Carol Mulvaney wrote 03/22/2011 04:53 PM male dogs marking #323214 - 03/22/2011 04:53 PM
Carol Mulvaney Webboard User Reg: 03-18-2011 Posts: 5 Loc: Offline	My two neutered male dogs have started marking in the house. How do I get them to stop?
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steve strom wrote 03/22/2011 05:56 PM Re: male dogs marking [Re: Carol Mulvaney ] #323224 - 03/22/2011 05:56 PM
steve strom Webboard User Reg: 03-17-2006 Posts: 4203 Loc: Offline	Put them outside.
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steve strom wrote 03/22/2011 06:01 PM Re: male dogs marking [Re: Carol Mulvaney ] #323225 - 03/22/2011 06:01 PM
steve strom Webboard User Reg: 03-17-2006 Posts: 4203 Loc: Offline	Or, you can try to manage them inside. No walking around freely sniffing, teach them a place command. Teach them to Leave it on command so you can interrupt their sniffing. Try keeping everything under control in the house, don't allow anything that looks like they are competing for either space or attention. Nothing.
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Carol Mulvaney wrote 03/22/2011 06:26 PM Re: male dogs marking [Re: steve strom ] #323235 - 03/22/2011 06:26 PM
Carol Mulvaney Webboard User Reg: 03-18-2011 Posts: 5 Loc: Offline	thanks. it is just so funny - one is 9 lbs and the other 85 pounds! the 9 lb male started doing it on walks and i just drag him away so he cannot. The 85 pound dog just started today in our laundry pile - my daughter was right there and watched him! I think i have a lot of work to do but i am not sure how to start. they do not walk around freely - they are crated when we are not home. these things happen when my daughters (15 and 16) are in sight!
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Aaron Myracle wrote 03/22/2011 06:38 PM Re: male dogs marking [Re: Carol Mulvaney ] #323237 - 03/22/2011 06:38 PM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	1) Purchase a quality enzymatic cleaner and clean aggressively and thoroughly any area they mark in. 2) LET them mark outdoors, and praise them for it. Isn't that where you want them to do it? 3) Like Steve said, better management of the dogs in the house. 4) If you catch them with their leg in their air, you can give a verbal correction and rush them out the door. If you don't catch 'em in the act... well, opportunity missed. Keep a closer eye on 'em.
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Carol Mulvaney wrote 03/22/2011 07:01 PM Re: male dogs marking [Re: Aaron Myracle ] #323247 - 03/22/2011 07:01 PM
Carol Mulvaney Webboard User Reg: 03-18-2011 Posts: 5 Loc: Offline	Thanks. I always thought you do not want to encourage "marking" even if it is outside! But they will be watched very closely inside from now on. Both of them are crated when we are not home so when we are home, they will be in the same room.
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Aaron Myracle wrote 03/22/2011 07:03 PM Re: male dogs marking [Re: Carol Mulvaney ] #323248 - 03/22/2011 07:03 PM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	Nah. I tend to give dogs a little more credit than that. They can distinguish between inside and outside if you give them a chance. No different than when you originally potty trained 'em.
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Carol Mulvaney wrote 03/22/2011 08:48 PM Re: male dogs marking [Re: Aaron Myracle ] #323265 - 03/22/2011 08:48 PM
Carol Mulvaney Webboard User Reg: 03-18-2011 Posts: 5 Loc: Offline	Thanks - I also think since one of them will be turning 2 in the next few weeks, maybe that has something to do with it? i have always always owned only female dogs, so I have never run into this problem - I guess i should have just stayed with female dogs!
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Aaron Myracle wrote 03/22/2011 08:50 PM Re: male dogs marking [Re: Carol Mulvaney ] #323267 - 03/22/2011 08:50 PM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	Male dogs tend to learn from watching other male dogs lift their leg, so if one just hit maturity and started doing it, the other probably learned from watching him. My female has lifted her leg once or twice. It's not *as* common as male dogs, but it does happen. It's usually quite the spectacle when it does.
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Kelly Byrd wrote 03/22/2011 08:55 PM Re: male dogs marking [Re: Aaron Myracle ] #323268 - 03/22/2011 08:55 PM
Kelly Byrd Webboard User Reg: 07-28-2010 Posts: 2249 Loc: Tacoma, WA Offline	Sara marks with her leg up when she's super excited. And then my boy pees like a girl... I'd go with Aarons advice Carol... mark what you WANT (outside) clean throughly what you don't. Up the supervision in the house until it's under control.
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