House soiling is when
your dog empties his bladder or his bowels inside the house.
Not exact matches
First of all, going from a full
bladder to an
empty bladder feels very good to the
dog — and becomes very self - rewarding!
I also like to see the
dog go pee at least twice after I take up the water and before bed so I know their
bladder is
empty.
If you work or will be away more than six hours, plan how you will allow the puppy (or adult
dog) to
empty bowel and
bladder.
Usually urine is held up in the
bladder until the
dog wants to urinate;
dogs under most circumstance have pretty good control over their
bladder and over
emptying the
bladder.
Unlike adult
dogs, puppies don't have
bladder and bowel control which makes them unable to resist the urge to
empty themselves.
Also, many
dogs fail to
empty the
bladder properly and completely.
If so, there are good chances your
dog is actually urinating from a real physiological need to
empty his
bladder.
The fuller a
dog's
bladder gets, the more urgently he feels the need to
empty it.
Very tiny
dogs have very tiny
bladders and need to
empty them more often.
Urine in
dogs has a dual purpose: for
emptying the
bladder but can also be used for communicative means, basically the purpose is triggering a social response in other
dogs or other animals.
Here your
dog's
bladder will become inflamed from an infection and this will cause them to need to
empty their
bladder more often as a result.
The best way to start to introduce free time in the house is to do it when your
dog is least likely to make a mistake, which is after he's
emptied his
bladder and bowels and at a time that he hasn't recently had anything to eat or drink.