if a dog is potty trained why did he pee on my wife's head.?

Question

my rat terrier has been peeing all over the house today he has never done that since he was a pup i do have to other pups in the house now for 3 weeks and he has never done this before is he mad at the 2 other pups they are females and the one just peeing all over is a male all rat terriers

Answer 1

It sounds like he may be a bit jealous and marking his territory. If he continues to do it, it could be a sign that you need to take him to the vet, but most likely he is just jealous and shoving his weight (or urine) around. If my dog peed on my wife's head I would probably give him a biscuit.

Answer 2

Dogs are pack animals and in every pack there is a pecking order. The top dog is the alpha male/female and the next order would be the beta dog or dogs but the most common would be the omega dogs; the lowest on the packs' social order. The last to the meal, the ones that have to surrender to the Alpha, the prime shady spot ect.
Usually in a pack/family setting; one dog will establish itself above the others' as well as trying to take YOUR position. In other words the dogs of the house will be pushing the limits at all times to see what it can get away with and where the lines are drawn by you. You are seen as the Alpha male or female and the other dogs will pay close attention to you. Unless you don't understand a dogs mentality then you end up with an untrained spoiled dog, because it knows what it can do, or what it cannot do.
Dogs' live more by scent than humans ever will. Having said that you can begin to understand why all the butt sniffing, and the interest in other dogs poop is all about.
This butt sniffing automaticly tells the other dog where it stands in it's pack! Alpha,beta,omega. From that the two or three dogs collected in one spot will respect the position of the other dog.
When a dog is laying it's feces it is also laying down a marker. In a field of dogs where dog lovers collect to run and socialize their dogs: every once in a while you'll see someone politly collect "da doo doo" and deposit a plastic bag of it in the garbage container. What they are doing is taking away the dogs' bullitin board for want of a better description.
This is how the dogs communitcate their health, emotion, status, size, and a whole host of other important pieces of information.Yea... I know... you're thinking all that in a pile of 5hit!!! The reply is....yes...all that and more.
So. To your dog. He is marking his territory! He wants you, your wife , your mother, your best buddie, your grade three school teacher to know he is the beta dog!
The only ones who are going to completely understand that are the other two dogs that have been introduced into the pack.
He is pushing the limit with your wife in that he wants her position as the beta dog and her to accept that.
The best way your wife can stop that is to submiss the dog. She can do this the next time the dog tries to make his claim by grabbing the dog and physically PUT THE DOG ON HIS BACK. She should lock eyes with him and do not let him up until the dog looks away first! That let's both of them know who the boss is. When the dog looks away it is submitting to your wife. The dog then learns that YOUR WIFE IS NOT HIS TERRITORY.
Mind you this isn't all bad. It is just the way dogs work in their cannine minds. If it has competition it will try to gain a better footing.
Never hit the dog to train it. Treat it like a mother dog will and grab a handfull of fur and loose skin on the nape of the neck and shake like a full grown dog would do to a puppy. This doesn't hurt them physically it just puts them in their place.
One more thing; from now on he gets fed first. He gets the best sleeping spot and he gets the hello's first then the other two. After all he's gone through a lot of trouble to let you know where he stands. Even though he's just a dog it's best to respect him for this.
Hope this helps.

Answer 3

You need to think about a few things here.

First, the dog may be trying to mark territory if he feels the puppies are invading it.

Second, if he is not neutered he is marking his territory so everyone knows the puppies are his, don't mess with them.

Third, there is a physical reason going on such as a bladder infection. If you see blood in the urine that is a pretty obvious sign, but sometimes you can't see it and it should be diagnosed by the vet with a urine sample.

Have your wife or you yourself, take the two new puppies out of the house for awhile, go to the pet store where you can walk around and kill some time. Watch how the male acts at home then. Is he more like his old self? Or still having the problems?
Then you can tell if he should get checked out.

Answer 4

I wouldn't say he's "mad" at the pups. That would be anthropomorphizing the dogs behavior. Most likely he's trying to establish a territory and let the pups know what is "his."

I don't know if you regularly exercise your animal or not but it may help in a couple of ways. If you take him on leashed walks, it will reassert your role as leader of the pack. It will also help his expel some energy, giving him something else to do besides define territory. Having the dog play in the back yard alone may not be enough. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Peeing for dogs is sometimes a territory marking thing. It could be he's walking around saying "this is mine...and this...and this..." Dogs will also pee where they can smell pee has been, and because of thier incredible sense of smell it can be really hard to get the pee smell to go away so they can't smell it.
It sounds to me like a territory thing if the other dogs haven't peed in the places he's now going. If the other dogs are a temporary addtion to the household hopefully he'll stop when they're gone, but you've got to get all the pee smell out of where he's going - try an enzyme product like Natures Miracle. Good luck!

Answer 6

I have a 6 year old Rottweiler and 6 month old Rottweiler. The puppy got a sandwich of the table once and was eating in the living room. My other dog went over after he was done and went pee right where he was eating the sandwich. She had never went in the house since was alittle puppy either. I think she did it to say hey, you're not going to eat if I don't get to. Maybe your dog is just marking his territory since you've brought the other dogs into the house. Just make sure now when he does it that you put him outside to tell him that's not what he suppose to be doing. Good Luck!!!

Answer 7

Take a step backwards in your training. If you haven't gotten crates for them, do it now - your pup is demonstrating that he's not ready for unsupervised time in the house. Crate training will make this clear to him and there are so many great sources for info about doing it successfully online (links below). Your dog is not "mad" but he needs to have success now at his young age, or this will be a monster problem! Getting your pup neutered will not hurt either.

Answer 8

There are many resons why your dog could be peeing around the house. One reson could be that he is marking his territory from the other dogs. Another reson could be that he is too scared, excited, or nervus to hold his pee so he goes in the house. If it is that he is too excited, he will pee when he is playing, or seeing you when you come home from work, school, ect. To stop it if it is this, then ignore him when you come home and take him outside as soon as your done playing with him.

Answer 9

Why did your wife put her head under the dogs penis? Seriously now, even though you may have had the other dogs for thee weeks, they are very territorial and he is "marking" the place so they smell his scent and know it is his turf they are on. Only time will probably break him of doing that. You can also try walking him more often as he will try to mark the outdoor areas also.

Answer 10

At 9 weeks previous, he continues to be a infant! At this element, it is your activity to get him outdoors commonly adequate so as that he wouldn't have a multitude interior the abode...he's a touch youthful to be telling you he desires to flow outdoors. he's unable to protecting his bladder for extremely lengthy. the final rule of thumb for puppy bladders is they're good for the canines's age in months plus one hour. So at 9 weeks, he's two months previous...which skill he should be going out each 3 hours in the course of the day and probably a minimum of each 4 hours at nighttime. definite, that's lots and definite, which skill that's needed to face up interior the approach the nighttime and extremely early interior the morning in the different case manage the mess interior the morning. no human being ever suggested potty practise replaced into worry-free. surely, it really is between the various puppy responsibilities and hassles that are the rationalization I favor to undertake older canines quite than get an 8-12 week previous puppy. that's like having an infant or infant around the abode. First, positioned him on a agenda. Feed him numerous foodstuff (3-4) in step with day mutually daily. this way you comprehend at the same time as he's eaten and at the same time as he's "finished." eating loose selection (nutrition down so he can eat on each occasion he sounds like it) signifies that you do not really comprehend at the same time as he's done and that ought to advise that you're literally not conscious of at the same time as he desires to flow out. Take him outdoors immediately after he eats so as that he can flow potty. also, take him outdoors immediately after he wakes up and after play sessions (all that circulation stimulates his little gadget). i ought to also advise crate practise him. canines have a organic denning instinct and are instinctively reluctant to debris the area the position they sleep. for sure, this instinct should be over-ridden quite easily in the adventure that they don't have any selection so this suggests you've gotten to be keen to face up and enable him out interior the approach the nighttime. Use the crate at nighttime once you're asleep and through the day once you are able to't keep a watch on him.