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We rescued our pittie from a shelter this February and although she had a few accidents, we were able to get her house broken within a week. Jump forward to May/June and she all of a sudden began peeing in the house pretty much daily. She would do it when we were home/not home, she would do it 3 hours after a walk or she would do it during the 8 hour period she was home. We adjusted her food and that seemed to work for about a month and she then began to not eat. So, we switched again and then it began again but with pooping as well (solid poops, not upset stomach-But it was a lot of poop which is abnormal for her). We changed her food, it stopped for a few weeks and now it has begun again. We are bringing her to the vet again but last time, the urine and poop test showed nothing was physically wrong with her. The original food was blue buffalo and we changed to a lower protein food, Natural Balance which originally helped.
I think taking her to the vet is a good call. Changes in behavior like potty habits can be a indicator of a health problem or allergy to something in the food or environment.
Another thing to consider is routine. Has yours changed recently?
We had a foster for a couple of months that just left us last week that was not house broke when he arrived, and his time in the kennel did not help, so it took a week or two before he was pretty consistent about going outside on the walks. We had gone a couple of weeks without an accident (I have a very regular walking schedule), and then we had a day where we let them all out in the back yard to potty with no walk (I have three of my own dogs). About three hours later Farmer just started pissing as he walked through the dinning room, the kitchen, and then into the master bedroom (thank goodness for hardwood floors!). I yelled NO! when I figured out what was happening and took him outside. He pissed on the lanai and I praised him for "potty outside" and then he walked to the side yard and drained for another full 40-45 seconds! I guess the poor guy was just "full!" I praised him the whole time he was peeing in the yard. After that "event" he was "housetrained" for the rest of his stay with us, and was ok with using the yard (I think he thought you could only "potty" on a walk, since that was the routine).
Those are the two things that come to my mind as a potential reason for the pottying in the house - a health change, or a routine change.
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