Pee Happy, 3 Yr old Male

[HighDesertSpice]

So, Oreo is pee happy....pees on EVERYTHING in the yard. He's more concerned with coverage than my last male was apparently. (We've got the garage or house covered, er, protected.)

 

For the yard--or elsewhere where large distances are involved-- my thought is to use a rattle can to let him know "not there". (Confession: I'm a tad lazy and don't want to escort him out to the yard for every relief session- and we do a bit of offleash--and I don't want him to think that just anywhere is fair game.)

 

What do you do with your marky males?

[Guest SweetJordan]

I think it just comes w/ the territory, no pun intended. I've never had a problem w/ my male marking indoors, therefore I don't take any action. I think it's the reality of having a male dog. When we are out on walks I allow him to sniff and pee as he chooses, but I do have control over how much to some extent. This is only because he would stop at every vertical surface. If he's stopping too much esp. if I know he's been walking for a while and doesn't have much if anything left in his tank I just tell him things such as lets go, leave it to keep him moving. I realize anything in the yard is fair game for him, so I don't leave anything out that I wouldn't want him peeing on. And he seems to respect his agility equip. and other toys as he won't pee on those things. I've also found that males(or the ones I've lived w/) do much less leg lifting in their own yard than outside of it.

I know that leader dogs are taught that they cannot relieve themselves when out walking until told to. However, to be honest if it bothered me that much that I was going to teach my non-service dog something like this well... to be honest I just wouldn't have a male and would just keep females(though not saying that is what you want to do w/ him).

As an aside my dogs are always taught the "go potty" command for the times I need them to potty in the yard and to come right back in, but I don't care where they go in the yard as long as they go.

[Ninso]

I'm not sure if I'm interpreting your post correctly? Are there certain things in the yard you don't want him to pee on or do you expect him not to mark anything in the yard? My current dog is the first male I have had. When we go for walks out of the yard he likes to mark a lot. He seems to enjoy it and it doesn't hurt anything (as long as he is not peeing on somebody's car or a child's toy, in which case I would tell him "no" and keep walking). As far as in the yard, most of the time he is focused more on the frisbee than marking anything (he is rarely out for long without me), but there is nothing in my yard that would be hurt by marking (I don't care if he pees on the flowers or the garage wall, etc). I can't imagine stopping marking altogether, but if there are certain things that he is not to pee on, I imagine you would train this much the same way you housetrained him. A rattle can might be hard to use because by the time the can hits the ground he may be done marking and on to something else, so you might inadvertently correct him for just wandering around the yard. Maybe take him on leash by the object and just say "no" when he tries to mark and lead him away. Then do the same thing off leash while you are supervising him in the yard. Or, as sweetjordan suggested, don't leave things out that are not pee-proof.

[mbc1963]

My dog doesn't really pee or poop in my yard unless it's an emergency. He prefers to save it for "far away." However, when his friend Joey the husky came over one day, I swear they spent the entire time marking every single inch of perimeter of the backyard. ::Shrug:: Pee is more or less sterile, and I figure it will cut down on my having to weed-whack the fence.

 

Mary

[HighDesertSpice]

Yes, the yard is fair game...but he is recently into marking the flagstone patio - stone by stone. Think I'm resigned to escorting him for a while...Nutty dog. Thanks~

[Beth G]

I'd be afraid of correcting him with a shake can for urinating. It could cause a whole mess of other problems, such as a fear of going in front of you.

 

Then you could end up with worse problems- like house breaking issues.

 

I would just escort him out side on a leash and tell him where you want him to go(" Say go pee" and then praise him heaviliy.).

 

If he tries to go in another area, just say, "No pee".

 

Works great with my two and they go on command, which is wonderful during the winter!

[HighDesertSpice]

Good advice everyone. 'Appreciate the pointers on the shake can, Beth G.

[WyoBC]

I wouldn't make him think that peeing is bad either. MArking is pretty much just a male dog thing to do. As long as it's not indoors, or on things you don't want him to go on, then I would think it's ok. If there is stuff you don't want him going on in the yard, than you'll have to walk him on a leash. My little yard marker is really good about not going if I pull him away and say something like "aaahhhh" or "ehh, not there" That's pretty much the only way to get him to not go pee on stuff, but not make him afraid to go either.

[silhouettestable]

I would just escort him out side on a leash and tell him where you want him to go(" Say go pee" and then praise him heaviliy.).

 

If he tries to go in another area, just say, "No pee".

 

I think I'd maybe choose something that doesn't sound so similar. Go pee, no pee, they sound very much the same and could be confusing. Maybe something like "not there", or "don't pee there"

 

My boys all seem to have favourite spots around the yard that they'll take turns marking, but not usually anywhere they shouldn't. Occasionally they will try to pee on the back corner of my daughter's play house, but I get after them for that immediately and it's not a spot they normally use. I'll usually just say some thing like "Ah Ah, get away from there" or something like that. If we're out walking on a leash and they want to sniff at somebody's mailbox post I'll just keep walking and say "on by" so they don't get the idea of stopping to pee there. Hydro poles I don't care about, but not everyone wants dog pee all around their mailbox.

[stockdogranch]

MArking is pretty much just a male dog thing to do

 

Usually, this is the case. But there are some dominant females who mark just as much as males do. They don't pee because they have to go; they are clearly marking. I have one who even manages to mark vertical surfaces, like trees and tires,

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