Help! Cant stop my little JRs peeing in the house.

[Andalusianlover1]

I have 3 JR, 2 boys and 1 girl. The youngest arrived about 12 months ago and despite all efforts, I failed to get him housetrained. He goes outside most of the time but have never been able to get him 100% trained. When he started cocking his leg things got worse. My next youngest who was housetrained and is also a boy has since started peeing on things in the house. Its becoming a nightmare. Both of them still have their balls. Is this a territorial I'm the boss thing or is it just my bad house training.

Can anyone advise me what to do?

Thanks.

 

[cremedemonthe]

Nuts off unless going to breed from them will help, our jrt started peeing in the house (no nuts) we think it was either territorial as we another male in the house as well as a bitch or just sheer laziness, so every hour on the hour we made him go outside for a pee whether he wanted to go or not, soon cured him!
Occasionally he goes into my workshop and cocks his leg up something in there just to spite me probably !
Think that's a territorial thing too as he has to go down the garden full length passing lots of places he could pee instead to get there and luckily he hasn't pee'd in the workshop on any new saddlery yet!
Oz

 

[CorvusCorax]

If you have two entire males prone to leg cocking/scent marking you will be on an endless merry-go-round with one trying to cover the other constantly.

 

[Ranyhyn]

I think neutering is as good a place as any to start.

 

[Dobiegirl]

It does sound like marking rather than peeing in which case I would have them both neutered.


It always amazes me how they never run dry

 

[krlyr]

Make sure the 'accidents' are cleaned up well - avoid household cleaners that contain ammonia, either buy a specific product from a petshop or use biological washing powder or white vinegar to clean it up and remove all traces. Otherwise you'll have the neverending competition to mark over existing spots, as others have said.

 

[ellerslie83]

First as the others have said - neutering.
Second - get the usual pee places well scrubbed with products specially designed to remove the smell of urine, bleach etc won't do it!
Thirdly, restrict their access to the house - make the the area they have available smaller and go back to basics for the offending dogs - even using puppy pads if need be all over the floor to start with, then gradually reducing them to one by the door and moving it outdoors - though obviously still offering them to go outside to eliminate - and making the biggest possible fuss of them when they do it outside and giving them a treat or a toy or whatever it is that motivates them/they love most.
If you find they have peed in the house, don't punish them - just ignore them unless you actually catch them in the act - then just make a loud NO! and send them straight outside. Never punish, as they'll just get devious and find somewhere to do it without you seeing and associate that with simply peeing in front of mum/dad is bad - not - peeing in the house is bad.
Hope some of that helps!!! Is a tricky one especially if you have more than one, so it will take a while.

 

[megan2007]

My JRT did this for about 18 months. I have a GSD too and both were full girls. However since the GSD has been 'spayed' it has completley stopped so i put it down to a territorial issue.

Try 4Paws Stain and Odour remover it is absolutely brilliant stuff and smells great. I have had to use it on the sofa, tiles, rugs and wood floor and it has never marked anything. I'll be honest i own a pet shop and we sell loads of this and online. It seems the most popular.