I can relate to your frustration.

My silky is paper trained as well. Like yours, she will also avoid and sidestep her pee. But for the past few months, she seems to deliberately step on her pee and walk into the house and stain all over the floor.

I say deliberate because if i'm around her while she pees, she will avoid stepping on it. If not, it's mopping time again for me. Imagine the bottles of floor cleaner i've been using of late.

try not giving him any treat for a week and then see how lorr.. normally it's the treat which causes the smell problem.. not the dog kibble food.. dun worry too much... another way proposed by my vet, monitor him... coz my boy only will lick his pee when we r not around n when he is bored.. dunno about ur furkid attitude...

then i guess its his behaviour problem lorr... maybe some of the expert (trainer) here may give u a good solution... for me, i only let him pee/poo when i'm there... sometimes, if he really cannot tahan, then the problem come again...

male behavioural problem? does it apply to female too? maybe my doggie too much male hormones haha

generally apple cider vinegar is good for dog... a teaspoon in a bowl of water... hopefully, the pee will b acidic n he does not like it... err.... so far it works for my dog.

Sometimes... Cookie will lick her pee too.. Ash wont...In additional to the Apple CV drink, I have used the training pads n also I have put the plastic mats below the training pads...