adult german shepherd pees on the barbecue, how to get him to stop?
Our german shepherd is 6 years old, and pees continuously on our barbecue. It is disgusting. We have a big yard (17,000 square feet) and he has free roam. He can, and does pee wherever he wants, but ever since we got this new barbecue (about 2 years ago) he has started peeing on the bbq and the walls of the house.
We have tried putting up obstacles, we would put filled water bottles all around it, so it was harder to access, that worked for about two days, then he just started peeing near it. We have tried washing it down with bleach water, spraying it with vinegar. I tried dumping water on him if I saw him do it, but he doesn't usually do it when we are around, so that seemed to be a punishment and non-productive, so I decided not to do it again.
We yell at him if we catch him in the act, but it doesn't seem to help.
We have no other animals (well we have chickens, but they have their own space, and I don't think he is marking territory for their sake), and the one cat who used to run the gauntlet across our yard got too close to getting caught by the dog, and has since changed his route.
He is a great dog, not very well trained, he only listens to me (and is very responsive), but otherwise is horrible on the leash, which I shamefully have never worked on, we don't do a lot of walks on the leash, as where we live there are more mountains, open fields and cows than their are people.
I would appreciate any suggestions that you may have, it is really gross and it stinks, and is definitely not sanitary, especially with two little kids running around.
Here are a few answers I found on the internet I copied and pasted below Good Luck
1.He's most likely peeing there because of the smell of food omitting from the grill as well as the smell of other animals being drawn to that grill. He's laying out his sent to demonstrate to the other animals that this is HIS space. Your current methods have taught him to only spray when you are not looking.
2.You may need to step up and act like the alpha, claim your 'right' to the grill. I would start off cleaning the grill and area with a Ammonia Vinegar mix spray (remember to keep Ammonia away from Bleach, never mix the two). Let this become 'your' sent. (White vinegar makes a great cleaning solution so I would also use this to clean other parts of the house, to lay out 'your' scent). I would make sure you clean the grill often.
3.I have a mixture of 3 parts vinigar 1 part water 10 drops of tobasco made up to deter my dog. Cover the intier thing in it until she gets the dift.
4.Your response will have to be two-fold. First, you need to GET RID of the odor. That isn't always easy, as dogs have very powerful noses. For light saturation, spray-soaking rubbing alcohol and lysol on the spot (get it good and wet, then let it dry)
5.Enzymes
If he keeps going back to the same places, he's probably still able to smell the urine. You need to use a special, enzyme based cleanser, which you can get at any pet store. Dogs will gravitate towards the smell of urine, which is hard to cover up. Until the enzyme cleaner is used, the smell will remain, whether a human nose can tell, or not.
