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08-15-2011, 11:28 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: schenectady ny
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| New hard headed rescue pup According to the vet, he's approx 1 year old. We also have a 5 year old lovable male beagle which may explain the constant peeing on the rugs inside - could he be trying to assert his dominance? We do take him out often to our enclosed pen as my wife is home all day. We thought he also may have a UTI and is currently on his 2nd week of meds. He's fine at night in his crate and tells me (usually at 4 AM) when he has to go out. Hope he can hold it longer in the future so we can all sleep later. We do restrict his water intake at night with his last drink around 7. Other than that he has a great personality and he's the 2nd Yorkie we've had so we know the breed well. Any ideas? Thanks all. |
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08-15-2011, 12:09 PM | #2 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| When he is out and about in the house during the day, how well is he being watched? If you want him to be able to wander around and there aren't eyes on him the whole time, then he should be tethered to one of you. First sign he has to go, rush outside.. Praise like crazy when he does go where he is supposed to. When he can't be watched, then he should be in his crate. Comes out, taken outside immediately, then allowed to play while being watched very closely. Then back in the crate no more than an hour or two later to repeat the process. If one of you doesn't mind him tethered to you all day, then that's fine as long as he is still being watched (if you look away too much even if he is tied to you, he will find a way to go...). But if this is marking, then things change a bit. Are these normal sized pee spots or small ones? You can also have him wear a belly band when he is out of the crate as long as you are still very consistent with training. That way the accidents are caught and clean up is much easier.
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08-16-2011, 06:34 AM | #3 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: schenectady ny
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| Thanks, we do watch him very closely and started taking him outside on the grass which he definitely prefers over the cement pen. |
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