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Inappropriate elimination is a common behavioral complaint for pet owners, but it is also often a primary sign of a medical condition. Distinguishing the two and/or recognizing when a medical condition exists at the same time as learned behavior (or a failure of house training) can be challenging but will be critical to solving the problem. Box 4.4 lists some of the more common reasons for dogs and cats to soil the house with urine. Regardless of the species, the first challenge is to observe the animal and attempt to determine if it has voluntary control over urination some of the time, all of the time, or none of the time, as this will help narrow down the list of differential diagnoses.