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Originally Posted by QuickSilver  I have known many dogs and many people with dogs and I'd never heard of belly bands until I joined YT. I'm sorry, this makes no sense to me. It goes against all my experience, and the experiences of many people here. I have absolutely seen Thor go from marking in my apartment to not doing so, and it was part of potty training. Now, I'm not sure I would trust him in someone else's house, but that's still a training issue I think - I can't practice that enough to know one way or the other, and that would be for peeing AND marking.
I would hate to think that someone would get talked out of getting a male dog because they thought they couldn't control indoor marking. Of course you can.
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ETA: Yeah, I'm not sure how intact males would act around a female in heat, I could certainly see that prompting marking. |
I think people are a little confused; I'm talking about intact males. Has Thor been fixed? You say he no longer marks and you stopped it through potty training, yet marking has nothing to do with potty training. They have no urge to empty their bladder when they mark.
Most neutered dogs will not mark in the house, unless something prompts them. That's why when a neutered male, who has never marked in his own home, visits another home, and marks, something has prompted him. If he had really learned not to mark, he would not mark at the new home either. It has very much to do with "marking" their territory, a one dog family even an intact male, may not have any reason to mark. Dogs vary greatly on the amount of testosterone produced, and marking is related to testosterone. I've read of some people say their intact males never mark in their house, I think this has little to do with what they were taught, and more on their internal wiring. This is the reason most people suggest getting male dogs neutered before marking becomes established.