Horsefeathers! Posted March 21, 2004 Posted March 21, 2004 Well, Devin is a brat (show of hands... how many are surprised by this? :roll: )! Fifty gets along with all the other dogs so well, especially Devin. Devin is still so young and LOVES to play with anyone who will give him the time of day. Considering that all my dogs are five years and older, they don't always have a lot to do with him. Well, Fifty and Devin are a match made in heaven. They keep each other worn out and for that I am truly thankful. However, does Devin have to PEE everywhere?? He's neutered and his housetraining has always been pretty reliable. Now that Fifty is here, Devin is peeing up my house. Fifty is an intact male and hasn't marked once. I mentioned it to Doc yesterday and we both feel it is pretty much behavioral rather than physical (of course, if it continues, we will do a urinalysis). Doc says, "aw, it's just because now you have two males in the house." Well, no doo doo, Doc, but out of TEN dogs in my house, ALL of them are males except two and no one else is marking :-?. Devin even peed up our bed the other night... soaked it through to the (new :x ) mattress. Needless to say, Devin is now going through remedial HF boot camp. He's sleeping crated at night, much to his dismay since he's a cuddle bug. He's also wearing a diaper and when he's not, he's leashed directly to me. I swear if a dog can be embarrassed, Devin is embarrassed. The diaper is also an effort to keep a closer watch on his peeing activities just in case he actually might have a problem. So far, Doc is almost certain it's just "boyz bein' boyz." I especially liked Doc's scientific explanation of why Devin is the only one peeing up the house and none of the other males are. "Devin is just a knucklehead." :o I knew it was too good to be true. Fifty is a delightful little dog if he is a bit hyper. We haven't had any of the problems that the two families that gave him up had (sleeps just fine at night and listens and responds well to his name). I knew it couldn't go down without a hitch. Devin is truly a little DevilDawg. :o Quote
courtnek Posted March 21, 2004 Posted March 21, 2004 well, here's a thought.... all the other dogs are 5 or over...Devin and Fifty are closer in age, and Fifty is intact. Devin may feel slightly threatened by this, and afraid of losing his position in your pack...After all, new face in the crowd, with all his parts, and close to his age, it sounds like Devin is remarking all his territory to inform the newcomer that no ladder climbing will be allowed.... I would get Fifty neutered ASAP, and see if the problem then goes away.... Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted March 21, 2004 Author Posted March 21, 2004 Oh, Fifty is certainly headed for da snip. I'm going to wait until after the first of the month. Apparently, there is some new program (or at least the first I've heard of it) where the state helps subsidize sterilizations. The clinic has already reached their maximum for this month, but it will apparently start over next month. It cuts the cost of sterilization in half. I'll take whatever help I can get! Good thought about Devin and Fifty. It makes as much sense to me as anything I've thought of (which wasn't much past me sitting here muttering and scratching my head). Devin is a smart little bugger and I do sometimes feel as though he puts a lot of thought into some of the things he does (I know, I know, I'm again anthromafartisizing):oops:. Nobody could be as sly as he is sometimes without plotting. I mean, marking may be a natural instinct, but it takes a bit of cunning to do it and try to be sure not to get caught. :o Still, if I find one more pee puddle... :x Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted March 21, 2004 Author Posted March 21, 2004 I forgot about Fifty's one bad habit... he does like to hump anything that moves. :oops: Quote
courtnek Posted March 21, 2004 Posted March 21, 2004 that's a dominance trait....which may be making Devin nervous. Da sooner da snip, da better.... :lol: Quote
marion Posted March 21, 2004 Posted March 21, 2004 he does like to hump anything that moves. :o Da sooner da snip, da better.... :lol: You two crack me up with your bantering back and forth. :D Still, if I find one more pee puddle... You'll what HF? :wink: Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted March 21, 2004 Author Posted March 21, 2004 [quote name='marion'] Still, if I find one more pee puddle... You'll what HF? :wink: I'll probably just continue to bitch and moan like I've been doing. :oops: Quote
marion Posted March 21, 2004 Posted March 21, 2004 :lol: :lol: :lol: I thought so, :D I am always saying to the girls "If you do that one more time I'll smack your bottom". :roll: They do and I don't. Empy threats. :D Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted March 21, 2004 Posted March 21, 2004 I think it will all improve once Fifty is snipped Quote
ellieangel Posted March 22, 2004 Posted March 22, 2004 Perhaps you could get devin some neuticals :lol: http://www.neuticles.com/index1.html Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted March 22, 2004 Author Posted March 22, 2004 My vet carries those! I've watched him implant a very few and they feel funny. I'm afraid if I had them implanted on one of my own dogs, I might go to jail for inappropriate behavior. Imagine my neighbors' expressions as I follow Devin around the yard feeling his doodads and trying to "fix" them (oh no, they're one in front of the other... here, let me put them back side to side for you... just one of those things that would bug me). :oops: My neighbors already think I'm strange. More than once, they've seen me lift a tail and get up close and personal with my dogs (is that a tapeworm back there? blood in stool? never hurts to look). Once, they saw me outside trying to help express Perry's bladder when we first got him and were trying to housetrain him. I thought I could massage under there and give him the strong urge to pee. My neighbors looked on in shock as I stood over him, reaching under and, um, massaging him. I can only imagine what they thought I was doing. Me tending to some neuticles would be just enough to have them call the authorities on me. :oops: Quote
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