[ SHOWGSD-L ] No longer Housebroken
- From: jmorehead <jmorehead@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:28:41 -0600
Received the following email regarding a pup that I bred. He is a 4 1/2
year old neutered male. Any suggestions for these folks?? Thanks.
Joan Morehead
Shreveport, LA
> We are having a problem with Sean, and I'm hoping you may have some
> ideas of possible solutions. He has been perfectly housebroken and
> trustworthy since he was a young puppy.....until now. He's started
> marking in the house! He always chooses to mark in the rooms with
> carpeting, and he's not one to hike his leg and stay in one spot.
> Rather, he lifts a foot slightly off the floor and then starts
> walking, so he leaves a trail for about 3 feet!
>
> Floyd and I took him to the vet Saturday with a urine sample, just to
> rule out a urinary tract infection. No problem there, or anywhere
> else the vet could find. So, it looks like a behavioral problem. The
> vet suggested trying him on amitriptyline to see if that might help.
> So far, it hasn't, but it's really too soon to tell yet.
>
> <>A possible cause, or contributing factor, may be that last summer
> Candy (14 yrs. and spayed) developed an incontinence problem and began
> leaking when lying down or sleeping. We caught this early and got her
> on phenylpropanolamine and she hasn't had any accidents for probably 6
> months. We always use an enzyme cleaner on any pet accidents that
> occur, but perhaps there is still some residual scent that Sean is
> picking up. This is strange. Regardless -- what to do, what to do?
> If you have any suggestions for this very frustrating problem, please
> let me know. I will gladly try them!
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