My Female Am-Staff went for a walk with my wife and 4 yr old son. On the walk Roxy came upon some animal feces and squatted above it and urinated directly over top of it. I have seen dogs urinate marking territory but I have never seen my dog or any other dogurinate over top of feces. I have had dominance issues with her in the past and I am still monitoring her. Any opinions on this?
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Chris Duhon Webboard User Reg: 08-14-2004
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Perfectly natural. Some dogs do and some don't. Almost all the dogs I'v had will urinate over another dogs feces. I'v had females that Mark like males. A spot here, walk around sniff, and a spot there.
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If you want some advise - put a prong collar on this dog and correct it for marking. Marking is a sign of dominance and in your breed you do not need that. Dogs should pee and poop where you tell them to not on every tree as you walk down the block.
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Ed,
I have never had dominance issues with any of my dogs towards me that I didn't correct. I'v had dogs try me, but after a week of reinforcing whos boss, the problem would very seldomly come up again. My dogs when allowed out of the kennel all were taught which area of the yard to piss and poop in, but if they smelled the other dogs poop in the poop area, they would mark over it. My dogs don't stop and piss on every tree as we walk only when I tell him to pee, when he tries to hit a mailbox, I correct him. When at a different field training, and he has to piss, if we're in the designated bathroom area and he tries to piss on other dogs poop, is that ok or do you recommend I correct him for that? My dogs were only allowed to do that if there was piss or poop from another dog in the designated poop area, not just at random while on a walk or something. Am I missing the mark, here?
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Chris I was referring more towards walking your dog around the block and not marking in your back yard.
Besides you are one of those 82nd Airborne guys that kick A@# and take named - dogs break their teeth when they bite you. The other zillion pet owners out there need to practice being a pack leader and not letting them mark every tree on the block is a good start
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Besides you are one of those 82nd Airborne guys that kick A@# and take named - dogs break their teeth when they bite you.
Ed, sshhhhhhh! not to loud, or Ken H. won't let me catch the cruise missle Atos this weekend! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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Chris I was referring more towards walking your dog around the block and not marking in your back yard.
Yes, Ed after I asked you the above question I re-read the thread, and realized, the poster was talking about actually walking his dog. When I saw his question, I started picturing my dogs in the yard in the poop area doing that. While typing his response, I forgot he was talking about walking his dog. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />
I going to assume it's not possible to determine whether the dog actually HAS to go when walking and that letting your dog mark all over while walking is a dominant behavior.
So it's recommended to make sure your pet has eliminated itself before you leave?
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