We let him outside often, as we have a very large fenced in backyard, and most of the time he has continuous access to outside when we leave patio doors open. I have tried to train him over the years, but I have been unsuccessful. He was not potty trained whatsoever, and obviously that plays big part in it. I will note that this was my husbands dog before we met, and he was one year old when I met him. This is not new behavior and has been his behavior since he was a puppy. he has no health issues and is otherwise a healthy dog. He has terrible separation anxiety, and the entire time we are gone he barks. He does urinate and poop in his kennel as well, even though he is never in there for more than a couple of hours. He also poops in the house in places like my kids bedroom and on 6 month olds play mat, or under beds both hidden and wide-open areas. Unfortunately since we got rid of the rugs, he started urinating on the hardwood floor, peeing on the couches and beds, in laundry baskets, on literally anything and everything. I have had to get rid of every rug in my house as he was peeing regularly on all of them.
He’s a sweet dog with little to no aggression, however he has made my life extremely difficult.
We have a 12 year old dachshund, brown (red) short hair.
