in name only.
So they took their product with them. I think it's called Petastic or something.

I know a lot of people don't agree with this but my mother made a potty box for her min pin.
She took a large flat tuperware container but wee wee pads in the bottom covered with newspaper and put it in the bathroom. Jesse uses that at night when she needs to go. During the daytime she will go out if someone is home to take her. If not she uses the box. She has used it for almost six years now.

>>My 10 month old jack russell/pug is STILL having frequent accidents... This is the problem: When me and my husband are home he lets us know he has to go out without a problem. However, at night time when he is free from his cage and knows that we won't scold him he is peeing on our carpet! I wouldn't have known, but I came home yesterday and it really smelled like urine... so I borrowed my brother's blacklight and me and my husband searched out all the spots (at least a dozen), smelled them to confirm and had to shampoo the entire carpet!
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>>It's bad enough that we have to keep him caged while we aren't home, I just can't see having to keep him caged all night too... He only has accidents when we aren't home or are sleeping when he knows that he won't be scolded. If we keep him in his cage he will hold it until he can go out.
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>>If anyone has advice on how to stop these night time accidents please let me know!!
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>>Thanks,
>>Kelly
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A male dog of this mix may never be able to handle this much unsupervised house freedom. Try a compromise, giving him more than a crate but less than the whole house, and find the level of freedom that works. An exercise pen in your bedroom with some wonderful bedtime treat/chew items could be a great solution.

You need to stop this pattern of behavior before it becomes even more set. It will likely extend to the rest of the day, too, if not handled. I don't see mention of him being neutered. If that has not been done yet, it is urgent to do it just as soon as your veterinarian considers him a good surgical candidate. Neutering is critical to housetraining of these small male dogs.
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Kathy Diamond Davis, author, "Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others," 2nd edition, and the free Canine Behavior Series articles at http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=SRC&S=1&SourceID=47

KDiamond,
Duncan was neutered two weeks ago, and he has actually been having a number of incidents where he will just pee inside. Even after just being outside, he will go, even if it's right in front of me, and then he will go hide in his cage. I am calling the vet today to see if it has something to do with being fixed. I am going to look in to the play pen idea asap, and it sounds like something that might work really well with Duncan.
Thank you SO much!
Kelly

"Duncan was neutered two weeks ago, and he has actually been having a number of incidents where he will just pee inside. I am calling the vet today to see if it has something to do with being fixed."

Calling the vet is a good idea. Could be he has developed some type urinary infection.