[Nancy1999]

I'm still a little confused, it sounds like Peanut is marking rather than peeing. Regarding his use of the bathroom rugs, I think he may think they are pee pads, once you wash a rug, the pee scent becomes imbedded in every fiber, even though you can't smell it, he can, and he's compelled to return to the spot. We got rid of all throw rugs for about 4 years. The marking is a complex issue, it's considered "wired in" behavior and very difficult to completely eliminate. You can train a dog, not to mark in your house, but he'll want to mark in other people's homes and outside. Marking is regulated by the hormone “testosterone”, and even though the testicules make the bulk of testosterone the adrenal glands make some as well, and this hormone produces marking when they smell a certain substance, it could just be the scent of protein, and boom their brain insists they pee on it. It has nothing to do with their bladder contents and needing to urinate.


I think taking Joey for walks and allowing him to "mark" outside helps reduce his marking in the house. As far as I know he doesn’t mark in the house, but he does wear a belly band when we go to visit someone. Inside the bellyband, I keep a sanitary pad that holds any pee, should he decide to mark. I have to take it off when it's time for him to actually pee, otherwise they will use it as a diaper. If you think that Peanut doesn’t understand the basics of housebreaking, it may be time to retrain him completely, but this really sounds like a marking issue to me. By the way, he definitely was marking on the cat post, again, he has little control over this, he smells the cat urine and feels compelled to put his scent over it.


LOL, he is a little Pee nut isn't he!