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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was hoping to acquire some helpful advice from
the drool family. Due to the recent puppy mill closing in Arizona last
week, my husband told me I could temporarily help foster for Az Basset
rescue. So, we actually do not have one of the mill dogs. We instead
have an estimated 7 yr old big boy named Hendo. He is overall very sweet
and he clearly understands how to go outside and pee and poop and uses our
doggie door wonderfully. However, he has been peeing on the carpet
downstairs and upstairs a few times a day (only when someone is home- he goes
all day using the doggie door fine). He doesn't pee when he is excited to
see us come home. If upstairs, he will just randomly go pee in the hall or
in a bedroom; downstairs, he was randomly peeing in the living room but that has
decreased. I thought since he has arthritis in his rear legs that maybe he
was peeing upstairs so as not to go outside and down the stairs. But I
don't think that is it because he insists on going up and down the stairs
frequently following my kids. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To confound this, my almost 12 year old basset
still marks around the upstairs fairly regularly and has for years despite the
fact that he is fixed. He has no medical issue for it. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>THEN...last night, he climbed up the stairs to my
bed (the stairs are for my 12 year old baby basset Bogart) for the first
time. I tried shoooing him off as my hubby doesn't care for one basset in
the bed, I figured two would really push him over the edge. After a back
and forth of stubborn wills, I relented and he curled up at my feet. Then
at 2 am I woke up and mistakenly thought it was 5 am and thought I should help
him off the bed so he didn't hurt himself. I rolled him over and rubbed
his belly and then struggled to get him to use the stairs to get off the bed and
go downstairs- which he did, went outside and he peed. Then I come back to
bed only to find a huge wet spot on my side. I don't know if he peed
during the belly rub or the struggle to convince him to get off the bed.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just want to help him. I am not sure if
this a nervous thing. His urine is very dilute- not smelly and I really
don't think he has a urine infection. He has been with us a week now and
is clearly very comfortable with us so I would think that if it was nerves, it
would be improving and its not. I hate to spend the rescue's money going to the
vet unless it is absolutely necessary so I thought to start here
first!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sharon Novy</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>