QuestionWe are house training our 10 week old English Bulldog. He is doing great. After he eats, he can hold his poos for a good 2.5 hours and after he drinks, he has about 10-15 minutes before he needs to go outside. He is being crate trained and hasn't gone in his crate in over a week.
However, the one issue I have is he appears to mark his territory on his bed that he sleeps on when not in his crate. For example, he woke up, peed a very small amount, was immediately reprimanded and taken outside where he did a long 30 second pee. I take him back inside and put him back on his bed, and he pees a tiny amount again, and goes back to sleep. Every time he pees I clean it up with some good smelling stuff and I had just put a fresh towel on top of his bed so he wouldn't pee directly on the bed. Is he marking his territory or is he too young for that?
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Well, I think he may be marking his area. ARE there other pets in the house?? Cats, dogs? anything? There is a reason why they would mark and it mostly means another pet is in the area.
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