Do you have a female dog that urinates multiple times?

Question

I have spent the last 11 years training dogs but strangely enough, I have never owned a male and female dog at the same time until now. I have a 5 year old male german shepherd and a 4 year old female bullmastiff. Over the last year my bullmastiff has started urinating in multiple spots in the backyard, it looks like she is marking spots like my male does. I took her to the vet and they didnt find anything wrong with her. They didnt do an MRI but did an xray and all the basic blood and urine work. Has anyone out there had a female dog that mimics there male dogs marking behavior??

The male is not fixed
The famale is spayed though.

Had her tested for a urinary tract infection, the vet said that she tested negative for one but the vet gave me antibiotics anyways "just to be on the safe side" according to her. I am not a big proponent of giving dogs (or people) medicine (expecially antibiotics) if they don't need it. I am a firefighter/paramedic and I have a lot of medical knowlege when it comes to people, but when it comes to dogs, other then what I can read, I am pretty much at the mercy of the vet. So I went ahead and gave my bullmastiff the full 2 weeks of antibiotics and nothing changed. So I know she does not have a urinary tract infection

Answer 1

First, if no urinary infection, then this is perfectly normal..

Second, she has more 'incentive' to do this behavior because your male is not fixed. He is going to exhibit a lot of "BMOC" attitude, as well as HSTP (high scent testosterone pee). You have two very 'confident' breeds here; whether male or female it will be interesting to see how the two 'come to an understanding'......

Also, I find that NOT thinking of them all the time in terms of male or female, but simply 'dog' sometimes helps you not to overly worry about whether they are doing something that is 'normal' for their gender. There ARE lots of 'cross-over' behaviors for both genders that ARE perfectly normal. You noted you have been training dogs a long time, so your instincts will let you know if it becomes a 'red flag' behavior......if all is well, there is no medical issue, there is simply "MY SPOT! "-----"NO, MY SPOT!" ridiculousness going on between the two----- don't worry about it.

Woof.

Answer 2

One of my female dogs smells around the grass area in my neighborhood where all of the other dogs potty and she will urinate multiple times in the same spots. It's normal.
Also, the person above said spaying/neutering stops territory markings- it doesn't stop it. It can help it become less often, but they will still mark their territory because it's a natural instinct to do so.

Answer 3

Females mark just like males do. Are they all fixed? If not, solve the problem with a call to the vet.

Answer 4

Sure, there's females who mimic marking. In my experience, it's been the females who are a little more "alpha" - the top female in the group has always been the one to mark.

Answer 5

no i have a male dog that pees like a billion times a day.it also depends on the breeds i heard some breeds are known for it.like yorkees and chiahuas

Answer 6

yes, that can happen. my parents dal does it all the time. especially when i bring my 2 little ones over. she and eeyore have a field day seeing who can mark the most spots.

as long as she checks out medically, dont worry about it.

Answer 7

it is normal for some dogs, my neighbors dog is a female but is always around male dogs. she pees like a boy and does EVERYTHING else like the males. they probablly just pick up habits like humans do

Answer 8

I agree with the others she or he is probably excited. My dog used to do that when people would come over.

Answer 9

well my relative does and every time you rub the dog it will urinate (pee)