I really appreciate all the advice and ideas to try..here are my thoughts now, on the matter:
1. if a kid started wetting the bed, i would not throw him out...my brother was a bed wetter into his early teens, he could not help it. it was medical, and my dad just made it worse.
i don't find it disgusting at all..i find it frustrating and depressing, that i don't know why he is doing this..
2. they both sleep with us. Gizmo is my dog..they both sleep under the covers at the foot of the bed, near our feet. i would not change that.Chula is daddys girl.
3. i think doggy diapers would be a good thing to check out. thank you for the advice on that one, and how to measure.that will be my first step.
4. i think Chula may be the reason..she picks on him, I would never get rid of her, reguardless.i don't beliece animals are throw aways,just because they don't act they way we want them too. but talking to a behavioral pet person, may shed some more light on it. thanks, i will check that out tomorrow. i will also check out the book recommended.
5. the doggy door is apart of the sliding glass door, which is in my bedroom. :roll: he is not peeing at night in the bed..he is peeing when i am home. The door is open, so they can come and go outside at will. i close the bedroom door whenever i leave the house, since this started happening. i retired 6 years ago, so i am home all the time, a homebody, except on wednesdays..when i go quilting with the girls.
sooo, i am going to measure him and do get/try diapers. maybe i can make some cute covers..for them. :shock:
My D O G S don't know they are dogs..shhhh
i raised my 3 kids, 5 foster kids, and have 4 grandsons..i did my part..these are a part of my family. my husband works long hours,he is gone 13 hours a day...we are company for each other. they go camping with us..i have taken trips to oklahoma,texas and florida, by myself. with Gizmo..he would not let anyone come near me in the car..i am safe with him..no one comes near my house, without them letting me know..no one. JRT's are notorious for having seperation issues. it is a given when you have one. he watches my every move..lol
the vet says he is healthy..weight is 16 pounds..he has idiopathic seizures..controled by meds..now i am thinking of checking into the phenobarb..he gets his blood and urine checked every 6 months. it is all good.
i have always had a matress protector..prior to having a bladder suspension, you never knew when and if i would
"leak" . so glad my husband didn't trade me in..for a better working model.
again, thank you all for the thoughts and ideas, they are a start.