cherrylula

Has anyone dealt with their dogs going nuts and peeing strategically with a new baby in the household? Our dog is 10 years old and has been housebroken for almost as long, diligently, but now has decided to pee in the utility room all the time right where we'll see it at the foot of the steps almost daily. His bed is closer to the back door where there is a dog door, yet he walks into the house to do this now.

He was okay with the baby til she was about 6 months old. I think it has to do with her being more active and chatty, and I talk to her more now too. But I am wondering if somehow he might be sick and this is the reason for his pee problems. Other than being old and a little bony he is energetic, eats great, obviously can go to the bathroom lol, and has the same old annoying up my ass personality all day. But I am at my wit's end. He does this almost every night. He's done it a couple times in the day but I watch him now and he hasn't done it again, just overnight.

I guess I am going to have to take him to the vet to make sure he isn't sick. I've just hoped he would stop doing this because I know they'll run a bunch of tests and a vet will always get you for at least a couple hundred bucks when they know you love your pet lol.

Then when I am sure he's not sick, I am going to pen his ass right in the back of the house by the dog door so he cannot do this anymore. I bought one of those child proof gates but he spent all day figuring out how to bypass it, chewed it up, and eventually figured out he could just climb over it. I need a better one for crazy dogs.

Is that a sign of a sick dog? Just peeing like that? I really think it has to do with the baby, but I am so fucking tired of cleaning up after him with bleach everyday. The floor is really old and messed up already in there, but we are going to replace it soon so I have to get a hold of this gross problem. He is unmanageable, this dog!