Pup peeing on our floors

I have a 7 month old French Bulldog who is such a good listener. We got her when I was pregnant so I was home with her everyday & trained her really well. After 1 week of being home she was able to sit, shake, high 5, go to bed & she was toilet trained very quickly. She was roughly 4 months old when I gave birth. She was sleeping in my daughter’s (11) room with her for a while so they both had someone while I catered to our newborn. That was going amazing. She was using her pee pads that sat in the laundry across from my daughter’s room. But she has now started peeing on our hallway floor. So we started making her sleep on her bed in the laundry, and that seemed to be helping. However lastnight she peed all over the floor, and her pee pads were left perfectly clean. I feel terrible because she is such a good dog but I’m getting really tired of constantly cleaning up dog pee when it’s just me and baby home alone everyday. We’ve tried taking her for more walks, playing with her more, letting her outside more to pee & praising her for her incredible behaviour. Overall she’s been SOOOOO well behaved! The perfect dog! But just the peeing on the hallway floor is driving me up the wall. I’ve spoken to my partner about taking her for a check up just to rule out any bladder/kidney or uterine issue. But could this be some kind of regression? I don’t think she is jealous over the baby as she gets so much attention still just a little less from me. However I was the one with her 24/7 and training her everyday. She still gets lots of love and cuddles from me. Idk though, maybe she is? 🤷🏻‍♀️ But I’m curious, has this happened to anyone else? What was done to help? Any suggestions? She’s just the goodest doggie with the biggest ears who is such a good listener 🤍🫶🏽
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I also have a girl Frenchie. Yours is still a puppy so I say give it some time and try positive reinforcement. They tend be pretty easy dogs to train overall. I would try giving her treats when she’s used the potty pads or starts going outside.

Never hurts to get her checked if it gone on for 10 or more days… but this could be behavior. Does she have a regular designated time she gets her walk? Scheduling something positive for her daily that she can depend on may help. SHE IS SO CUTE! 🥰

@Nicole we don’t have a set schedule but she is played with every day. My partner works hard labour and I’m home with the kids so there’s not a set routine plus with the heat x

She could be jealous. You were giving her all the love and attention. She came into a situation where it was you, your husband?, and daughter. Now there’s a baby who needs you 24/7. That puppy was the “baby” first. My dog did the same except he was pooping instead of peeing and he’s a 90lb black lab. Image picking up dog poop when this dog poops like he’s a horse. She just needs some time, reassurance, and maybe a kennel? Kennel training is super important in my opinion. It give them a place that is theirs and they can decompress privately if they want. My sister has a male frenchie he pees everywhere too tho so maybe it’s a bit of a Frenchie thing??

@Jordan she’s much better now. I think we discovered it was jealousy as she tends to sit and stare at us when I’m holding baby. When I see this now I say her name and give her pats. We’ve been letting her back on the bed for cuddles. More walks. More attention and she is on her best behaviour again x

@Sera Kay ✨ Thats awesome! I learned my dog was jealous when he growled at me while I was changing a diaper when my daughter was about 2 weeks old. He’s sweet as can be but the BIGGEST attention whore 😂 To be fair it’s hard at first when the baby is so new and needs you constantly you sorta forget about them for a bit

@Jordan so true! I’ve also been letting her hang out with the baby more too as I know she really wants to interact with him but she’s anxious about getting in trouble but she’s so gentle with him it’s adorable

@Sera Kay ✨ Aw she’s a nervous baby! She needs reassurance. Maybe when she’s around the baby being calm and gentle give her a treat. You can get some training treats or even chop up a piece of chicken really small and give it to her every few minutes at first and as she gets more and more comfortable with the baby you won’t need to give her anything too often. My dog steered clear of the baby at first now that she’s 14 months he sometimes follows her around or she follows him. When he’s laying down he lets her climb all over him and do whatever it’s the sweetest

@Jordan she’s amazing around the baby never seen her so calm and gentle! She just doesn’t wanna get told off by dad because she hasn’t been allowed to touch him previously (he’s 3 months now and monster size lol) so I’m allowing her to be with us more so she can see that she won’t get in trouble and that it’s perfectly fine to be with baby. I’ve been encouraging her to check on the baby when he’s in his rocker and I sneakily watch from around the corner and she will go and sniff his feet and sit there looking at him 🤣 she’s very smart with the command “where’s the ….?” She will go and find her toy, her sissy (my eldest), dad, ball, etc. so now I’m introducing “where’s Franky?” And she has started going to check on him!

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