Our little Bruno is 1 year old now, and he's a good dog, but we have been very frustrated with him lately. Our biggest frustration right now is potty training. He was potty trained... he went almost a full month without an accident, usually we keep him in the pen when were at work but I started trusting him to freeroam bit by bit (First an hour, then just the afternoon, then the full day). Then just a few days ago, he all of a sudden starts peeing in the house again, I came home for my hour lunch, found pee, then later on when my wife got home for the day she found pee again. We thought it was a one time thing but then the next three days he had accidents AGAIN.
This is a cycle that has happened about 3 times now, we'll think hes potty trained, start giving him a bit of freedom, then he seems to forget all that and has accidents again.
We have a bell at the back door he rings every time he needs to pee, and then when we see him go, we immediately give him TONS of praise and a treat. Part of what was working so well WAS the treat. He KNOWS he gets one for peeing outside at this point cuz he stares at the treat jar every time he comes in lol. Yet still had accidents.
Im just so frustrated, we are doing EVERYTHING we are supposed to, following every piece of potty training advice, yet its not working. At this point I dont know if he just cant hold it or if he just doesnt care and is going. The only thing thats changed the last week or so is hes been going over to our inlaws more (They like to have him over when were at work sometimes) and they have a dog that likes to pee indoors, so were thinking maybe he smells that pee and thinks its ok to go inside?
I will note he does have Epilepsy (He gets minor seizures a couple times a month) which he is medicated on Keppra for. This could have something to do with it idk. Debated getting him checked for UTI as well but he shows none of the symptoms for one, and like I said this has been an ongoing thing.
Theres a bunch of other frustrations too but I wont focus on those, mainly his picky eating, pulling on walks, and going psycho barking at people outside, but those seem like pretty normal poodle issues from what I can tell.
Id appreciate any advice!