My Dog Wets His Bed And Sleeps In It (when He Has The Whole Kitchen To Do This In). How Can I Get Him To Stop?

I have a papillon just under 2 years old. He’s been neutered. He’s recently developed the habit of wetting the bed he shares with my maltese and refusing to sleep in his own. Then he actually lays in it afterward.. I don’t keep them crated when I’m not around. I simply block off the kitchen with a baby gate and let them play there with the training pads down. When we first got him, he’d religiously use the pads, but now he’s decided to use the bed instead, and now ignores the pads. The vet had us switch him to a lower protein and lower fat dog food (called Solid Gold) which also has cranberry in it to support kidney function. They were unable to find anything serious other than slightly elevated kidney activity, but he said to take him off puppy food which we did.
Does anyone have any idea why he’s doing this and how to make him stop? Also the first bed we’ve given him he refuses to sleep in anymore and he doesn’t go near it and as far as we know has never peed in it. He only wants to sleep in Kenzie’s (our maltese) bed with or without her in it… which is the bed he’s been wetting in! I am so confused..

Dog Acting Crazy When I Try And Train Him?

When I first started training my little Papillon, he was really good. It only took an hour and a half and he learned to shake paw, to lay down and to come here. I started out by giving him a small treat when he did what I asked, and then eventually stopped giving him treats and he still did what I asked. I worked with him for a couple months and now he’s got those commands perfect.
I recently started trying to teach him to sit. The first time I asked him to sit, he did it, but he got really upset. He started shaking like crazy and he ran away from me and hid behind the toilet. After I got him out from behind the toilet, he wouldn’t come near me for the rest of the night. I ask him to sit like once a day, I thought maybe once he got used to the word, and used to doing it then he would stop being afraid, but he hasn’t. He knows how to sit, but I have to ask him to sit 50 million times before he will do it because he is so upset and trying to get away from me. He won’t even take a treat after he sits, and he doesn’t care how much I praise him after he sits. After he runs away, I tell him to come here and he does, and then I ask him to sit until he does. He acts like I’m hurting him by trying to get him to sit. After he finally sits, I tell him to lay down or shake a paw, but by that point he’s so upset and wants nothing to do with me. And btw, I’ve never hurt him. He’s never been hurt by me. I’ve had him for like 7 months and he’s definitely used to me. He’s like my baby and always wants to be around me, so it confuses me that it scares him so much that he’d want to run away from me. And it’s not just me, he will run away from my fiance if he asks him to sit and he runs to me.
I got him from a shelter and he was a puppy mill dog. Could something have happened to him at the puppy mill that would make him afraid to sit?? Any ideas why his behavior has suddenly changed?

How Can I Stop My Dogs From Pooping Inside When Its Raining Outside?

I have a papillon and a mixed breed/border collie. They are trained very well to go potty outside, but everytime it rains, they go inside the house. Argggg! I hate that. How can I teach these dogs that they have to go outside, even if it means they get a little wet?

How Old Should Your Puppy Be When You Start To Train Him?

I have a 10 week old Papillon… should I train him now or is he too young to understand? Is crate training the best method?

If A Papillon Puppy Growls When You Try To Take Something Away, How Do You Train Them To Stop?

Whatever you do don’t jump away and show fear. It will encourage more aggressive behavior.
Calmy keep your hand above the toy to block your puppy from it.
If your dog is play growling it will immediately back away from the toy.
If your dog seems to get more intense it is challenging you. (you may get bit but it’s a puppy now so it won’t hurt. If you get bit stay absolutely still and act like the biting doesn’t hurt you at all) Use a loud noise like a horn or someone behind you clapping assertively to distract your dog and snap the nasty thought from it’s mind. Calmly take the toy and when your dog is calm give it back.
Just practice constantly taking your dogs toys and food to get him used to it.