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02-01-2014, 06:41 PM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Member | marking his territory I need some advice with this. My JoJo marks his spot. He will pee on his bed, and today he pulled down a dog blanket and peed on that. What should I do? Get a pee band ? I have to wash towels and stuff and I am so sick of this behavior. How do I stop him from marking spots? He probably has separation anxiety because he usually does this when I go out. |
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02-01-2014, 08:43 PM | #2 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| Peeing is often a release of stress to a dog and they pee for a variety of reasons. If you google the terms peeing or urination in dogs, you can read all of the reasons a dog can find to pee besides that of a full bladder - and they are many from fear, stress, anxiety, marking for status, instinctual territory marking, to a sign of ultimate respect but he undoubtedly is feeling lonely, anxious and stressed when you leave, doesn't understand why you leave him and pees where it serves his needs best. You're just lucky he can't get to your bed and do is smack dab in the middle of the duvet where your comforting scent is concentrated and strong! I'd leave him just two or three large towels to lie on for a while and toss that bed until he's given up the habit, once he's trained to be less stressed by your leaving. What is his age and activity level? Does he have pee pads to use when you are away or is he housebroken to potty outside? If he's got separation anxiety, you can desensitize him to your leaving so it's not stressful to him and he'll learn to accept it and once you're gone, he'll know you're coming back and just eventually give up, lie down and sleep until you return, waking occasionally to drink or eat, patrol his area, relieve himself if he's got pads inside and then back to sleep. Have you tried training him to accept your leaving the house? What kind of daily exercise or obedience training does he get on a regular basis? Be honest! LOL. No fudging on this answer!
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02-02-2014, 12:17 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Marking, which is what it sounds like, can be corrected with training. At least it was for us. It's like potty training: -confine -watch like a hawk -give more space when it is earned Belly bands help, when combine with training it helps your pup understand what is expected from them. This is what worked for me: I confined Kaji to his pen when away to work. When I allowed him to explore our home, I made sure I was available to catch him in the act in order to correct and redirect the behavior. I not only allowed, but I encouraged marking outside for 2 reasons 1- to let him know that peeing or marking wasn't my issue. (That sometimes leads to pups peeing in hidden spots because they associate peeing in general with getting in trouble) 2-it's his natural dog instinct to mark and I want to allow him to have doggy behaviors (well.. Except for humping, that's not allowed) If I honestly couldn't give Kaji 100% of my attention, he was confined where he had his basic necessaties. When I saw progress, I gave him more room. We started with the pen, the. My room, added the hallway, then the kitchen, and leashing the whole apartment.
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02-02-2014, 02:39 PM | #4 |
YT 2000 Club Member | dog I so appreciate your help with this marking problem. When I leave, I put the dogs in the kitchen area. There are two doggy doors to go outside. They are not allowed in the living room area. He will pee on the towel I lay down. He will step right outside and pee on the brick and hurry back inside. I will try to catch him in the act but he only does this when I am not here. I did train him on pee pee pads so maybe he thinks the towels are pads? I really want him to go outside. Hope I can get him to do that! |
02-02-2014, 08:21 PM | #5 |
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| The one thing I didn't learn from this post, is has he been neutered ? Before Gizmo was neutered, he marked much more often. He is now learning really well only o mark when outside on our walks. He has pee pads inside and squats on them, but on walks he lifts his leg. At first as I gave him more space, e would have an occasional accident, and that meant e got less space. He started figuring out that the better he did with no accidents, the more space he got. This was the first 3 day weekend that he was allowed the whole house, with a potty pad in each room, and only was enclosed at night in his en for sleeping, and not one accident in all 3 days :-) its all about giving space when they behave properly, and reducing space if they have a back slide, and with Gizmo it's working amazing. I think putting pee pads in each room made a big difference because he knows what they are for, and since e was not as familiar with the upstairs like down stairs, I did not want him to get confused and not know where his potty pad was. Once he is used to this, I will eventually start removing pads, only keeping those he uses. What is funny though, now there are potty pads in each room, he now comes downstairs and uses the one he is used to. I hope this helps :-) |
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