male pup

Question
We will be getting a 8 week old male choco lab.Any advice on housebreaking with males? I hear they will leave their scent everywhere including in the house. How true is this? If this is true will this stop once they get neutered? Thanks,debbie

Answer
I have tons of information for you on housebreaking and other puppy issues.  As far as them leaving their scent, commonly referred to as "marking," this generally does become less of a problem after neutering because the dog is then less territorial.

http://www.ddfl.org/behavior/crate-train.pdf
http://www.hsmo.org/m_obedience/behavior/dogcrate.html
http://www.marinhumanesociety.org/Behavior/Handouts/Housetraining.pdf
http://www.gaylecousineau.com/divadogtraining/hb_shelter_dog.pdf  
http://www.ddfl.org/behavior/retrain-dog.pdf     
http://www.ddfl.org/behavior/pup-housetrain.pdf
http://www.hsmo.org/m_obedience/documents/CanineHousesoilingProblems.pdf
http://www.ddfl.org/behavior/clean-stains.pdf
http://www.hsmo.org/m_obedience/puppyissues.swf
http://www.hsmo.org/m_obedience/behavior/puptrain.html
http://www.hsmo.org/m_obedience/behavior/pupnip.html
http://www.hsmo.org/m_obedience/behavior/pupstage.html
http://www.hsmo.org/m_obedience/behavior/pupchew.html
http://www.marinhumanesociety.org/Behavior/Handouts/PuppyStuff.pdf
http://www.marinhumanesociety.org/Behavior/Handouts/PEP.pdf
http://www.ddfl.org/behavior/nilif.pdf
http://www.ddfl.org/behavior/educated-dog.pdf