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April 21, 2011

I have 2 of your videos and I have a 7 month old chi/pom. He just recently started to cock his leg up to pee on furniture legs. What do I need to do to fix this?

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Hi,

I am writing because I need some input about a potty training problem. I have 2 of your videos and I have a 7 month old chi/pom. He has been doing good potty training in his crate. I started that when I got him at 9 weeks. He just recently started to cock his leg up to pee and now for some reason when he is in the house he will some times just stop and do that on the couch or on any of the legs of the furniture and pee. We don't always catch him but we have a few times and I just wondered what to do about this or if this is a common problem with male dogs. Obviously it has to stop but I just wondered what we need to do.

Thanks,
Julie

Cindy's Answer:

If you are letting your dog off leash in the house and not watching him then there is no way you can stop this. He needs supervision at all times. This is a leadership issue. He’s reaching his “teenager” stage and trying to mark his territory. If you don’t intervene now this can become something very difficult to correct.

You have the house training ebook, so I would refer back to that as well as our Groundwork program. If this was my dog I’d go back to strict rules 24/7. I’d also suggest this video Pack Structure for the Family Pet.

Your dog is only 7 months old, and that’s WAY too young to be running free in the house. Go back to basics and control him when he’s out of the crate.

Cindy

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