Are you worried about the fact that your dog pees in the house? There are many reasons why dogs pee in the house. Your dog may not be house trained. Or, he may be suffering from a urinary infection and if this is the case the vet should be your first stop. Or, he might just be making scent marking. In case your dog is not house trained, you should take it upon yourself to get it trained in the ways and manners of the house. If he is doing scent marking, it is just natural to the dog. Scent marking is the means of telling other dogs that this is his territory and they better back off from here. Dogs do this all the time and your mutt is no exception.

The trigger for the scent marking behavior in the house can be due to a variety of reasons. The dog might just be anxious because of new visitors, and this anxiety might be the reason for it to indulge in such behavior. Whatever may be the reason for your dog peeing in the house, you need to take it seriously and address the issue. You should first gain the confidence of your dog and make sure that he knows where the right place to pee is. You can do this by distracting his attention whenever he wants to pee by using a shaker. You can do this whenever you think he is ready to pee.

When you have a pup with you, it is almost inevitable that he would pee in the house. The pup has to be house trained, and it would take some training before he stops peeing in the house. The first step in toilet training your dog involves the act of making it recognize its name. Once the dog starts to recognize its name, it would realize that you are talking to it and would listen to your commands. When your dog pees in a place where it is not supposed to pee, take the dog over there and make it understand that it is not the right spot to pee. Once you make the dog listen to you, you are all set. For this to happen, you need to give some incentive in the form of a biscuit or something to munch whenever he listens to you.

You may think it is ridiculous for you to speak to your dog in a human language that it does not understand. But, dogs, over a period of time learn to recognize some words in the language and they respond to command similarly. Toilet training is something that takes a lot of time and effort, and you should be ready to spend the necessary effort in getting this done. Once you have invested the same in training your dog, you are all set to reap the rewards of good behavior on the part of your dog.

Jonathan Pitts

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