We are currently fostering a 7 year old neutered male bichon that was turned in by his owner for marking.He is incredibly well behaved and an all around awesome dog.My only complaint is that I have to keep a belly-band on him when he is not in his crate or outside because he lifts his leg to EVERYTHING.Any ideas?We've neutralized with enzymes (nature's miracle) after the first 2 incidents - our house is new - there are no other animal smells.He is our only dog...and his former home had 5 so I understand the need to mark then, but there are no doggie smells in my house.Why is he still marking?We feed him an all natural holistic brand of food with no by-products, he's been fully vetted and he's healthy, we walk twice a day for an hour and he is social, active, loving and follows commands.I'm afraid we're going to have trouble getting him adopted out if he doesn't quit this marking behavior.I've caught him trying to mark with his belly-band on and scolded him but he soaks his pad again.
2007-05-23 13:42:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Ran out of room! He attemps to mark at different places each time and even with scolding him and keeping a close watch on him I'll notice that his pad is soaked. Several times a day we have to switch them out. Any suggestions are welcome, please!
2007-05-23 13:43:15 · update #1
Neutered since he was 6 months old.
2007-05-23 13:51:51 · update #2
I'm a total devotee of Cesar - but even with the walking, scolding, creating pack leader, everything he still is marking. His frequency has slowed down some - used to be 10 times a day but after 2 weeks it is only once or twice a day.
2007-05-23 13:53:46 · update #3
Be consistent when training him; even if he does end up with a wet pad. His marking may have became a bad habit that he grew up with, so he won't understand completely what is going on when you scold him.
You might want to find a trainer specific to this type of behavior and ask for his/her advice.
If he continues to mark (or pretends to mark since he is wearing a wrap), you might have to start crate training him for longer periods of time and once he is out; the first thing you do is to let me go pee out in the yard or take him out for a walk. You can train him to pee on command and once he learns this, praise him generously when he does outdoors. If you catch him in the act indoors, say NO loudly or make a loud noise that will distract him. Take him outside promptly and command him to pee; when he does, praise him.
2007-05-23 13:50:30 · answer #1 · answered by *purplelicious* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-05 09:29:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So is he neutered. It's like anything else, a bad habit. I don't know what to say. What does Cesar say. Maybe keep him on a leash in the house, when he marks, say no, bad dog (don't get emotional, be firm) and take him outside. Bless you for fostering.
2007-05-23 13:50:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take and put him in liter box with a 2ltr soda bottle wrapped in a potty pad and put it on the side of the liter box and let him lift his leg there . it will go to the potty pad and he will think that he is lifting his leg somewhere and should not be a problem anymore . good luck . god bless you I am a foster mom too .
2007-05-23 14:19:52 · answer #4 · answered by Kate T. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry--not a dog psychologist, don't even have a dog right now (Havent in several years, but do have cats).
I just wanted to say thank you for being a pet foster parent! You are doing a great thing--you ROCK.
Hope someone can be helpful on here to you--you deserve it.
2007-05-23 13:51:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋