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Date Posted: 09:39:24 06/23/09 Tue
Author: BsBoel
Subject: Reason for going on bed (maybe?)

We blocked off the bedroom while at work yesterday and there were no problems. He is the same old sweet boy. Actually he hasn't shown any unusual signs or behavior at all - even Sat before and Sun when this happened.

I'm starting to think that it may have been nerve related?? He really is the sweetest dog and he's never done anything like this at all. I'd be a little more concerned with it being a dominance issue if there were other problems to go along with it. But there is nothing. He doesn't try to establish himself as alpha in any way, nor does he try to take ownership of anything. Unless he's smarter than we think and he's quietly planning a coup ;)

Just knowing him so well I wonder if it's possible that something scared him - and with us not being there for him he didn't know how to react?? If he just had to pee I'm sure he would of just went on the floor - I just can't see him jumping up on the bed just to relieve himself. This is just such a shock to us. I wonder if it could of happened in his sleep - maybe a nightmare or something?? Maybe we'll never know?

I just found this in an article... makes sense..

"On the other hand, suppose Chili begins marking the bed because something threatens her during her owner's absence. Perhaps the pet-sitter her owner hired brings his own dog along, or maybe a noisy construction project begins in the apartment downstairs. In this case, the urine on the bed communicates, "Go away! I'll fight to protect this!" to whatever sound, scent, and/or sight frightens the little dog. While such a message would seem to signal great courage, in reality animals who mark within their owners' home communicate exactly the opposite: They really don't want to fight at all and hope any intruder will catch a whiff of that message and run."

I wonder if something or someone scared him??

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