They make 'em cute so you don't kill 'em

[figmo]

Lady seems to really hate my yellow sheets. Sometimes when I let her on the bed she's an angel; other times she whizzes, and today I noticed a pattern.

Whenever my yellow sheets are on the bed and Lady is allowed on the bed, she whizzes, and always in the same spot. I've applied Nature's Miracle to the mattress cover, so we'll see how it works. Other times I'd just tried kennel cleaner and disinfectant. The only two times Fuzzball had ever whizzed on the bed were in that same spot, so I fear she may be picking up residual "essence of Fuzzball" from there. If that's the case, nothing much will help.

It also never fails that I notice Lady's "handiwork" just before I'm about to go to sleep. I'll kick my foot over, and eeeeuw.

I learned from dealing with Fuzzball and Monty (Mom's dog) that Bichon Frises have this tendency to be passive-aggressive and use "creative" whizzing and defecating to show their displeasure. This one, I think, doesn't like yellow.

Comments

[bardling.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... get rid of the sheets or don't let her on the bed when you've got those sheets on it...?

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

I'd look for another pattern or cause - maybe something in the smell or texture of the sheets, since dogs are more or less colorblind.

It may be that, having peed on those sheets once, there's a residual odor to them, so she keeps doing it over again. In that case, I'd either try a stronger odor-neutralizer or get rid of those particular sheets. Hopefully that should get the problem under control....

[firecat]

Maybe she figures that since the sheets are yellow, you won't notice the whiz.

[poltr1]

Nature's Miracle is Good Stuff! We use it when our Lady (cat) whizzes on things she shouldn't -- the carpet, the bedsheets (she peed on my wife's pillow once right before bedtime), clothes that didn't quite make it to the hamper. She has since been banned from the bedroom.

I thought dogs were color-blind. If that's true, then it's probably something in the smell or feel of those sheets that she doesn't like.