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Originally Posted by GaMom06 Thanks for the info! Unfortunately he is not an only doggie but he wasn't at his other house either. We let him walk around alot outside marking whatever he wants(within reason of course!) so I am hoping constant supervision for a while and we can retrain his thinking so he will stop marking after his surgery. We have yet to catch him really in the act. My husband just happened to find it shortly after he did it so the spot was still wet. It is very hard to know when the mark without smelling around cause it dries so quickly! |
It really hard to stop, it's considered "wire in" behavior, and like you mention it's often hard to catch them in the act. Think of it like a sneeze, even if someone were to punish you severely, sneezes have a way of just happening on their own, without much control on your part. You might be interested in the vendors list, some of the people here make some really cute bellybands!
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...ore-sites.html. By the way, once your dog is neutered the smell of the marking is greatly reduced!