Large Munsterlander

Question
Hi Jana, Thank-you for the answer to the raised dog dish question. I was at a friends in florida when I sent it thus the e-mail will not be the same.  But to answer your question about these dogs, yes, my husband hunts these dogs and hunts a lot!!! We have 2 a male and female, female being the oldest. They are truly the greatest dogs we have ever had, their personalities are about as loving as they come, we call them our 75 lb lap dogs. They need people!!!! We could not love them more...now, with that said, my big problem is our male who will be 2 in april tends to pee every once in a while in the house!! He tends to be very much on the sensitive side (heavy on the very) and if my husband is gone and I have someone at the house to watch him while i go to work he tends to do it then.  Its not that he has to go and is not let outside (we have a fenced in back yard and he goes out when ever he wants). He is very seldom left alone---we pamper them
maybe a bit to much!! It may just be nervous about being left.....thank-you for any advice you have.  

Answer
I don't know if the dog is neutered but if he isn't that will tend to make them pee more in the house. Combine that with someone new around and he is marking his territory.

While urinating in the house can be a sign of separation anxiety, it is not a normal one. Usually they tend to rip things up, howl a lot or destroy carpets and doorjambs.

One trick to use is to get them a kong and put peanut butter in it. It will keep them occupied for hours. If he gets bad enough you can try  amitriptyline, which I started to use on my dog after she disappeared overnight because I was at work. She was ten at the time! It seems to be a very safe drug but I couldn't tell you really how well it works as I just keep her inside now.

My interest in them was as a pet, not a hunting dog, but it seems they frown on people not hunting them. Is that correct?