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MinM

re: marking

Phil had been in a home with 8 other dogs before he came to us. I figure 1) his previous foster mom couldn't watch him like a hawk, like H and I were and 2) because of the other dogs, there were probably more smells to mark over (Jake doesn't go in the house, and we use the wet vac after every foster leaves).

So, we were on Phil like white on rice and any time he started to lift his leg, we both would scream NO! and/or make the Cesar Milan - "EH!" noise. Also, we let him out several times a day (didn't rely on him using a doggie door) and allowed him to mark up the yard to his heart's content.

He tried to mark a few times the first day he arrived, he tried to mark once the next day, and then no more after that.

Do you need me to send you some panties of shame?

zsazsa-stl

I have a pair of shame panties that he wore for the first few dayes he was here, so I can pull them out again.  But the issue isn't every day, it's just once a month or so, so it seems like a big pain to make him wear the panties. 

He never marks when we are within view, so he knows that it isn't something we approve of.  I just find it later and know from the position required to make that little puddle that it was him and not his sister.

MinM

I see. That would be a pain to deal with the POS (panties of shame) on the daily for a monthly issue.

It is frustrating when they do something they know they are not supposed to do. I don't know how to fix that problem. If I did, we could let Jake out into the yard alone and he wouldn't dig, go into the garden, or eat the rotten pears on the ground.

zsazsa-stl

Yes, my dogs are very well behaved when I am in the room.  But I'm not ready to keep them on leashes tied to my wrist just yet.