8 m/o puppy is peeing all over roomates things... - Page 1

Posting this for a friend.

They have an 8 mos old dachshund puppy - unneutered, named Oscar. They have had him since he was 8 weeks. Within the last couple of months they moved into a different apt and a roomate moved in with them. Since then, Oscar has started to pee all over things that don't belong to his owners - this includes if they take him to visit other people.

Does anyone else have experience with this kind of behaviorial issue, and know how to correct it?

Any advice is appreciated...
~Dawulf~

I would first rule out anything medical.  Take in a urine sample to have tested.  If all turns out normal, then they know it's behavioral.  It could also be stressed induced.  New move, anxious owners, stressed owners....the dog will feel what they are feeling.
It is common that if a dog/cat has a urinary tract infection, they will pick out certain things to pee on. 
Keep us posted, Brandi

sometimes dogs do this when another dog is brought into the home, i wonder if this dog sees the roommate as another dog?
 

 

Sounds territorial,
make corrections and socialize.
Moons.

That is called a little bratty dog being a little bratty dog. I had one for many many years. My stuff was safe, but say a disliked boyfriend came over? His shoes would be FULL of pee. Not just like a few drops, as if they were marked, but a pretty good amount of urine. Neutering won't help, likely, not at this point anyway. He doesn't see the roommates stuff as his or part of his territory, so he either is saying it should be or is using it as a bathroom because it's outiside his territory. Dogs typically do that to mark their boundaries. 

I don't know why they just don't put a belly band on him and keep him out of the other person's room. Good luck breaking him of that habit once he's already established it. Absolutely, you should TRY, but don't keep trying and trying and letting him screw up. Belly band, ASAP. 

get a new roomate that dog likes...LOL

I agree belly band that little turd!  He is being a fairly typical bratty adolecent mini dachs!!!  ( a breed I deal with regularly for behavior issues....)  Quite clearly he runs the show.  Get him off furniture, get him his own bed.  Make sure they are not feeding him from anywhere but his bowl.  Oh and if they are walking him on anything but a six foot lead and a collar .Fix that ASAP.  Everyone puts harnesses and flexi leads on these guys.  He is a DOG and dog rules need to be applied to him. ( his majesty will of course object to this unfair treatment, but he will adjust) 

this is an example of a belly band    http://www.dogperils.com/uhohinfo.php  They sell them in most large chain stores

brynjulf  you have a way with words...Ha,ha....love it...

I had a 16 year old dachshund when my current shepherd was 8 months old.  My opinion is that this puppies behavior is par for the course with that breed.  Dachshunds are very playful dogs, great independent problem solvers and surprisingly good small game hunters.  However, they are very poor at taking instruction and reading thier handler.  Any obedience training done with one will be hell.  He may be potty trained, but as with my old dachshund friend, he will pee where and when he wishes.  Most of the time thats outside in the yard and on walks, as he was taught, but for special circumstances that pee will be on some object inside the house.  You might just have to crate or barricade him in at times when you anticipate he will pee on something when you are not looking. 

Dogs do not generalize behavior well from one location to  another.

He was house broken in the old house.  This is a different house and he does not see this as a place you cannot pee.  That may be  PART of it.

The rest of it is that he is a Freaking DACHSHUND.....