Are House Accidents Common If A Dog Is Going Into Heat?
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My almost six month-old pomeranian/papillon puppy, Ginger, had not had an accident in three weeks. I was really excited, and she had done really well with letting me know she was ready to go outside. However, over the past two days, she has had two accidents – literally squatted down and peed RIGHT in front of me as she is looking at me! I have her in training classes and the trainer said that a dog isn’t fully housebroken until they have gone six weeks without an accident.
At any rate, I am scheduled to spay her in two and a half weeks, but I’m paranoid she may go into heat before that. I’ve tried checking for vaginal swelling, but she has a lot of long hair down there, and I’m not sure if I’d know the difference since it’s always been covered up. She’s also curling her tail all the way up when she walks around, but she always kind of prances when she trots. 
I’m so scared she is going to go into heat before her scheduled spay, and I do NOT want the un-neutered german shepherd a few doors down knocking her up!
Has anyone else’s dog had peeing accidents before it went into heat? I realize this might just be her being a puppy and not 100% trained yet.
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I have never heard of urination accidents if a dog is going into heat. she may have a urinary tract infection and is trying to tell you by showing you something isn’t right. she can still get fixed if she is already in heat. some vets don’t like to do it though because her female parts are swollen so the vet has to look a little harder to find what needs to be tied off. And I don’t want sound like a meany, but she can also be fixed if she is pregnant. I work at an animal shelter and the less we bring accidental and unwanted pups into the world the better off they will be.