Lily pees inside when raining

[kokosfriend]

This is more complicated than it sounds. She pees inside if it is raining outside. HOWEVER, she will stand out in the rain and get soaking wet! What is the deal here? Anyone ever dealt with this??

Barb and the 4 chocolates

[Code2High]

Glad to hear she's crate trained... That's always helpful. And you know, there's always going to be stuff like this that crops up with a puppy or a new dog. You may just need to go back to basics a little on rainy days and take her out and make sure she's "empty" when she comes in.

I have several that are of the opinion that going out in the rain is dangerous because after all, sugar melts and they're sure that's what they are made of. But just the one that would rather play than pee sometimes... and I do have the potty pool for indoor use when it's too wet out.

[kokosfriend]

OK, I appreciate the advise, but I DO want to let you know she is not an untrained, uncrated little girl 🙂 She is crated and has learned the command "go pee pee" and never poops in the house now either. In the motorhome she goes to the steps and sits down to let us know. She had only one accident and that was because we were not watching - haven't put the bell up at the door yet. I just can't figure out this thing of standing outside in the rain and playing, then come in and pee on the floor. I can take her out in the rain and she goes pee!! I am hoping she will stop this as she gets older. However, hearing about the Pom that has to have her own grass to poop on sounds like she has Lily beat!

Barb and the 4 chocolates

[path1]

Too funny

I've got you beat. We had a poor little half-blind Pomeranian that didn't like to poop on anything but HER grass. When in AZ, we went camping at Canyon Point which was full of huge Ponderosa Pines. She wouldn't go. Luckily, our house was only 20 miles away. We packed her up and drove the toad home, set her on HER grass, and she immediately pooped!

And you had to come back, so that s 40 miles for a dump. I don't drive that far out of the way for my own black tank.

Here's one...My Dad lost his hearing aid, thought his dog ate it. Followed his dog around for 2 weeks waiting to get his hearing aid to reappear.
(Found it on third week under sofa cushion.):B

[Code2High]

You don't need to walk her per se. Just put her on a leash and walk with her as far as the potty spot you want her to use. Then stand there with her on the leash until she performs. After she's done what you know she needs to do (pee and/or poop) she can go off leash and play. Treats will also help.

[Deb_and_Ed_M]

I'm another one who's a firm believer in the "go on demand" while leashed training - my guys understand that difference between pee and poop - and even answer questions like "do you have to poop?" - if the answer is no, they just come sit next to me. This is invaluable when on the road for a long day; or, at home and we expect to be gone for a while. I tell my dogs "Dogs have to stay home, so go poop" and they generally do.

I'm hoping Jimmy will "channel" Ike when this new puppy arrives: I could tell Ike (when Jim was a pup) "Tell Jimmy to go potty" and he'd pass the message along...LOL!! Not sure if I'll have a translator for the new kid 😉

[I_am_still_wayn]

kokosfriend wrote:
Well, I could understand if Lily was afraid to go out, but she runs around during the rain and gets wet, then comes in and pees!!!

The bottom line, Lily is not house trained! Start from the beginning using crates and leashes.

[kokosfriend]

Unfortunately, we arranged to get a pup about a year ago and she came home with me getting into tremendous pain from my hip. I then had to work last until the replacement was done and am just now getting to where I can walk her. Not good timing. She really is doing well in the motorhome and here with the dog door, except when it rains. I am going on a trip until late May and then hope to start her in an obedience class. She has learned to sit very well. We are working on stay and also wait and she has caught on.

[Code2High]

Is she trained to go on cue? Do you take her out on leash to go?

For puppies I think it's best to leash them and walk them out, then keep them on leash until they go. Then they can play. This is something I had to do with Pen. He's very prone to going out and running around and not peeing... until he gets inside. Not related to the weather, he's just like a little kid, would rather play than pee. Then we'd go inside and a couple of minutes later there would be a puddle... until I got him figured out.

I started leashing him to go out and while everyone else ran around, we'd stand there until he performed. As soon as he did, the leash came off and he could play. Once he made the connection that pee=freedom, he would do his duty pretty quickly and I added the "go potty" bit from there. He's still relatively slow compared to the other dogs, but he does get the job done.

It's likely that if you condition in going potty on leash and on cue, you can get her to go when it's raining. Especially if she's just been crated for a few hours and really has to go.

It is possible to create a set-up that allows for indoor or rain-sheltered potty areas, of course. But I really think that having a dog that "can't" go out in the rain and pee could become an issue some day when that set-up isn't available. I'd do something like that only after I got to the point where she will go with encouragement.

[kokosfriend]

Well, I could understand if Lily was afraid to go out, but she runs around during the rain and gets wet, then comes in and pees!!!

[skipnchar]

Are you sure it's raining or just her peeing 🙂 Seriously, maybe she's afraid of thunder so avoids it. I know people who SAY they can get into an animals head but never met anyone who was very good at it.

[kokosfriend]

Lily ignores puppy pads!!

[Pawz4me]

My Shih Tzu doesn't like to pee in the rain, although he's been known to romp around the patio during thunderstorms. Weird, weird, weird.

As far as the not peeing . . . I just put down a puppy pad for him. Works for us. With such an easy fix, it's not a battle I particularly want to fight. At all other times he's perfectly happy (and trustworthy) to do his business outside.

[BuckBarker]

I've got you beat. We had a poor little half-blind Pomeranian that didn't like to poop on anything but HER grass. When in AZ, we went camping at Canyon Point which was full of huge Ponderosa Pines. She wouldn't go. Luckily, our house was only 20 miles away. We packed her up and drove the toad home, set her on HER grass, and she immediately pooped!