My dog would pee right beside the pee pad sometimes, where the dog clearly knows that it shouldn’t pee there.

Lab, female, not a puppy. With some medical problems that would cause my dog to pee at random points, or gets extremely excited. As solution, I got pee pads, hoping to fix the problem.

It solved some part of the problem.

But here is the new problem, recently, my dog very often, would pee onto the floor about like a foot away from the pee pad, and my dog knows that it could not pee there.

I think many of the time, it's not my dog didn't make it to the pad, but my dog just decided to pee there as I can see my dog staring at something on the counter, then sits and pee. Is there anything specific reasons that this would happen? I leave no food on the counter as my dog would steal it.

My dog knows that it shouldn't pee there as if my dog pees on the pee pads, I would give treats, and my dog would have another set of behavior for food.

Thank you.