I have asked the vet and pet store employees about this. Everything I try doesn't work! My 10 year old male Corgi is fixed. He is 100% healthy, well taken care of, and loved. He has always been a "marker", but why? I don't have the heart to put him in a cage while I am at work. He has two other dogs in the house. He has a huge yard and is let out often. I've tried spray deterrents and belly bands. He just marks, he doesn't "pee" to pee. Any advice?
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Since he shares the home with other animals, he wants to mark his territory.
If the pup has been doing this for 10 years this is all he knows. He thinks it is OK so he does it. I assume the vet periodically checks for kidney or bladder stones or urinary tract infections and he gets a clean bill of health?? I am answering based on the clean bill of health.
I am a firm believer pups can be retrained even at 10, but it involves a strict crate training regime.
There are lots of videos for this process for Corgis. They are smart pups. They can learn how to go outside and not inside with consistent and regular training. It must be consistent and it must be done by everyone in the home...following the same rules. It is heavily reward based so be sure to lower the food intake when giving all the extra treats or you will end up with a fat pup :)
There is no shame in using a crate. We have crate trained all of our families dogs for years and years and years.
If the crate is presented as a safe place and not a place for punishment, the dogs are often very happy there and since most (I can't say all because we had two who did pee their crates sometimes) but most do not pee where they sleep. Think of it is as their den. They channel their inner wolf when in their den.
Our guy goes in and out of his crate on his own. It is his safe space and he loves it, but that is how we approached it with him so that is all he knows.
If you don't want to go this route, you can try human diapers. He would probably wear a Walmart size 2 or 3 depending on his weight. Cut a hole for the tail area and go. Changing them frequently (with the human diapers it is very easy to see when they are wet and they don't leak). Dog diapers are a total waste of money (my experinece) and they always leaked. The belly bands are also not the best for the same reasons. The human diapers work.
Our late Carmel Ann had to wear diapers for age incontinence the last 2 years of her life. She had great quality of life and it saved our floors doing this.
Post back how it goes! Prayers to find a good solution.
PS, here is a photo of my girl in her diapie. She was 15 an we trained her for diapie time...she would waddle over, we would change the diaper and she would be off. Old dogs can learn!! She is living proof!!
Thank you! Yes, he is a healthy pup! He marks the same things/spots, even after I spray the spots with no more mark spray. It's like he does it just to be a butthead! I tried the belly band, they suck. I really don't want to crate him. I will try the diaper you suggested. He is incredibly smart, he knows when he does it he did bad. So frustrating.
You are not alone! Post back with update! Hope it all works out!
Some dogs feel the need to mark their territory and this is a very bad habit to break. If there are other male dogs in the home this makes it even worse to control and break this habit. Basically when my male dogs were younger the oldest would mark around the home and this drove me crazy.
thank you! I will try that spray mixture! the store bought stuff doesn't work. he is the only male in the house and now is the oldest in the house. I swear, he does it just to say "hey, I don't like my sister's new toy" or "hey mom, i'm tired of you leaving me to go to work, so I'm going to pee on the trash can so you have to focus on me"...seriously...no reason at all for it, in my mind anyway!
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