Male dog . . ..

[TheSerenityPrayer]

We just adopted a male dog. We have never owned a male dog, so we really at wits end.

A month ago we adopted a girl dog, we also have a female cat. We gave the female dog back because our cat wasn't socializing well the with the dog and didn't come out during the day (as she did BEFORE we got the female dog). So just this past weekend we swaped the female dog for the male dog. We got the dogs from the same humane society. So we just have the male dog and the female cat.

Now the dog MUST smell the female dog and the female cat. So he "marks" everywhere. I cleaned up 5 places this morning in the spane of an hour. I took him out BEFORE he decided to do this. We are hoping that the dog will stop marking the walls and couch and such. Is this normal?

Also, he got neutured before we got him. Im not sure how much longer before we got. How long does it take for his hormones to calm down? (Trying to put it as nicely as possible)

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance to any help!

Be Blessed.

 

[jeffs_girl_2004]

Yes it is normal. Male dogs tend to mark their territory. There is a product called odercide that works really well on taking the smell out. Plus it would take the female scent off of things and then he might stop marking his territory.

 

[TheSerenityPrayer]

We arent to sure that it is going to work out for us. Unforuntaly. We'll give it a few weeks then see. I really want a dog!

 

[jeffs_girl_2004]

Yeah I know what you mean. I don't know what I would do without my two.

 

[aaron]

it's good that you got him neutered. The other thing though is how old was he when he got neutered? If he got neutered at an older age he may have already developed this bad behavior and though the neutering stopped him from doing it do to hormones he may be doing it now kinda out of habit. You have to work w/ him to stop this behavior. Take him outside more often to go pee./poop. If/when he goes inside take him outside immediately so you are showing him where he is supposed to go. Reward him w/ a small treat when he goes to the door because he wants out to go pee.

For the cat, make sure you spend alone time w/ her so that she doesn't feel that she lost you do to your new pet. Take her into your bedroom or wherever where the dog is not and spend 10 or so minutes w/ her a day, give her the alone time she got before having the dogs.

 

[TheSerenityPrayer]

Thanks for the advice!

 

[KenH]

You might want to use crate training.

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