help needed NOW

[cali]

I need help with Misty NOW,I will NOT wait 5 freaking days for someone to reply(im sorry I am just REALLY mad right now) the past couple of days, when I walk Misty, she honest to god stops to take a piss every 5 flippin seconds, I just went through an hour of this, and I cant stand one more second of her insistant peeing, so until somebody tells me how to make her knock it off she gets no more walks.

[Kfamr]

Maybe she has some sort of medical problem that makes her have to pee?

[cali]

heh now that my head is a little clearer I should perhaps explain that she is not flat out peeing, she is just marking, she has always been the top bitch in my house(dog wise of coarse) and she has always marked over my other dogs in the yard, but she has recently started marking outside the yard, for example marking peoples yards, and telephone poles and the like, its the same way some males dogs mark everything in sight, only I have never had a male that did this lol so I dont have a clue how to break it.

[wolfsoul]

Leather did this all the time until we spayed her. Maybe Misty just feels more territorial because she's intact. I know how annoying it is to have them suddenly stop and not go when you're trying to go, especially when they have to sniff around for two minutes before they pee. It's pretty frustrating.

[cali]

ok, probably, but aside from spaying her, how the heck do I make her stop? lol

[Shelteez2]

I would also think it has something to do with her being intact... is it possilbe she could be coming into season soon?

I would probably treat her like I treat my dogs.... I'd put her on a leash and just keep walking... Leash time is my time. If I'm walking my dogs on a leash I am trying to get from point "A" to point "B" I have no time for stopping and sniffing.

[cali]

Misty is always leashed on walks, I try to keep going but that dog can pull insanly hard, when I give her a tug and say "no" she just gets scared of me, her tail tucks her ears go back and she slinks away scared, she is a very soft dog, I hate it when she is afraid of me, but its got to stop lol

[Shelteez2]

I wouldn't say no though.. I'd just keep walking like nothing happened.....

Clipse is extremely soft too... he doesn't get any corrections...

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

My Uncle's Cattle dog is like that also. When I walk her I usually just keep walking and pulling her a bit and sometimes if that doesn't work I distract her with a toy or something else that she likes. I don't know if that'd work for Misty or not but I can't think of anything else to suggest. I hope you can figure something out for her. Good luck!

[Giselle]

Exercise her hard. No leisurely walks. When a dog is running, she has no time to duck her head and sniff the pretty flowers.

Of course, I always recommend spaying her. I think you OFA'd and CERF'd her, right? If not, then either spay or test her (I think you did...). Other than that, remember that a dog's nose is its strong point. When Happy goes on a walk, she uses her nose to "discover" the place in the same way we take in sights with our eyes. Because of this, I never rush Lucky because he sets his own pace. If he wants to mark, then that's fine with me. I won't get angry because he's answering "nature's call"

[ginagt]

If she has not been spayed then she is marking, she is letting all the male dogs know where she is. Before I had my boyfriends 8 year old Golden Retriever spayed she peed, right in front of me in the house 2x's. When I asked the vet about it she said she is marking so all the male dogs would know where she is. If you want this problem to stop you need to have her spayed. You can find low cost clinics in your area if money is an issue.
In the mean time I would stop taking her for walks ( for your sanity) and just throw the ball or whatever for her exercise.
For the pulling you can try a Gentle Leader, they work great and no more pulling. Good luck.

[cali]

she will not be spayed as there is a chance of breeding her, and yes Giselle you are right, she has already been tested. and she see's sheep for the first time in 2 weeks for a herding clinic(grad gift from my dad lol) although you have no idea how much we would LOVE to have Blair neuterd lol but we dont have the money right now to to neuter him(obviously I would not be breeding Misty till I have money lol) and there no such thing and a low cost spay neuter clinic here. I already use a haltie for her pulling although I am working on being able to stop useing it because she absolutly hates wearing it. yesterday I put her pulling to use...I attached a long leash to my friends scooter put her in a harness and off we went lol that was fun and it really wore her out, people were looking at us and saying "that looks like fun" as I was standing on a scooter whipping down the bike path pulled by a dog and Happy trotting beside me lol normaly they are both off leaah at the path, she was running and pulling me behind her, very fun.. exapt when she comes to a sudden stop, and pulls to the side to pee thats when I was slamming my feet to the ground trying to stop lol she did not do it to much on the path, but on the way home she would not stop, she started this during her last season, now I am begining to wonder if she realizes she is not is season? I meannormally now is when she is in season, she went into it a month early, so she just came out of season but normally right now she would be in season..

[dragonchilde]

Why is there a chance of breeding her?

Is she a papered purebred? If so, is she an outstanding member of her species? The only reason to breed a dog is to improve the breed, and even then should only be undertaken by reputable breeders.

If not, there's no need to breed, at all, and many, many reasons not to... not least of all her marking. You're shortening her lifespan and leaving her open to a lot of possible problems and complications by not having her spayed.

You can't break a dog of a habit that is so second nature. "punishing" her by not taking her for walks won't do any good. Just be patient! Do you have somewhere to be, when you're walking her? Just let her enjoy herself, if she's not hurting anything.

As an alternative, follow what someone else suggested and take her for runs, not walks. Both of you will get better exercise, and she'll probably have more fun.

[clara4457]

Bottom line is - if you are not going to spay her, you are just going to have to deal with it. I'm sorry, but I get really tired of people having problems with an unaltered dog and then complaining about the consequences. You don't want to spay her - FINE - then DEAL.

And as far as marking goes - it is not necessarily about dominance. Many times it is about stress and making an area familiar.

[cali]

dragonchilde, I know what I am doing, I plan to breed WORKING border collies, there is a chance of breeding her because I cant prove her until I have moved(the move was post poned it was supposed to be this summer) and can get sheep. breeding would not take place for a couple of years as she needs to learn how to work sheep and then I intend to trial her, if she does not prove herself or she fails any of her health tests later she will be spayed, the first weekend of June we are going to a herding clinic, she will have a whole weekend to get a feel for sheep. she herself is a working bred pure bred border collie, she is not papered because she is from a farm and in the working world if the dog can work nobody cares if the dog is papered, papers dont mean a dog can work lol I already know all that stuff about breeding, I do not need lectured thanks.

I did not mean it about not taking her for walks I was just mad. and I always take her for runs, think a walk would actually tire her out? lol the walk is getting to the parks, I do not drive, I walk everywhere.