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04-25-2011, 08:07 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Greenbelt,MD, 20770
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| I need help So about 10 days ago my yorkie DJ got neutered. He always listened before. Never had accidents in the house. Just a sweet little guy. 3 days after neutering he has been a terror. he doesnt listen any more. its like what i says goes in one ear and out the other. he just gives me a blank stare. he is peeing everywhere. Twice he has walked up to me and peed on me. pooping all over the place (this morning he did it in my bed). i dont allow my dogs on the couch or bed. he knows that. never had an issue with him before. now he jumps on the bed, i say get down. he either jumps down but immediately jumps back on the bed. or he'll just fall out on the bed. Im getting frustrated and i know I shouldnt. Any suggestions on how I should handle this? |
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04-25-2011, 08:26 AM | #2 |
♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca
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| Sounds like he needs some discipline. How old is he?
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04-25-2011, 08:28 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Greenbelt,MD, 20770
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| HE will be 3 in July. He always has been well behaved before but the past week and half after his neutering he has been a terror lol |
04-25-2011, 08:28 AM | #4 |
♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca
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| 3 months? 3 years?
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04-25-2011, 08:29 AM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Greenbelt,MD, 20770
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| 3 years..sorry |
04-25-2011, 08:31 AM | #6 |
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| Hmm Is he trained to go outside or pads? You will have to start taking him out every 30 mins to an hour again and treating him like he is a puppy.Give him limited space in the house as well.
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04-25-2011, 08:36 AM | #7 |
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| This sounds like classic territory marking (especially since he peed ON you). Maybe the ordeal of going to the vet for the neutering stressed him out and he has decided he has to "claim" his home. Whatever the reason, you need to do work to establish yourself as leader and reclaim your house. Walks are a great way to start, make him walk right next to you or slightly behind you, that helps him know you are the "leader". You walk out the door first and back into the house first. When feeding, don't give him the food until he is calmly sitting and waiting (he has to "earn" his food from you). I'd also work with him a bit as if he was new to your house. Put him on his leash, walk him around your house room to room stopping in every doorway and YOU enter the room first. Make him "sit" before the doorway (especially your bedroom since he's pooping on your bed) and he doesn't enter until you walk in first and "invite" him in. Same thing with the bed, he doesn't go up there unless you invite him to. If you don't want him on your bed at all, take him off every single time he goes up and then stand inbetween him and the bad to "block" him until he walks away, repeat it as many times as you have to until he understands. You have to teach him that these places are YOURS not his. I'm honestly not sure what correlation his behavior could have with the nuetering, could be a coincidence, could be stress from having to be left at the vet, and idk, but maybe could be a "left over" testosterone thing (it takes a while after nuetering to discepate as far as I know). No matter what though, you need to do some behavior modification with him. I recommend Cesar Millan's books, Amazon has good pricing on them
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04-25-2011, 08:36 AM | #8 |
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| he is trained to go outside. i broke him out of the pads before he turned a year. |
04-25-2011, 08:39 AM | #9 | |
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Ill try these things with him and hopefully it helps. its like he is a different dog right now. I hope this is a phase and I have my little guy back to normal soon. | |
04-25-2011, 09:04 AM | #10 |
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| It should work, especially going room to room with a leash. Just stay calm and sure of yourself while you do it. I know this sounds silly, but it helps me to keep saying in my head something like, "I'm in charge, I'm the pack leader, these are the rules and you're going to follow them" lol, that self talk helps you give off the right "energy" to your dog so they'll be confident in following your rules. It shouldn't take too long to get him to understand since it's a new issue he's having that he didn't have before. It's probably just stress related (maybe either from the vet stay itself or a little bit of pain he had following the surgery) and helping him to remember that you are in charge should get him to relax back into his usual self
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04-26-2011, 10:46 PM | #11 |
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| Sounds like he's needing to start at the basics of potty training, at least for a little while. Best of luck.
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