Hi everyone. Our nearly 17-week-old bully Lennie pees on his crate pad, whether it's in his crate or not. He actually has two crates. One for the upstairs, and one for the downstairs. He has always peed on the bedding in his downstairs crate, where he naps during the day. We tried rubbing the pad on him to get his scent on it, fed him a little kibble on it, but still he peed on the bedding. So we removed the bedding, and he stopped. We introduced a stuffed animal to cuddle with, but realized a few days later that he was actually peeing on that too. So now there's nothing in there, and he doesn't pee in there.
His upstairs crate in our bedroom is where he sleeps at night, and he never used to pee on the bed in there. But one night a couple weeks ago he threw up, and once we washed it, he started peeing on it. We tried rubbing him with the pad after it was washed and letting him play with it to get his scent on it. We also reduced the space in his crate. That seemed to work for a few days, but last night he peed on the bedding yet again. So we removed the bedding, but with nothing in there, it's extremely noisy, and we haven't been sleeping well. I doubt he has either.
Should we just give up on the bedding? He's okay otherwise. He's doing pretty well with housebreaking. Cues to go out to do #2 by going to the door. He's not as good as cueing to go out and pee, but we're good about getting him outside often and praising him when he does go. We're kind of at our wit's end here.
Thanks.
His upstairs crate in our bedroom is where he sleeps at night, and he never used to pee on the bed in there. But one night a couple weeks ago he threw up, and once we washed it, he started peeing on it. We tried rubbing him with the pad after it was washed and letting him play with it to get his scent on it. We also reduced the space in his crate. That seemed to work for a few days, but last night he peed on the bedding yet again. So we removed the bedding, but with nothing in there, it's extremely noisy, and we haven't been sleeping well. I doubt he has either.
Should we just give up on the bedding? He's okay otherwise. He's doing pretty well with housebreaking. Cues to go out to do #2 by going to the door. He's not as good as cueing to go out and pee, but we're good about getting him outside often and praising him when he does go. We're kind of at our wit's end here.
Thanks.