2 1/2 yo female lab urine marking at night.

Moving is traumatic to a dog. It could be there was a smell left behind and she is over marking it. Try cleaning the area good with a enzyme products such as Natures Own. If you can get rid of both her mark, and the older smell, she may stop. If that doesn't work, try skipping the vinegar. She may be content not to mark it again if you clean it enough that you can't smell it, but she still can.

If that doesn't work, you may have to crate her. It is only natural that a dog resists its crate at first. What the dog wants more than anything else is to be others, you, anyone else in the household, and any other pets. In our modern society, even if we are home, other things distract us from the attention an uncrated dog must have. The only real solution is to crate the dog when you aren't around. The dog may be happier in its den than loose in the house. It relaxes, it feels safe in its den. It rests, the body slows down reducing the need for water and relieving its self. Dogs that have been crated all along do very well. Many of them will rest in their crates even when the door is open. I think the plastic ones give the dog more of a safe, enclosed den feeling. Metal ones can be put in a corner or covered with something the dog can't pull in and chew. Select a crate just big enough for the full grown dog to stretch out in.

Leave it some toys. Perhaps a Kong filled with peanut butter. Don't leave anything in the crate the dog might chew up. It will do fine without even any bedding. You will come home to a safe dog and a house you can enjoy.

A dog that has not been crated since it was little, may take some work. Start out just putting its toys and treats in the crate. Praise it for going in. Feed it in the crate. This is also an easy way to maintain order at feeding time for more than one dog.

Make sure you are spending plenty of time with her.

Aster answered on 9/19/09. Helpful? / 0