This is sort of long.... Sorry.

We are the lucky owners of a tiny condo in Florida, one that allows pets. We had our first visit there these past 2 wks.

The Pinker is allowed. He's a shy fearful farm dog...but he was a model companion, quiet, polite, peeing and pooping on the leash with a peanut as a reward. Staying on his mat in the condo. Reserved but polite to other condo residents and ridiculous town dogs straining on their Flexileads. Wheelchairs and strollers, lunch in outdoor restaurants. A dream dog, until....

10 days into our visit, my sister from Tampa showed up with fluffball. Who goes on all the furniture and all the beds, and marches around like he owns the place.
Pink peed around my new bed 4 times in 10 minutes and on the brand new sofa. Hubby went WILD!

I didn't see him do it. Pink spent the rest of our vacation crated. What to do? He NEVER pees in the house, and he rarely marks inside or out.

When we first arrived in West Palm Beach, Pink would go out for his standard huge squatting pee about 4x per day. By the end of our trip, he was doing 10 drops every 20 ft. like all the other male dogs.

I figure I'll keep him leashed to me or crated. What is happening here? I've never had this experience before with a dog.

Help!

We had a very similar experience a couple weeks back when our new cattle dog pup arrived.

A couple of days in, one of the other older males in my pack decided to mark the corner of my bedspread 2 days in a row. They are reliably housebroken.

I chalked it up to feeling like an "intruder" had invaded their territory--and they were being ignored. (admittedly, with a new puppy in the house, the pup was getting all my attention.)

I made a concerted attempt to dole out special attention to the older dogs individually for a few days.

The pup seems pretty well integrated now, after 3.5 weeks--and the marking hasn't happened again since. Luckily, the bedspread was washable.

Thank you, Tracy. That gives me hope!

Your house, your rules!

If that offends your sister I would suggest she wear an e-collar.

Can you have a sensible discussion with her?

I just want to make sure I understand. You're back home, now, and Pinker is not still marking in the house, right? That only happened while at the condo in Florida? If that's true, then I think it can easily be chalked up to "territorial" behavior.

You had been at the condo by yourselves for ten days, which is plenty long enough for Pinker to start considering it his own private territory. All of a sudden, this rude, obnoxious male dog comes into his home, "marches around like he owns the place." I think Pinker, quite understandably, felt offended by this intruder and some strong territorial instincts kicked in, overrode the fact that he is housetrained, and resulted in the marking. Basically, Pinker was telling this fluffball in the most basic of canine language that, "This is my house, not yours!"

If your sister's dog is going to be visiting you again, you will have to remember this and be proactive to make sure Pinker doesn't get another chance to rehearse the marking behavior. I know you've started another thread to ask for advice about handling that.

Sisters dog is so not a working dog.

The difference between the sisters actually is similar to the differences between the sisters dogs!

You could also set rat traps around the house and tell sis you just started to have an irritating "critter" issue so she should keep her dog contained.

She doesn't need to know the "critter" came with her.

I know I give terrible advice but I have little patience with furbaby folks.......or unruly kids.

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You could also...tell sis you just started to have an irritating "critter" issue so she should keep her dog contained.

She doesn't need to know the "critter" came with her.

...I have little patience with furbaby folks or unruly kids.

DITTO in SPADES

This wknd I was downtown walking Adobe my rescue Dobie, who was happily heeling on a loose lead -- In addition to her black prong & black DDC which blend in with her black fur, she also wears a Big-Wide-Flashy-Padded "SECURITY K9" collar to help me ward off strangers from wanting to pet her ... But here's a problem:

I see a man & son come out of a near-by store & head right for us ... The boy is Junior High age & clearly suffers from some sort of disability (talking to his dad in a very shrill & incoherent screech) -- The father repeatedly exclaims, "A Doberman, oh look, it's a Doberman", so I extend my free hand in a straight-arm "STOP" signal, just as they get to us & the man asks me if his wildly gesticulating pre-teen can pet my dog (???)

Without slowing down, I firmly yet politely answer, "No, she's working", as I march on by them -- However, his unrestrained child (who's MY height) lunges for Adobe's neck to try & give her a Bear-Hug anyway ... She jumped aside to avoid contact from him him & let out one deep bark in the process !!!

Too-liitle-too-late, the man grabbed his unfortunate kid & hurried away without another word -- I was also speechless, while thinking to myself that Adobe had "dodged a bullet" in this scenario which could possibly have ended differently, if he had succeeded in his Ambush Tackle attempt

I really don't understand why people feel their dog needs to come into another dogs house in the first place.

Candi: Why not just get a "DO NOT PET" collar? "Security K9" is open to interpretation on whether the dog can be pet or not.

Yes, Cheri, we are home. Pinker is back to doing one long pee when he goes out. No marking, indoors or out.

Sisters dog isn't a bad dog. It does therapy, agility, passed Canine Good Citizen.
But it "just loves everyone" is totally exhuberant, it goes on all furniture, parades around.

My hired man told me, though, that "Florida marking" is not an isolated incident. One time when we were gone for 10 days, hired man was sleeping on the couch under a blanket, where I normally sit with Pink and watch TV.

He says Pinker peed on him.

I just heard about that.