Why does my Dog keep pi ssing on smaller dogs...?

Question

He's a Labrador/retriever, 17 months old and he was Neutered (had snip) when he was 5 months old.

Answer 1

...because you are letting him. You need to redirect his attention when he starts doing this. You are his leader. Calmly let him know when his behavior is not acceptable. He is peeing on them to show dominance over them.

Answer 2

It's a dominance / territorial thing. He's still a young dog and will get to grips with the whole 'this is my territory and you're in it!!!' stuff, he will grow out of it!

Answer 3

Probably because they are standing in the stream of it (I assume you mean in the park etc).

Answer 4

Do they come along when he is midstream? Does he have vision problems?

Answer 5

I have a Dobe dog and 3 German Pinschers which are a much smaller breed that a Dobe. We took him on because the owners couldn't cope with him and the first thing when he arrived was to pee on all the GP's.

We figure its a scent marking thing - hes sees them as his family and is letting everyone else know it.

He still does even though he has been with us for 2 years.  

Answer 6

I own This Sorta Thing Probss

Haha this made me laugh!

Answer 7

More than likely he is trying to mark his territory over their pee marks and doesn't wait for them to finish. That is.. if he is doing it when they pee. My male pit did that for a long time with our little dog, whenever she would go to pee he would walk over and start peeing directly on her/her spot, it didn't matter if she was done or not.

You need to correct him every time you see him do it. Teach him to at least wait until the other dog is finished.

Answer 8

its probably a dominance thing. or it could be marking. not all neutered animals stop marking.

Answer 9

My dog occasionaly does that.  He most likely has an a-type personality.  He is trying to be the dominant one.

Answer 10

hahaha

Is it certain dogs? They may smell like pee already. yeah gross but if a dog pees in its kennel or rolls in something..

I have seen quite a few dogs try to pee on or near other dogs that are already in the peeing process. They want to mark it too. Just don't want to wait their turn.

Or sometimes the big dog starts peeing and the little dog sticks his face under there to get a better sniff.

What I do with the boy dogs is just keep a close eye on them (when outside, is not an issue usually inside for these guys) Boy dogs do the same thing when they are trying to mark...sniff, walk up to the object/spot at an angle while still sniffing then lift. Give their leash a tug, put your hand on their back end (don't smack just put it there), make a loud noise, tell them no, whatever you have to do to break their attention from peeing before the peeing part starts/

Answer 11

Perhaps he is a bully