Context
I'm living with my parents for the time being, and they have a very anxious dog who they have not trained very effectively or consistently. I'm trying to help them out by educating myself on training and finding resources for them, but I'm having trouble figuring out exactly what I'm dealing with.
I've read through the guides on house training and separation anxiety, but their dog seems to display issues with both at different times.
He used to pee in the house whenever my parents would leave, so they started locking him in the office with his crate while they were gone. That seemed to work for quite a while, but more recently he started peeing and pooping in the office while they were gone. My best guess is that this is related to my arrival, and the anxiety of having a new person in the house.
We are implementing a new training regimen to help manage his anxiety, and so far he seems to be a lot more chill when we leave the house and come back.
The Problem
The issue that I can't seem to understand is his tendency to pee on stuff in the house when we are at home and in the same room as him. Sometimes this happens in rooms that he's allowed in, e.g., earlier this week, he peed on my parents' bed, which is where he sleeps every night.
This also happens in areas he's not normally allowed. E.g., I live in the basement and there's a gate preventing the dogs from coming downstairs. Earlier today I let him come downstairs with me while I grabbed something, and he almost immediately lifted his leg and tried to pee against a cabinet.
I'm trying to identify the root cause of the issue so we can correct it appropriately, but it's tough to figure out what exactly is causing him to pee all the time.
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