Dog and Cat Both Started Peeing in the House
Discussion
A complicated story and possibly the answer is the obvious, but can it be sorted out?
We recently moved our 10 year old female spayed Akita and 14 year old female spayed DLH cat back to rural Devon from Dubai, a change of lifestyle to say the least, from indoor (and occasional outdoor) animals to country bumpkins. They normally get on well together, although the dog does terrorise the cat with her constant requirement to sniff her bottom.
Both seem to like their new life, the dog especially loves country walks and sniffing animal trails etc.
The cat was first to start, even though I installed a catflap which she used to spend loads of time outside, plus having a litter tray inside in case she didn't want to experience any more rain, she started heading upstairs, where she is not allowed, into my daughters bedroom, where she is definitely not allowed, to pee on the carpet.
For her troubles she is now put out during the day and only allowed into the study, where the catflap is, at night. Unfortunately catflap is closed at night due to neighbors ugly, fat cat coming in and eating!
The dog has never, in any house, been allowed upstairs, and never even tried. But now, as soon as our backs are turned if we nip out to the shops or go to bed, or whatever, she is straight upstairs to pee on the landing or the spare room carpet. FFS.
Is this behavioral, due to the international move or could it be territorial? Or do we need to retrain them in English?!
Or are we destined to have our new home smell like a pub toilet?
We recently moved our 10 year old female spayed Akita and 14 year old female spayed DLH cat back to rural Devon from Dubai, a change of lifestyle to say the least, from indoor (and occasional outdoor) animals to country bumpkins. They normally get on well together, although the dog does terrorise the cat with her constant requirement to sniff her bottom.
Both seem to like their new life, the dog especially loves country walks and sniffing animal trails etc.
The cat was first to start, even though I installed a catflap which she used to spend loads of time outside, plus having a litter tray inside in case she didn't want to experience any more rain, she started heading upstairs, where she is not allowed, into my daughters bedroom, where she is definitely not allowed, to pee on the carpet.
For her troubles she is now put out during the day and only allowed into the study, where the catflap is, at night. Unfortunately catflap is closed at night due to neighbors ugly, fat cat coming in and eating!
The dog has never, in any house, been allowed upstairs, and never even tried. But now, as soon as our backs are turned if we nip out to the shops or go to bed, or whatever, she is straight upstairs to pee on the landing or the spare room carpet. FFS.
Is this behavioral, due to the international move or could it be territorial? Or do we need to retrain them in English?!
Or are we destined to have our new home smell like a pub toilet?
Dr Mike Oxgreen said:
ukwill said:
oilydan said:
...due to neighbors ugly, fat cat coming in and eating!
Sort that out and you might just fix the problem.
I could deter the neighbor's cat by setting the flap to entry only and leave the Akita in the room....
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