He started peein on all the kids stuff like he is marking it.Thats fine for outside n all but he sprayed on my boyfriend too.I can not put up with that sprayin like a cat around my house.What do I do to resolve this?I cant get rid of him.He still has his jewels.I have never had a male dog to do this in the house.Whats his deal?How do I solve it?
2007-03-12 23:24:17 · 5 answers · asked by kprofthecheerios 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
His deal is that he has suddenly reached puberty, and like teen aged boys the hormones have made him go insane. Where does he sleep? I would put him in a crate at night and let him outside first thing in the morning to empty his bladder. I would put a choke collar on him and every time he hiked his leg give it a little jerk. It will take some time and effort, but I don't know any easy way to teach him manners. Too bad this isn't a horse question. I feel like thats a lame answer, but it's the best I can do. Dang, now I have to do some research..... Ok, I found this.Crate training is one of the most efficient and effective ways to train a dog.
The single most important aspect of dog and puppy training is that you reward and praise your dog or puppy each and every time she does the right thing. For example: praise her when she chews her own toys instead of the couch or eliminates outside instead of in the house. The more time you spend with your puppy or dog, the quicker and easier it will be to train her.
The key to house training is to establish a routine that increases the chances that your dog will eliminate in the right place in your presence, so that she can be praised and rewarded; and decreases the chances that your dog will eliminate in the wrong place so that she will not develop bad habits.
It is important that you make provisions for your dog when you are not home. Until your dog is housetrained, she should not be allowed free run of your house. Otherwise, she will develop a habit of leaving piles and puddles anywhere and everywhere. Confine her to a small area such as a kitchen, bathroom or utility room that has water/stain resistant floors. Confinement is NOT crate training.
What is Crate Training?
Crate training can be an efficient and effective way to house train a dog. Dogs do not like to soil their resting/sleeping quarters if given adequate opportunity to eliminate elsewhere. Temporarily confining your dog to a small area strongly inhibits the tendency to urinate and defecate. However, there is still a far more important aspect of crate training.
If your dog does not eliminate while she is confined, then she will need to eliminate when she is released, i.e., she eliminates when you are present to reward and praise her.
Be sure to understand the difference between temporarily confining your dog to a crate and long term confinement when you are not home. The major purpose of confinement when your are not home is to restrict mistakes to a small protected area. The purpose of crate training is quite the opposite. Short term confinement to a crate is intended to inhibit your dog from eliminating when confined, so that she will want to eliminate when released from confinement and taken to an appropriate area. Crate training also helps teach your dog to have bladder and bowel control. Instead of going whenever she feels like it, she learns to hold it and go at convenient scheduled times.
Crate training should not be abused, otherwise the problem will get drastically worse. The crate is not intended as a place to lock up the dog and forget her for extended periods of time. If your dog soils her crate because you left her there too long, the house training process will be set back several weeks, if not months.
Your dog should only be confined to a crate when you are at home. Except at night, give your dog an opportunity to relieve herself every hour. Each time you let her out, put her on leash and immediately take her outside. Once outside, give her about three to five minutes to produce. If she does not eliminate within the allotted time period, simply return her to her crate. If she does perform, then immediately reward her with praise, food treats, affection, play, an extended walk and permission to run around and play in your house for a couple of hours. For young pups, after 45 minutes to an hour, take her to her toilet area again. Never give your dog free run of your home unless you know without a doubt that her bowels and bladder are empty.
During this crate training procedure, keep a diary of when your dog eliminates. If you have her on a regular feeding schedule, she should soon adopt a corresponding elimination schedule. Once you know what time of day she usually needs to eliminate, you can begin taking her out only at those times instead of every hour. After she has eliminated, she can have free, but supervised, run of your house. About one hour before she needs to eliminate (as calculated by your diary) put her in her crate. This will prevent her from going earlier than you had planned. With your consistency and abundance of rewards and praise for eliminating outside, she will become more reliable about holding it until you take her out. Then the amount of time you confine her before her scheduled outing can be reduced, then eliminated.
Mistakes and Accidents During Training
If you ever find an accident in the house, just clean it up. Do not punish your dog. All this means is that you have given her unsupervised access to your house too soon. Until she can be trusted, don't give her unsupervised free run of your house. If mistakes and accidents occur, it is best to go back to the crate training. You need to more accurately predict when your dog needs to eliminate and she needs more time to develop bladder and bowel control....................And a little more info.During your puppy's puberty he will be having periods of fluctuating testosterone levels. He may exhibit some signs of shy or dominant tendencies, or both. This is not abnormal. During the shy periods it is important to provide him with confidence and a less stressful atmosphere. When he is exhibiting dominant tendencies it is important to let him know his behavior is not acceptable. In both cases, remember, this is a normal developmental process for him.
If your male puppy has not been neutered he will begin to feel certain sexual urges and may occasionally begin to mark his territory. When a dog "marks" his territory he does not recognize this as soiling the house. To him marking his territory is merely putting his name on the mailbox. You will want to discourage this behavior inside of the house. Do this in the same way you would housebreak him. Remember, you must actually catch him "in the act" of spraying the house before scolding will be effective. Dogs do not relate to scolding after the fact. You will have to teach him that the inside of the house is not his to put his name onto, it is yours. Once he learns the house is yours you should not have any more problems with this unless....oops cut that off.
2007-03-13 00:38:56 · answer #1 · answered by sity.cent 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you best get those jewels away from him ASAP!All male dogs with nuts will mark, inside and out , like it or not. Someone has been around another dog or there is a female in heat close by. Unless you have brought another animal into the home and this is upsetting him. Have him fixed soon.Correct him for the marking and put him outside when he does this till you do get him fixed.The longer you wait the harder it is to get them to stop the marking,it becomes a habit.
2007-03-12 23:33:27 · answer #2 · answered by Dixie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs are territorial. When they need to mark their surroundings they pee on it. Maybe you should train him not to do it in the house. Scold him when he does it in the house.Frequently scolding him every time he pee in the house would let you dog know that its not allowed.
If problem persists ask your vet about it.
2007-03-12 23:33:34 · answer #3 · answered by Patzie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neuter him.
Your vet will also want to do a preliminary exam to make sure there are no other physical reasons that your dog is suddenly peeing in the house.
2007-03-12 23:27:56 · answer #4 · answered by maxximumjoy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dogs are territorial therefore when they need to mark their surroundings they pee on it.
You can try to scold him and tell him tat is not right... Bring him to the place for his urine and train him to be toilet train
2007-03-13 01:35:01 · answer #5 · answered by yuki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋