"I would not want to argue with any scientific proof but based on many years of personal experience, none of my males has marked their territory inside the house. It is understood they come in the house as civilized citizens - I expect no less. However, it" Well, this isn't scientific proof but I put Rags crate in our bedroom by my side of the bed after I brought her home and soon discovered that Monty, when he was allowed loose in the house, would go and mark the corner of the bed by where her crate was. His access to the whole house was soon limited!!! However, now that he is "more mature", he seems to have gotten over that. Or maybe it's because we moved to a new house and the old odors aren't here. Tish ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================