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A friend of mine has got a Yorkshire terrier. An extremely likeable dog I must admit, even for me, not being a dog person. Problem is that this dog constantly sprays ("marks his territory" in her house, against her furniture, in the kitchen, etc. It's not a full on piss (lol), only a little bit, if this makes sense. and it knows to go outside to take a ****. But daily it will piss against something, and it's quite a nightmare to clean it up. Any experience/suggestions? The dog is 3 years old, male.
 
atomcrusher said:
Have its nuts removed .. i.e. have it spayed? Ask the vet if that would help
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a male animal is neutered, not spayed :p but i know what you meant :p

chances are though it will have little effect or take a long time for him to stop as it is quite late imo to have him snipped.
 
There is a strange synthetic hormonal spray which you can purchase... one for cats and one for dogs.

Stops and starts them from doing a range of habits. We used it around out house to stop the cat from marking certain areas which he was constantly marking.

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It is marking it's territory in response to some threat because it sees itself as the dominant male in the pack. You have to show it that it is not the dominant male. If you mark the territory yourself, and possibly your "friend" while it is watching, then the dog will get the message that you are the new boss in town. If that doesn't work you will have to take more extreme action.
 
Byrd said:
It is marking it's territory in response to some threat because it sees itself as the dominant male in the pack. You have to show it that it is not the dominant male. If you mark the territory yourself, and possibly your "friend" while it is watching, then the dog will get the message that you are the new boss in town. If that doesn't work you will have to take more extreme action.
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:wtf:
 
Byrd said:
It is marking it's territory in response to some threat because it sees itself as the dominant male in the pack. You have to show it that it is not the dominant male. If you mark the territory yourself, and possibly your "friend" while it is watching, then the dog will get the message that you are the new boss in town. If that doesn't work you will have to take more extreme action.
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This. I have a Border Terrier - very lovable dog, but did the same thing at around 2 years. This is even though he has been neutered. He seems to have stopped doing it on most things now - we have tried to enforce a more structured 'pack'. But he still finds things to pee on, especially new boxes that might be lying on the floor!
 
Get the damn dog neutered. If your friend isn't intending to breed it, she has an ethical responsibility to prevent it from creating more unwanted puppies in the world.
 
Mine stopped the day or so after the dreaded "visit to the vet". I did threaten them with it, so maybe they realised I was serious afterwards and stop :)
they're miniature poodles so intelligent enough to get that I mean what I say :) :)
 
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