Marking outdoors on objects we don't want him to?

[Dizzy]

Fred's fabulous indoors, very clean dog.

Outside he likes to **** (he's a boy after all!). On everything. Cars, flowerpots, deliveries (yes he did this on some stationary that had been delivered), and today my reclining outdoor chair. And his **** STINKS.

He is outside a lot, as there are people home all day, every day and he gets to mooch with them. They don't have time to redirect him or make sure he's piddling in the right spots though.

It more of a nuisance than a serious issue, but if there's anything I can do to discourage him it would be great. We do laugh about it, and hose down, but really I'd rather he didn't **** on my chair it usually happens when we don't see him do it, obviously if we saw him we'd tell him not to! He thinks the yard is fair game, it's outside, it's his area, so logically he's kind of right... How can we get him to understand he can wee out of the yard, but not in the yard?

Bearing in mind, I am not home in the day with him to actually prevent any of this and the people who are won't be doing any training....... Impossible task?? Is there anything we can spray to discourage him?

 

[LMost]

Anything you spray will be more a dog repellent, than a urine repellent. Citrus or Citronella air freshener sprays work well generally.

Nothing will work better than a lot of hands on training though.

 

[Dizzy]

I can advise them, but I know they won't be consistent. I guess I will just have to tackle this issue when I'm home more. And keep hosing till then

Boys are gross.

 

[*blackrose]

Yes, the only thing I can think of is supervision/correction/redirection. Working on marking in general, when you have the time, may help? Abrams has never been a bad marker, but I don't let him mark in public when we're walking and such. He has a limited chance to pee, then he gets to hold it in til the next chance.

Possible to block him off from the chairs in the meantime?

 

[Dizzy]

The chair was out for about 5 mins!! It doesn't live outside permanently....

He's peed on the cars awhile and I think OH initially found it amusing so never stopped him in the act.

He's not TOO bad, but there's a line and he crossed it!

 

[Elrohwen]

Watson is an awful marker. Not indoors, but he will pee on just about anything outside.

The only thing I've found to work is having him on leash and watch him like a hawk. It's easy because my yard isn't fenced, so he's outside on a long line or leash anyway. I also have peeing more or less on cue, so I can tell him to go on an appropriate plant, and then correct/redirect from inappropriate places. If we're in a place that I know will be tempting, I take him to an appropriate place often. At home he can hold it for 8 hours, but in an exciting place that smells even a little like dog pee (training facility, pet store, etc) I take him out maybe every 30min and stretch out the time.

 

[Fran101]

For Merlin we had to...
a) WASH EVERYTHING that he had peed on that we don't want him to. Natures miracle, bleach etc...
b) Have him on leash when outside and praise when he peed in a specific area (it was a lot easier to say "this is where you pee" then "this and this and this and this are where you don't)
c) put citronella on outdoor furniture (he was very insistent..)

that said, since you can't watch him like a hawk...I would skip the second part and just wash everything down and then do citronella to keep him away in general. Having a patch of cedar down and returning him to it first thing was enough to continue the habit (which most of this kind of stuff is, just habit)