My lab pup will poop but not pee on her own
My lab is almost 9 months and is a female.
A while back I posted about an issue with my lab peeing near the back door and not wanting to go on her own in her designated spot on the backyard grass. It seemed like I was able to fix the problem by going outside with her and walking towards the spot where she is supposed to go. I cut back on that and she seemed to go over to the stop on her own.
So tonight, while she was inside with us, she indicated that she wanted to go outside. We trained her to ring a bell which hangs on the sliding rear door. She rang the bell and I let her out. She ran out, got some water, and then did her own thing by sniffing the ground and just running around on her own. That behavior is normal when we let her out.
I decided to sit down and watch some TV while she was outside. She can see us inside and knows we are nearby. The sliding door is usually left open with the screen shut while she's outside as well. I would occasionally look outside to see what she was up to and she appeared to be just looking out the side gate or sniffing the grass; normal behavior. When I happen to glance over outside again, I saw her on the patio standing and looking out into the backyard. All of the sudden I saw her decide to urinated while standing up. Not the normal squat and pee like she normally does. She walked a few steps while continuing to urinate and then stopped. There was nothing that appeared to scare or startle her and after she stopped urinating, she turned around a looked at it and appeared to have a guilty demeanor.
After I saw her do that, I went outside and said, "No." I said it in a normal-raised voice and she appeared to know what she did was wrong and ran away. I asked her to come and she did it hesitantly and I pointed to the puddle and said, "No" again. She got on her back and rolled over in a submissive kind of way. I didn't stand over her or anything but I said, "No! Bad dog!" After I scolded her verbally, I walked over to her spot where she normally pees and poops and told her to go potty. She ran over to the spot and went a lot. I then praised her and all seemed well after that.
I don't understand why she would pee on the patio and not in her normal spot considering it was obvious her bladder was full. She has no trouble going to her spot and pooping and only seems to want to pee when either my wife and I walk over (or act like we are walking over) with her to her spot.
If anyone can shed some light on this type of behavior, it would be very helpful. I just want her to be able to just go pee on her own, whenever she wants.
Thank you.