Guest Anonymous Posted March 11, 2003 Posted March 11, 2003 Here is our situation, we have a 1 1/2 year old male chihuahua. He has lived inside with us since we have had him. He uses it outside most of the time, except for the occasional accident. Recently my wife went to work and he started having to stay "home alone". We decided to get a female companion (6 months old) for him and possibly breed them later. They are both full blooded AKC chihuahuas. What has started happening is that he has started marking everything in the house that he possibly can. This has been going on for about 2 months and we are at the end of our rope. If anyone can offer some input we would appreciate it. I do not know if this is common if you have both males and females in the house or not. I have been doing some research and have found that Chihuahuas are some of the hardest dogs to house train. Just today, they had both come back from outside and he hiked and attempted to mark the hallway door in front of me. - Frustrated :-? Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted March 11, 2003 Posted March 11, 2003 k is right :) I have a male and female neutering is the only answer Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted March 11, 2003 Posted March 11, 2003 Mouse, are you saying that for the most part the marking will stop if we have them fixed? Is this what you experienced? Will they live "happily ever after" together without turning our house into a GIANT kennel? :fadein: I appreciate everyone Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 K, I believe you did not understand my previous post. Mate 1st, breeding 2nd. I want to know if I get them both fixed will this stop my male from marking up our house? We are not interested in breeding, that was only a secondary factor. We are now considering having to possibly sell both of our dogs in order to save our house! We are open to other possibilities and that is why I posted here in the first place. We love our pets and do not wish to part with them. We have weighed our options and are still doing so. 1. Make them outside pets. (Not going to work) 2. Sell them or give them away. (Hopefully as a pair) 3. Let them keep using our house as a toilet. (Don't think so) 4. Ask for advice from others. (Where we are at the present) Buddy (the male) we are very attached to, as I said we have had him almost 1 1/2 years. The girl (Gracie) was just to give him someone to play with during the day while we are at work. We are growing fond of her as well. We love dogs and will probably always own dogs. We have only had 1 other house dog that we had for over 4 years. We miss her, and she never used it in the house. She was 1/2 Dauchsand 1/2 Beagle. Thank you for your input, but I think you are reading into this wrong, we are not setting out to become breeders, but rather HAPPY pet owners. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 Boy that was fast, you must stay up late on the computer too. :o Thanks for the quick reply. And thanks for this site it is very informative. :D Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 It's 3AM here and I am headed to bed! Are you in the U.S.? Goodnight! :) Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 Mouse, are you saying that for the most part the marking will stop if we have them fixed? Is this what you experienced? Will they live "happily ever after" together without turning our house into a GIANT kennel? My male is not fixed because I show him. He does not mark in the house because the females are fixed. He does mark when we go for a walk because he is walking where compleat females walk. He is telling them he is here and he is the best male around Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted March 13, 2003 Posted March 13, 2003 YES K YOU COULD SAY THAT WEE-MAIL LOL :D Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted March 25, 2003 Posted March 25, 2003 This is tough because once they start they can smell the urine and this is further insentive to do it again. So to start i would suggest steam cleaning. You mentioned the disire to breed, if your not committed to that then fixing him will also likly help Quote
corgilady Posted March 26, 2003 Posted March 26, 2003 :o Since we are on the topic..... My boys started marking the house some months ago. I am at my wit's end. This morning they marked my harp. For a fleeting second, I considered marking their heads with it. :agrue: I think that, on the days they get 2 walks and lots of forced outside time, they don't mark inside. I could be wrong. It's enough to drive one to :drinking: Quote
RescuerAndVetTech Posted April 16, 2003 Posted April 16, 2003 Neuter him immidiately. Spay her immediately. Quote
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