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We have had Little Red Beer since around Thanksgiving 2007. We kinda "rescued" him off of Craigslist. He weighed in at a whopping 1.9lbs at 5 months old and is now almost 8lbs and will be 2 in May. We love him so, but he has had one bad "issue" after another. He is fixed but only recently. He used to mark everything he could hike his leg up on. Once he got fixed, that stopped, THANK THE GOOD LORD! Now, he pees on every clean blanket that we put on the beds. JUST the beds. Now, if we keep the doors closed and make sure he doesn't go in the bedrooms without anyone with him, he won't pee on them and if the blankets have already been slept on and don't have that fresh, clean scent, he won't pee on them. What do we do? I am at my whits end with the peeing. The little man will go to the door and yip when he has to go out any other time. And he is so stinkin' cute!

I'd use a crate and crate this dog whenever somenoe can not directly supervise. I'd use a long leash and tie him to me when home so I could also supervise and make sure he doesn't have access to things ot pee on. After a while when the initial habit of peeing is broken, I'd then set him up and watch him and interrupt him when you see him attempting to pee on something. Each time a dog gets to practice an undesirable behavior, it makes it harder to get rid of that behavior.

There are also products on the market that are belly wraps that go around a dog and cover them so when they lift their leg the urine is contained and does not go in the house. While the dog is relearning it may be a nice tool to use to give the dog a bit more freedim. Like any tool though the goal is to use it along with training to no longer need the tool.
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