To start off, my dog, Banjo, is a chihuahua and presumably mini pin mix, just about to be 5 years old. I adored him from the time we got him just one day shy of a month old, and I raised and trained him for the most part. He was very easy to house train, we never even finished the small pack of potty pads before fully doing so. He loves sitting next to us and in our laps and I used to adore it but now I can't stand him sitting with me.
About six months ago we took in another cat. We already have one, but he's in outdoor cat for the most part. We also have another dog, but we've had him much longer than Banjo. The new cat is indoor only, as one of her 4 previous owners was cruel enough to declaw all four of her paws. We took her in because one of my mother's friends is dying and no one wanted to take in her declawed cat. I suppose no one wanted to be That Asshole with a declawed cat. Almost immediately after getting her, Banjo decides he's going to start peeing all over the house. I can only assume he's fed up with there being so many people and animals in such a small space.
Banjo was house trained for 4 years when he started peeing in the house. He knows he's not supposed to and yet he does it anyway, several times a day. We eventually gave up and just got him diapers, which I do not want to be a lifetime thing. He's just about to turn 5 in a few days, and I don't know how much longer I can handle him. I miss him sleeping in my bed and cuddling with me, but now he's peeing in his diaper several times a day, even when we let him out whenever he wants. When he tries to sit with me, all I can think about is that he probably has pee on him. He's constantly scratching his back on us and it just makes me even more mad because he wouldn't have to deal with the diaper itching if he would just stop being a dumbass and go potty outside. Sometimes we will let him outside and he will come back in and immediate hike a leg and pee on something. I can't stand him anymore. I miss my dog.
Just a few additional things that I know people will have questions about:
-No, he has not been fixed. I don't have my license so I cannot take him myself, and my mom isn't motivated to do so. My dad works all but weekends and is busy trying to get our cars fixed up when he's not at work. Along with that, we just don't have the money to spare right now.
-The new cat is female, and she has been fixed. She mostly just keeps to herself. We have found out that one of the places we were finding pee was from her, but that was corrected by just making sure we keep the bathroom door shut.
So my question is, what do you all think can be done about this? I want to get him fixed, do you all think that would help? I just need to persuade my mom somehow. At this point she just wants to rehome him or even just drop him off at the pound. I don't want that. No one would take him and he'd just get put down. I just want things to go back to normal. We've tried to catch him and correct him, but he's really sneaky about it and we never find the pee until after he's already walked away. Any idea what might help?
TL;DR, my dog is an idiot and decided to ignore that he's been house trained for 4 years and pee on everything after we got a new cat. I don't like him being near me anymore and the thought of him just makes me mad. I miss actually loving my dog. How do I fix it?
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