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how to convince my 6yo male dog he should pee out all of his bladder on a walk? (sh.itjust.works)
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I love my dog, 6 years old, about 50 lbs. he's sweet and wonderful. But. He insists on going outside 4-5 times a day to go pee because he never goes all the way to empty his bladder. He'll insist on finding a 'good' smelling area and will wet there, quit, and even if there is a block longer on our walk he'll stay full until we get home only to insist on going back out a short while longer.

How do I deal with this? I'm a city apartment dweller and have to put on full winter gear and go outside with him so it's becoming a frustration of mine.

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If this is a new behaviour, I'd talk to a vet to make sure there are no health issues.

If there are no new health issues, and he never did this before, then you've inadvertently trained him to this new behavior (probably by going out whenever). It happens easily, because we don't realize we're establishing a new routine.

Talk to your vet, besides the health angle, they probably have advice on undoing the behaviour.

[–] EpicMuch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Not new, thankfully, I’m just getting more annoyed because it’s like 12f outside