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We have a beagle, approximatly 10 months old. He was "fixed" last month. He seems to be in general good health (clear eyes, clean and shiney coat, always using his nose), but suddenly, he's started urinating all over the house. He's gone a couple of times near the door (forgiveable, since we hope that he was trying to signal us), but has also gone in other rooms and on the beds. He knows how to signal his need to go out - he scratches on the door. Now, he doesn't bother and just goes when the need comes upon him. We've begun the regimen of retraining, but is there some reason why he would suddenly get stupid?

Any help you can offer would be appreciated.

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Hi, thanks for writing to me.

I would want to talk to my vet and make sure that everything is A-OK from the surgery. It could just be from the hormonal differences, last surge of testosterone coming through or perhaps the surgery did soemthing to his bladder or ??

You are doing the right thing in retraining him, just keep at it. This isn't something I have commonly heard of.

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I am happy to answer BEAGLE BREED SPECIFIC behavioral questions. Please DO NOT ask CRATE TRAINING OR MEDICAL questions! I am not a vet nor an expert in the use of crates.

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I currently have one beagle, a male age 5, an 12 month old Pit Bull, and a 8 year old min. poodle. I have had to let go of three of my dogs, 2 beagles and 1 whippet/rat terrier mix in the past 5 years, most recently my whippet mix. The two beagles lived to 15 and the whippet mix to 13.5, it has been hard to say goodbye to them. I have done rescue work on and off for years as well as fund-raising for the local animal shelter. I worked for a dog magazine in the past (Southern California Dog Magazine). Being a psychotherapist has encouraged me to do in depth studying of animal behavior as well. I have worked with many people to help curb undesirable behaviors in their dogs (or them!) or to form good behaviors. My life is devoted to and surrounded by my dogs........The picture you see here is Zeppelin but we also call him the "miracle dog". He was hit by a car April 2010 while out with the dog walker and had very serious injuries... 4 surgeries and $17,000 later my boy is whole again and back to loving life. He is so special to me and he weathered a lot of pain and trauma yet is still the sweet boy he always was! I also work to stop Breed Specific Legislation and help to get pit bulls adopted.

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HSUS, PETA, SPCA DONT SHOP...ADOPT!!

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Dog Fancy

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I am a Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in the state of CA and am also credentialed as a Certified Addiction Treatment Specialist

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Honored by the Agoura Animal Shelter for my volunteer work.

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