Corgi Marking Inside
We have started having a problem with our youngest corgi and are hoping for some advice on the issue. Walter is 8 months old, nuetered, the dominant dog out of our two.We were having some problems with him barking inside, not listening, etc and hired a trainer to help us with the issue. It worked wonderfully! He taught us how to basically be the pack leaders, and take control back. We stopped the jumping, barking, "most" of the leash pulling. But now we have a new problem that started the DAY after we had our first meeting with the trainer. I am nnot sure if they are in any way related but regardless, we need some help fixing this. Walter has begun to "mark" inside. He does it on many different things, blankets, garbage cans, if a pillow falls on the floor, laundry pile on the floor, Mickeys (our older corgi) bed, etc. It has been going on for about 3 weeks now and is becoming a real pain to say the least. The laundry and cleaning is becoming too much!! Does anyone know why this would occur. I thought having him nuetered would have made sure this behavior never happened but I was very wrong. Has anyone experienced this type of thing before with their dog? Any input would be great. Just to make it clear, I do not believe this is peeing to relieve himself as we take him out often and he always goes outside. This really seems to be marking...
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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Is he lifting his leg and only peeing a few drops on specific things? If so then you are most likely right that it's marking, though it's still best to rule out a UTI whenever there is frequent urination. If it were me I'd probably do that first before I started corrective training.
Your best bet is probably to leash him for awhile inside, whenever he is loose, and give him a firm vocal correction and a modest leash tug if he goes to lift his leg inside. He needs to know, on no uncertain terms, that this is unacceptable. Some people have luck with a spray bottle of water, though you want to be careful if your dog is funny about his head or you can create a situation where whenever you move your hand fast, they pull back from you.
These things are easier to prevent than to correct, and often unwanted elimination behavior indoors comes because of a little too much freedom too early on. At 8 months, I was still keeping mine confined in a small area (exercise pen) if I was not right there to keep an eye on him. Most neutered males will indeed mark, and some females will mark as well. The rule of thumb is that right around a year is the time to start experimenting with unsupervised alone time, if the dog has already reached the point where he is almost 100% reliable under supervision (not stealing items that aren't his, not eliminating inside, not eating the drywall....)
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Permalink Reply by Jenn on
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My Tanner has started marking like crazy as well. He's almost three. We've had to go back to penning him up when no ones around and letting him outside on a more frequent basis. I find that he does it less when he gets outside for walks, so we are doing that more, too.
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Permalink Reply by JACLYN and ENZO on
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I know this is an old post but I was searching up marking and I came across this. My corgi also started to exhibit this behaviour recently andhe is almost 2 years old now. I am wondering if you tried anything that worked?
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Permalink Reply by justine moeller on
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Hi, this is an old post! I have changed my tune to a lot of the things I posted! :) We have fixed the problem - although I think it mostly fixed itself!
Is your corgi nuetered?
We started picking up everything in the house, doing lots of potty breaks and he snapped right out of it. He is now 2 1/2 and we never have the marking issue in our own house but have to watch when they go to other peoples house.
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