I have just recieved a male Great White Pyrenese dog. He is twelve months old, house trained, and crate trained. The old owners used to let him loose in their house and he never had an accident. He was allowed to move freely about their house when they weren't home and at night. I have only had him for three nights and on the third night decide to let him loose in our closed in basement with access to his cage. I went into my bedroom and heard him about fifteen minutes later moving around. I went to the basement and he had peed in two difffrent areas in the basement (wall and closet door). Is he trying to mark his territory and how do i make him seee that this is unexceptable. He never had an accident prior to this. Plus we also have another female dog that sleeps in our bed with us. Is he jealuous? Is this going to be an ongoing problem??
First off is he an intact male? If so, if he is territorial marking, the behaviour may be harder to break, as intact male dogs have a higher territorial drive then neutered ones.
Your new dog may be peeing in the house because he feels the need to take on an alpha role - marking territory is asserting his dominance with his pack and potential intruders.
Some dogs whose owners don't take a strong enough leadership, will even pee [I]on their owners beds[/I] because it is the safest place and most important place (sleeping area of entire pack) to mark without having to protect the entire territory of the house! (these dogs are usually of a normally submissive character and are too scared to take on too strong of leadership role).
As they say here often enough, alpha training is very important. Here are some important points on alpha training- 1) If you come across your dog while he is sleeping or lying on the floor then you can reinforce your position as alpha dog by making him move away from where you want to go, no the other way around. 2) Make sure that you always go through doorways first. Try reinforcing your position as alpha dog is to walk your dog around the house on the leash, making your dog wait while you walk through doorways first. 3) At mealtimes make sure that your dog or dogs eat after all of the humans have. 4) When your dog wants to go outside for a walk, make it sit and wait until you are ready to go 5) Do not feed your dogs tidbits or let it pester you at the table. Save the morsels and tidbits for training sessions instead. 6) Do not greet your dogs straightaway when you arrive home. Make it wait until you are ready and then call it to you. 7) Whenever your dogs want attention or anything wait till they are sitting and being well behaved
I also found in the training of my dog Blue, it helps to disallow the dog access to human "beds", this includes any couches or La-Z-boys too
Sometimes just asserting your pack leadership is enough to dissuade this type of behaviour.
That's just my penny's worth, I'm sure someone from Kingdom of Pets will be along to help you out shortly!
Thanks blue for the bit about alpha training as this is always really important. As for the toileting issue here is some advice.
This may be part of him marking his territory but should be fixed anyway. Is he neutered? If not for a few reasons i think it is a good idea.
You will have to buy a quality DOG ODOR neutralizer, which you should be able to find at most good pet stores. Clean your carpets, with the odor neutralizer, in all the known places that you can find where your dog has been .
This will help disguise the scent and you will find it easier to catch your dog preparing to go potty before it has the chance to do so inside. No product can take away the scent 100%, however the weaker the scent is made the better, so buying an odor neutralizer will still be worthwhile.
The next time your dog has an accident inside:
*Growl as your dog is doing it. You must reprimand your dog as it is performing the undesirable behavior, because dogs only ever associate your punishment or reward with the very last action they have performed.
*Soak up the puddle or pick up the waste with a sheet of newspaper.
*Then clean the spot with your odor neutralizer.
*Keep the soiled newspaper, place any solid wastes or the soaked paper outside, or wherever you want their bathroom spot to be. This will give your dog a place it can return to that is marked with its own scent and therefore safe to use as a bathroom. (keep in mind that dogs mark their territory and therefore claim their dominance as they eliminate, if another dog has been where you want your dog to go, your dog will only go there if it is of a dominant disposition and wish to challenge the opposing 'dog'.)
*Take your dog out every hour on the hour (when possible) to that place where you have placed its waste. Introduce the command "Be quick!....Good Dog" as your dog goes and reward it with treats if you wish. This command is handy, as your dog quickly associates your voice command with the act of eliminating. My dog's will even try and go anytime, anywhere if I give this command, knowing the treats that usually accompany being obedient! (even if they have no juice, I still reward them for their efforts!)
I would spend some time with your dog in the basement. Watch him to see if he is going to mess. This will help catch him and reprimand him.
Regular toilet times are hugely important so keep up with this.
Give this a go and let me know how things go and ifi can help anymore.
[QUOTE=Todd;684]Hi there and thank you for your question.
Thanks blue for the bit about alpha training as this is always really important. As for the toileting issue here is some advice.
This may be part of him marking his territory but should be fixed anyway. Is he neutered? If not for a few reasons i think it is a good idea.
You will have to buy a quality DOG ODOR neutralizer, which you should be able to find at most good pet stores. Clean your carpets, with the odor neutralizer, in all the known places that you can find where your dog has been .
This will help disguise the scent and you will find it easier to catch your dog preparing to go potty before it has the chance to do so inside. No product can take away the scent 100%, however the weaker the scent is made the better, so buying an odor neutralizer will still be worthwhile.
The next time your dog has an accident inside:
*Growl as your dog is doing it. You must reprimand your dog as it is performing the undesirable behavior, because dogs only ever associate your punishment or reward with the very last action they have performed.
*Soak up the puddle or pick up the waste with a sheet of newspaper.
*Then clean the spot with your odor neutralizer.
*Keep the soiled newspaper, place any solid wastes or the soaked paper outside, or wherever you want their bathroom spot to be. This will give your dog a place it can return to that is marked with its own scent and therefore safe to use as a bathroom. (keep in mind that dogs mark their territory and therefore claim their dominance as they eliminate, if another dog has been where you want your dog to go, your dog will only go there if it is of a dominant disposition and wish to challenge the opposing 'dog'.)
*Take your dog out every hour on the hour (when possible) to that place where you have placed its waste. Introduce the command "Be quick!....Good Dog" as your dog goes and reward it with treats if you wish. This command is handy, as your dog quickly associates your voice command with the act of eliminating. My dog's will even try and go anytime, anywhere if I give this command, knowing the treats that usually accompany being obedient! (even if they have no juice, I still reward them for their efforts!)
I would spend some time with your dog in the basement. Watch him to see if he is going to mess. This will help catch him and reprimand him.
Regular toilet times are hugely important so keep up with this.
Give this a go and let me know how things go and ifi can help anymore.
