Hi all, first time poster here and feeling a little desperate. I have a 4 year old Havanese who is potty trained. About a month ago, he had an overnight accident on the rug in my kitchen, which rarely happens – but okay – no big deal, I cleaned it up with enzyme cleaner and figured he just drank too much water. Then, he had the same accident the next night, and the one after that. I didn’t catch them til after, so the rug was really soaked and I ended up tossing it because it was old anyway. Bought a new rug – had an accident right on it. Removed that rug, and he continued to have nightly accidents on the hardwood where the rug was. All was promptly cleaned with enzyme cleaner.
I noticed he was drinking a lot more water too, so I brought him to the vet. They did two rounds of urine and took blood, and the only thing they mentioned was that the urine was very, very dilute, but nothing else seemed out of the ordinary. Then, one day about 10 days ago… he just stopped having accidents. His water intake returned to normal. Just all of a sudden. The doctor said that was a good sign, and to just continue to monitor.
Well, yesterday I brought the rug back, and you guessed it – he had an accident on it over night. Tonight I placed pee pee pads on the same spot, and I literally just got up for a drink of water and noticed he peed on the hardwood next to the rug, without signaling he needed to go out.
I’m at a loss at this point. I’m not convinced it’s a medical issue, so it has to be something to do with that spot, even though I clean it like crazy. I’ve read the wiki page, but any recommendations or ideas are welcomed and appreciated!
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