new urinating in house
we think Rusty is a little over 4...when we adopted him the vet said he was 12-18 mos old...we have had him 3 years next month.
We crated him for the 1st year while I was gone to work...for approx 10 hrs...he handled that ok. we introduced him gradually to the house and we had a few chewing problems, but no urinating issues. 13 months ago we bought a 5th wheel trailer..32 ft....that we are living in full time...he handled that ok also...we have to take him out during the day on a leash...but he goes out every hour to hour and a half during the day...and we had no problem with urinating in the house until a few weeks ago.
Rusty has attached himself to Dad...who is home with him all day...but he doesn't hang around him all the time...he will go up to the bedroom during the day to sleep and when he wants to go out...he comes downstairs and brings Dad's hat to him to go out...something he picked up all by himself...sometimes he will even bring his leash also...We had relatives visit over Thanksgiving and we had to board him for 12 days while we went to Mexico. A week before we left for Mexico (11/19) we had new carpeting installed in the trailer, and he didn't seem to have a problem with the new carpeting.
He was ok until about 2 weeks ago when he started to urinate in the corner of the living room. We took him to the vet to make sure there was no kidney problems, etc...he gave him some antibiotics for 5 days...which we gave him...but to no avail...if Dad goes up to the bathroom, Rusty will use that opportunity to also urinate on the carpet.
We have cleaned the carpet, sprayed it with urine enzymes, etc...but he still goes to this same spot.
I agree that he is acting out with separation anxiety because of the extended boarding period...which was the most time we have left him...other times we have boarded him for 2 or 3 days at most at a time.
We have tried shunning him for a day...when we tell him he is a bad boy he goes under the table and lays down with his ears down until we call him out.
So I am not sure what to do next...HELP...!!!
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