Disclaimer : they are yorkies. Get your jokes in…it's expected.

Hopefully some real answers mixed in tho.

Our 8 and 9 year old yorkies all of a sudden started peeing in the house about 18 months ago. We had bladder stones removed out of both. Got the food fixed. And they are still peeing in the house

My remedy is I rub their face in it, beat their ass, and throw them outside.

It's just not working.

They went almost a decade without ever having an accident. Now it's non stop.

Any ideas?

my cousins dogs did this when the got old and got the joe biden treatment. they had to start wearing diapers.

Have you tried Proin. Get it from a Vet & it treats and manages urinary incontinence in dogs.

gigemJTH12 said:

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My remedy is I rub their face in it, beat their ass, and throw them outside.

It's just not working.

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No surprise at all this isn't working. The dogs aren't doing it to be bad or misbehave, so punishing them isn't going to solve it. I'm sure this was a tongue-in-cheek comment (I hope it was), but rubbing their face in it and beating them isn't going to help anything. It could even be contributing to the problem. If you throw them outside after the fact, they aren't even going to connect peeing with the punishment- so it's completely ineffective, and counterproductive, as they are associating some other action with getting punished, Whatever they were doing when you found them, which is likely different things each time, and seems random to them and causes more anxiety.

You have to get to the root of the issue if you want to solve this. It sounds like you have looked at diet and health (I would consult the vet again to look at additional possible medical causes). It could be some other environmental or routine change, or something causing them anxiety. Maybe territorial behavior, any new additions to the house? What changed 18 months ago that could be affecting the dogs? It could be even a change in your lives or routines, and they are picking up on the stress. Or you aren't exercising them as much as you used to and the are bored. It could be they are getting older and can't hold it as long as they used to. A trainer might be able to help you narrow this down.

gigemJTH12 said:

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Disclaimer : they are yorkies. Get your jokes in…it's expected.

Hopefully some real answers mixed in tho.

Our 8 and 9 year old yorkies all of a sudden started peeing in the house about 18 months ago. We had bladder stones removed out of both. Got the food fixed. And they are still peeing in the house

My remedy is I rub their face in it, beat their ass, and throw them outside.

It's just not working.

They went almost a decade without ever having an accident. Now it's non stop.

Any ideas?

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Rubbing their nose in it doesn't help in my experience. It made my dog not want to pee in front of me

tandy miller said:

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gigemJTH12 said:

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Disclaimer : they are yorkies. Get your jokes in…it's expected.

Hopefully some real answers mixed in tho.

Our 8 and 9 year old yorkies all of a sudden started peeing in the house about 18 months ago. We had bladder stones removed out of both. Got the food fixed. And they are still peeing in the house

My remedy is I rub their face in it, beat their ass, and throw them outside.

It's just not working.

They went almost a decade without ever having an accident. Now it's non stop.

Any ideas?

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Rubbing their nose in it doesn't help in my experience. It made my dog not want to pee in front of me

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Exactly. This will only make your dog fear you, or fear peeing. It will usually just make them try to hide the behavior better, or even increase it.

Get to the root of the issue, that is the only hope.

Appreciate the insight guys. I wasn't abusing them. Just a smack on the ass. I genuinely thought that's what people do. My mistake.

I'll stop that!

I walk them every day and they are very well played with. No big changes. Kids are 4 and 6. It's so weird.

gigemJTH12 said:

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Appreciate the insight guys. I wasn't abusing them. Just a snack on the ass. I genuinely thought that's what people do. My mistake.

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Are you eating a snack off of their ass? Or is their ass the snack? Not judging, just asking for clarification

More regular outings. Take them out way more than you think you have to.

Limit their water when you have to leave them alone for a bit. Dogs inside an AC space are fine for a bit without constant access to water. If I put a cup if water down my dog will drink a cup. If i put 4 gallons my dog will drink 4 gallons.

Take them out more.

You can only discipline them peeing in the house if you catch them in the act doing it. Then it's no no no and quickly take them outside. Praise them outside no matter what. Clean it up when you get back inside without anything negative.

Lab or rottweiler?

Good stuff. Thank you!

gigemJTH12 said:

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I walk them every day and they are very well played with. No big changes. Kids are 4 and 6. It's so weird.

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That is weird. But there is a cause, somewhere. Makes me think it's medical on some level, but it's odd they would both start at the same time (which seems more environmental). Maybe an infection they both got. I don't know. Too many possible variables.

Is it possible one of them has an incontinence problem and it's "de-training" the other one? That's what happened with mine.

Ryan the Temp said:

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Is it possible one of them has an incontinence problem and it's "de-training" the other one? That's what happened with mine.

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It feels like it's this. That was my guess anyways

Have to restrict where they can go, watch them carefully, let them out often, and praise/reward them when they go outside and go or indicate they need to go out and go. If you see them even hint at thinking about going inside, you rush them outside. You can retrain them but you have to help them succeed and not set them up to fail.

Our Yorkie was really prone to it also. Especially as he got older. We eventually had to go to diapers, but the little guy was pretty good at getting them off.

Teach them to go outside and on potty pads in the house.

cupofjoe04 said:

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gigemJTH12 said:

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My remedy is I rub their face in it, beat their ass, and throw them outside.

It's just not working.

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No surprise at all this isn't working. The dogs aren't doing it to be bad or misbehave, so punishing them isn't going to solve it. I'm sure this was a tongue-in-cheek comment (I hope it was), but rubbing their face in it and beating them isn't going to help anything. It could even be contributing to the problem. If you throw them outside after the fact, they aren't even going to connect peeing with the punishment- so it's completely ineffective, and counterproductive, as they are associating some other action with getting punished, Whatever they were doing when you found them, which is likely different things each time, and seems random to them and causes more anxiety.

You have to get to the root of the issue if you want to solve this. It sounds like you have looked at diet and health (I would consult the vet again to look at additional possible medical causes). It could be some other environmental or routine change, or something causing them anxiety. Maybe territorial behavior, any new additions to the house? What changed 18 months ago that could be affecting the dogs? It could be even a change in your lives or routines, and they are picking up on the stress. Or you aren't exercising them as much as you used to and the are bored. It could be they are getting older and can't hold it as long as they used to. A trainer might be able to help you narrow this down.

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THIS.

You have a deeper cause, and you need to find the deeper cause. If they didn't do it before, then they are trained, which means they are doing it because they have little other option. You should begin taking them out far more frequently and also consulting your veterinarian for proper diagnosis.

Funky Winkerbean said:

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Teach them to go outside and on potty pads in the house.

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This. Works for our Yorkie.

Need to check for UTI, new stones, endocrine diseases to rule out medical causes.

I hope you fix the issue, but be thankful it's a Yorkie and you can clean it up with a single paper towel. When my elderly catahoula has problems, I gotta break out the shopvac and mop bucket.

To the OP: Yes, rubbing their noses in it and beating their ass is what I was taught and that house trains dogs quickly. I always was taught to spank them with a loosely rolled up newspaper, though, as it makes a loud noise, but doesn't hurt them.

However, I don't think that will help here. I think you might have one with a medical problem and it is causing a behavior problem with the other one. Check them both for urine glucose. One may have diabetes and it is causing it to drink excessively. I had that problem with my 11 year old dog who is still going strong 2.5 years later with 2 insulin shots a day. I used the below test strips:

https://www.amazon.com/One-Step-Infection-Diabetes-Parameter/dp/B01M26O93Q/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=3EWFC6RH7AN4E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Y75JmRYLlN8UzL_MOqpreh6U7PRqalS4Gi4UoJRHGqWXmWeGxGlUyiETCtQtB52-d3JvyhcHo9vhKVQPRHJdDu0UawILt4CLFLciPbhDZoUjKSLpfpH_b1ks5nJrO0Ubl1veKu7LzaZ42_WMzp-khOLqeRZlWcx2x_o2S9toy8UpXlzuewHeLUQeu7-s1hw0zDZNmATnMEMQnieEPB-VTQ.W5dhKZTIbvnp5PTF3cbTWm-mqEEcrOOiyuigwEJOl3I&dib_tag=se&keywords=dog+urine+test+strips&qid=1716942692&sprefix=fog+urine+test%2Caps%2C111&sr=8-4

tandy miller said:

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gigemJTH12 said:

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Appreciate the insight guys. I wasn't abusing them. Just a snack on the ass. I genuinely thought that's what people do. My mistake.

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Are you eating a snack off of their ass? Or is their ass the snack? Not judging, just asking for clarification

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I died laughing….

On a serious note, OP did you potty train your dogs using pee pads or crate training ? Pee pads will ruin your dogs, they will pee on pads, towels, clothes, rugs, etc their whole life, good luck getting them to Change.

AlsoYorkies or other small dogs, they really need to be let outside 4-5 times a day, their bladder is small and they can't hold it, it seems to get worse as they get older. My mom had a couple small older dogs, she is older, we installed one of those automatic doggy doors that works off of a small device (magnet) you attach to their collars, they go in and out all day when they want to roll in the grass, bark at things, or just to take a pee or drop a poo, they work great and dogs don't peepee in the house