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Originally Posted by Tait  Thank you so much for writing to me. I think her yorkie is doing both pee and marking. My toy poodle is housebroken and over the years there has only been a couple of pee accidents. My daughter has brought her dog over and she has peed in the house a few times, I think it was marking. Of course, any of these spotts were cleaned up with a stain remover for carpet, but I am sure another dog can still smell these areas. I would say that my friends yorkie has been excessive, 7 times in 2 days. He is taken outside and sometimes he will go, and sometimes nothing. I can't say that he comes back in and pees right away, but if we take our eyes off him and he goes in the house. Well, he did do it in front of us a couple of times. He was scolded and taken outside, but that did not stop the problem. At this time I see no choice but to crate him as he has not only gone on the carpet, but the drapes and furniture. I don't know what else to do besides crating and this will be hard for me to ask my friend to do this. We are dog lovers and this makes me feel really bad. |
I completely understand....when Bella first started marking, she marked ON A CHAIR at a friend's house that only has CATS!! (The chair is a favorite spot for one of them to lay.) I know she didn't smell pee there, but I still think she smelled her scent, like an "this is mine!" scent, and she marked it! I was HORRIFIED!!!!
Don't feel terrible. Your friend probably already feels bad about it and doesn't like it either (or she should anyway, you never know I guess), just like me, so you can work out some sort of solution together. That might be the best approach.....just tell her you don't like that he is marking/peeing on your carpet/drapes/furniture, and tell her you're trying to figure out a good solution. (Another option is to keep him leashed and with her the whole time they are there.....don't know if that would work, but it might be worth a try before you decided to crate...if crating him is her only option right away, she may either stop coming or she may just not bring him anymore???)
Good luck! I hope you come up with something you can both live with, and I hope your house stays urine free!!!
