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12-11-2014, 02:29 PM | #16 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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| The dogs get along great, they are bestfriends already. We used to have a cat who had kittens and my dog would lay and cuddle with them. He is a 80 pound black lab who thinks he is a tcup. He is so gently with my kids and other animals. He did drool a whole lot when they were first introduced, idk what thats about lol. Any advice for the "marking". The belly band is a short term solution how can i make him not do it? The family we got him from said eventually he will stop bc he wont like the pee feeling with the band on? But ive never had this issue with any other dog. |
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12-12-2014, 10:07 AM | #17 |
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| He's a former stud dog dog? I imagine the rescue has neutered him but if not, you must have that done to help him have less testosterone and the male urge to mark all territory he walks into. Stud dogs are highly territorial males and known "markers", so I'm assuming you knew you would be undergoing a real re-training, housebreaking, anti-marking campaign when you learned of his history. If not, the rescue should have told you that stud dogs have marking issues, particularly if left un-housebroken or only half-heartedly housebroken. Google "stud dog marking" and "male dog marking" and read all you can about what urges, instincts and habits create the tendency to mark, all the body signs he sends when he's about to mark and all the ways to train a dog to stop it. It teaches you it can be done. Different dogs do better using different methods sometimes. Crating and taking them outside often are the two best housebreaking methods I know of. In extreme cases, some people even leash their little marker to their belt but if you're not watching him, he can still hike on the end of the leash! The key is to constantly be watching your "marker" for his first few months in your home when he's out and about in the room. Just crate him anytime you cannot watch him so he can build up his ability to hold himself and otherwise, when he's out in the home, confined to only the room you are in during his housebreaking training, watch him closely for signs he's about to pee/mark and stop him, saying "Let's go Potty!", immediately rush him outside the moment he shows an inclination he's about to hike his leg. Stay out with him until he does and instantly praise and treat him when he does go outside. If he doesn't, when you bring him back in, be highly aware that going outside and the excitement from that will likely make him want to mark soon after he's back inside so watch him for the first sign of intense ground sniffing, looking intently at a place to mark, going in circles, walking close to objects they are about to "mark", etc., and get him back outside with "Let's to potty outside!". All he's ever known in peeing where he was, in a cage/crate/pen, most likely, and marking his territory from other males, so you will have to train him that the house is completely out of bounds now and show him outside is the best place in the world to "mark" his territory from this point on. You must keep him in your eyesight for the next several months as the more he marks, the more he will instinctively mark. I always take dogs I'm housebreaking out every 30 minutes the first two weeks or so in order that they come to learn that the place to "go" is outside, it almost always or will soon be made available to them with a trip outside and they get instantly and happily rewarded when they "go" outside so they begin to learn to hold themselves for the next scheduled trip outside. Their body clocks are excellent at knowing how long away that next trip outside is from now and they begin to hold themselves for the greater reward of their treat and your praise when they go outside. You really need to get the point across to them that peeing/pooing outside is as if the dog just left 14 carat gold on the ground, won the lottery and really, really pleased you by going outside and show him he'll be amply rewarded every time he does it, by both treats and your praise, celebrations with him. He'll be flooded with "feel good" hormones in his brain and want more of that good feeling. Plus, they soon learn that the whole big world can take part in enjoying their scent- marking outside and much prefer to mark that territory once they know better. Marking outside is an even greater instinct for dogs than house-marking is. So either keep him crated when you have to leave the room or take him with you but never allow him a moment unwatched in a room for the next several months. It's no picnic you've chosen in getting a puppy-mill stud but it was so loving a thing to do, I know you can help him become a beloved, happy pet. It's entirely possible to retrain and housebreak a dog if you get your point across well enough that house-marking will not ever be tolerated, teach him that he can hold himself for even greater rewards and let him know you will always know before he does he's about to mark by how closely you watch him, don't scare or frighten him when he makes a mistake but simply matter-of-factly reinforce what you've been training him to do, hold himself until you get him outside and then when he goes there, he gets big rewards. So even after mistakes, bring him to the area matter-of-factly(never angry or harshly), say "Let's potty outside" and take him outside, just to reinforce that pee should be associated with outside and take him to an area he normally pees in, put him down and say "Go Potty One" or "Potty outside" with a happy tone of voice and a smile. If he doesn't, so be it, but just keep always doing the same things over and over as you teach him what is not allowed and what is expected, giving him time to learn and then do what you want, and keep him on a schedule of going outside his body clock can count on. Dogs also pee/mark due to anxiety, deep respect, fear, worry, boredom, etc., so his change of home and learning all the new relationships in the home setting will be traumatic for him so expect his first few weeks to be ones of a lot of tries to mark to relieve his tension and anxiety. Watch him like a hawk and learn all you can about how to help him through this re-orientation of his life to a whole new way of living.
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