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Need Pet Help

Hey Everyone,

I recently adopted an 8 year old male Rottie and already have a 2 year old male Shih Tzu. They seem to be getting along pretty well for the most part BUT, Kato, the Rottie, keeps marking in the house!! I know that this should be expected what I don't know what to do about it. I don't want to give him back and I don't want to make him an outside dog. Is there anything I can spray to make it stop or will he just stop when he feels like the house smells like him??? Please help!!!

Yes, he is neutered...he has been for a while now...

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have him fixed...if he isnt already. That sometimes does it by itself. Unfortunately, that didnt work for my brother and his rottie had to be crated everytime they left the house. You certainly dont want your house smelling like him, thats a very stong unpleasant scent

I know this might sound strange but we put pepper down on the spots where our dog went to the bathroom and he stopped going in that spot.Our Shih Tzu still goes in the house once in a while not too sure how completely stop him though.
J.

My MIL has this problem with one of her dogs, he is not fixed because they want to bread him. She found a spray and either Wal-mart or PetSmart that you spray everything with and it discourages them from marking it. The only downfall is that it has to be spread daily or every other day I think. Good Luck, J.

Is the Rottie fixed, is so how long ago. If he was recently neutered the "habit" of marking is already in him. It will take a few months for the testosterone levels to drop and the will to mark will fade.

Rotties like to be the pack leader and he is trying to make that know. However they are very loyal dogs and they really are great dogs to train. So once he figures out you aren't too happy about him doing that, he will most likely stop.

I was raised with Rotties and they are really a wonderful dogs.

Crate train him. Look online for tips. Don't leave him alone in the house unless he is in his crate, at least at first. We crate trained both of our dogs (adults, adopted), and they can now be unsupervised in the whole house for up to 12 hours with no accidents. We got one six months after the other and had the same problem, but the crate fixed it. Just never let them go potty in the crate. It defeats the whole purpose of the training.

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