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Location: Never in one place long | Does anyone have any good advice on how to stop a dog from marking in the house? I'm fostering a really sweet border collie mix (9 mos. and neutered) I don't think he had ever been inside. We play outside and he gets to roam all over and pee and play then we got inside in small increments. After he's been outside, he'll come in and try to mark on things occasionaly. He hardly has anything left but tries to mark still, I watch him every second and when I catch him I quicly yell NO and put him right outside. Is there hope he can get better and stop? I would think with his young age he could learn but it's frustrating having to watch him all the time... I have a male wrap I can put on him that I'd used for one other foster, just not sure what the right thing to do is. |
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| Our Malamute was completely house trained and he started marking at about 1.5 years old. He then became an outside dog because we couldn't get him to stop. Tried a shock collar, yelling, keeping an eye on him every second, nothing stopped it and i'm not going to follow a dog around the house everyday! |
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Location: Never in one place long | FlyingJT - 2015-07-20 10:44 AM
Our Malamute was completely house trained and he started marking at about 1.5 years old. He then became an outside dog because we couldn't get him to stop. Tried a shock collar, yelling, keeping an eye on him every second, nothing stopped it and i'm not going to follow a dog around the house everyday!
Interesting, yeah, that's the problem, I have to watch him every second because he does it SO quickly and sneakily and I'm afraid it'll be hard to break. He didn't get neutered until he came to the shelter which might be half the problem..He's border collie and very hairy and FULL of energy so an outside life might be just fine with him. I also trained him on our underground fence in ONE day so he sticks around great. I'm just hoping this doesn't make it hard to find him a good home. :( |
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Location: Kentucky | Has he been checked for a UTI? |
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Location: Kansas | I suggest putting a Belly Band on him when in the house. You can find them at most pet stores or online at Amazon. |
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Location: Washington. (The DRY side.) | I've NEVER had a male that marked in the house. It is a housebreaking issue. The few I have had that tried it, only did it ONCE! We had a serious come to Jesus meeting when they were caught. They never did it again. |
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Location: Never in one place long | I have a belly band, I may put that on him. I checked out his owner paper work and he had never been inside prior to my house so he really doesn't know better. The problem is the places I've caught him doing it now he doesn't want to go in those rooms or near it, it's like he doesn't know what he's doing. I think he's learning..maybe. I wish they'd of gotten him NEUTERED early on. They actually surrendered him because they said they "couldn't afford to neuter him and he kept running away to try and breed"! |
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Location: Washington. (The DRY side.) | Peeing in the house isn't a neutering (or lack of) issue, it is a HOUSEBREAKING issue. I have had multiple intact males that NEVER peed in the house because they were housebroke. Sounds like oyu might be on the right track with this guy. Good luck with getting this under control so he has a better chance of being a house dog for someone. :)
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| RacingQH - 2015-07-20 3:37 PM Peeing in the house isn't a neutering (or lack of) issue, it is a HOUSEBREAKING issue. I have had multiple intact males that NEVER peed in the house because they were housebroke. Sounds like oyu might be on the right track with this guy. Good luck with getting this under control so he has a better chance of being a house dog for someone. :)
Not trying to steal the thread, but I have to ask, how do you housetrain your dogs? |
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Location: OREGON | Agree with check for UTIs first. Then, if he is clean, it is a house breaking issue. Our male dogs
aren't even allowed to pee on truck or trailer tires. THAT makes me furious when I see dogs doing that. My rims are too expensive for that crap. Don't get me wrong, my dogs are very spoiled and loved. But, they learn quick what they can't pee on. |
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