Expert: Georgia - 6/20/2001

Question
any advice, I have 2 male spayed dogs and I put diapers on them, as I cannot make them stop marking in the house.  Lots of dog laundry. Sure hope you can help! Maybe hormone medicine? Thanking you in advance. ( one was a great dane, he recently died at 9 1/2 so now it's the bichon and a yorkie)

Answer
Okay first of all you need to get both of them to obedience classes. This will first of all teach you how to train them and it is not a short process. When they have learnt the basics, sit, heel, drop etc. then you can teach them not to urinate in the house. Hormone medicine as far as I can tell is not necessary. You just need to establish dominance over them and then correct them for marking in the house. You will only be able to do this correctly if you have been taught how to do so by a good dog trainer.