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My Lab is 2 years old. Completely house trained but is now ...
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My Lab is 2 years old. Completely house trained but is now urinating occaisionally but in specific areas. Its weird like, on our beds! and a few times on clothes that didn't make it into the dirty clothes basket. I've read other q/a's but it doesn't seem like a urinary infection.? Help!

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Age: 2; Male; Breed: Labrador

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nothing. just shut our bedroom doors. it doesn't happen anywhere else!?

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November 12 11:22 PM (11 minutes and 50 seconds later)
         
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If your dog is not neutered (and maybe even if he is neutered but has a strong personality) he may be marking your property as 'his' by urinating on it.
Marking behavior is really common in male dogs who have a misunderstanding about who runs the house. It particularly shows up when dogs are maturing to where they would take over in a dog pack. Marking over your strong scents (beds and dirty clothes) is typical of territorial marking.
I 'read' this behavior as 'all this is Mine! signed ME the Alpha Dog!'.
You can work on changing his mind about his status and you can consider neutering him if he is not to see if that helps.
For a non violent mind changing method positive type obedience training paired with the nothing in life is free program works really well.
You can read bout nilf here
www.ddfl.org/behavior/nilif.htm
Hope this helps you!


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