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Marking by neutered dog
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My border collie, Scout, started marking about a month and a half ago. He was a stray I found in June. I don't know anything about his history. I do know that he was housebroken. I had him neutered after taking him in. He's about 2 or 3 years old. the vet estimates.
This behavior didn't start until recently. He's been marking on a chair in the dining room mostly. I have cleaned it with Nature's Miracle No More Marking, but it's not really working. I moved his food bowl over to that area, thinking he wouldn't want to mark where he eats, but he just moves the bowl out of the way. At my wit's end. I haven't introduced any new animals or babies into the house. No new furniture. It's never a lot of urine, just tiny puddles, so I am confident it is marking and not a health issue. (Although I guess I am not a vet. . . ) He doesn't go in my bedroom at night. I never catch him in the act, always find it after. Any suggestions?
Dr. Teresa J Burks 117 days ago
Time to go back to retraining. This means he is not allowed out of your site so that you can catch him in the act of hiking his leg. So he should be tethered to you. You cannot correct the behavior if you do not catch him in the act. You may never find the stimulus that got him started. The other option is to put a belly band on him.
http://www.paw-rescue.org/PAW/PETTIPS/DogTip_Marking.php
Dr. Teresa J Burks
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Janice Ronald 110 days ago
To stop a behavior that you cannot see happening you have to keep the dog from going to the "scene of the crime" He should stay with you in the house, on a leash or on his special blanket with edible chewie to keep him intertained. the other option is to use an adversive method to keep him away from the chair. That involves goiing with the dog to the object he is marking then when he starts sniffing bang a spoon on a metal pan or make some other abrasive noise with an object. Do not yell at the dog because you don't want him to asociate your vioce with anything bad. The loud nise moves him away from the object before he even thinks about unrinating and he learns to avoid going up to the chair. Best of Luck Janice Ronald, behaviorist.
