My husband found a Red Tick Coonhound in a state park while hiking. She had no micro-chip and was starving, so we've kept her. We've had her two months and she seems to have settled into our house well. The vet thinks that she's between 6 and 8 years old. My husband and I both work, so we renovated a small bedroom for her use during the day by installing linoleum floor and putting a tall dog gate on the door. In that room, she has a futon for a bed. I cover the futon with a plastic mattress cover, a sheet and several blankets for her to nest in. As soon as I put her in the room, either at night or during the day, she jumps on the futon, makes a nest out of the blankets and pees on them. While we are at work, she might pee on the futon twice and pees several times on the puppy training pads I put on the floor. My guess is that she lived in an outdoor kennel where she could pee anytime. I would like her to stop peeing on the futon where she sleeps. Any ideas why she would do this or how to make her stop? We have two other dogs who are not locked up during the day, and I'm wondering if she's marking her territory.
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