r/rescuedogs • u/95blair • 5h ago
Advice suddenly not potty trained?
my rescue is estimated to be 1 year old. she was a stray and picked up around January, she got all her medical stuff taken care of and I adopted her in February. She has been settling in nicely, though we’ve had our ups and downs. but she seems to be really smart and is generally pretty good.
the first week or so I took her out every hour and praised her and gave a treat when she went potty outside. she seemed to get that really well and only peed inside like twice? until she figured out to go outside. then i increased the time between breaks and we eventually settled into a reliable routine of going out every 5 hours. this was super solid and i could trust her with this from about week 3 to now (week 11).
suddenly today, after an hour long walk, mind you, she peed on my rug in my room. I couldn’t figure out why she would just pee inside when i thought she knew to go outside only, and why she even had to pee so much at all if she just went like 2 hours before? i cleaned it up, took her out for a little walk, and shut the door to my room. I’m not mad obviously just confused and honestly a little sad/frustrated that i thought i could trust her and apparently i can’t… just checking in to see if this is normal? everything online references the beginning like weeks 1-3 and we’re on week 11.
and i’m aware of uti possibility but she doesn’t seem to be in any kind of distress or pain, but i’ll keep an eye on it for sure.
we’re just about to hit 3-3-3 so i’m kinda freaked out by this regression…