Does your doodle pee on a walk?

[jenn D]

My dogs do not pee on walks. I worked really hard with my beagles to train this, but it seems like my doods have gotten this from the get go. Before walk they go potty in the backyard. When they sniff they do not mark. I always bring a poopy bag because accidents can happen, but that is rare as well.

Our house is right by the community mail box for my street. I'm amazed at how many people let their dogs pee on our grass when they come to get their mail. I would not let my dog do that, maybe that's why I'd rather not have my dog peeing on walks.

Or maybe I'm just weird.

[Debb, Lucy & Oscar]

That's funny... yes, my doodles pee on their walks, but only in designated areas along the route. They know the 'common' areas in the neighborhood and hold it until they reach those areas. Of the 2 doods, Lucy seems to pee more often while on walks. I was just mentioning that to DH the other day, that she seems to have more marking behavior than Oscar. I didn't know females marked.

[Leslie, Yogi & Maci Bear]

Yogi always pees on a walk, and almost always poos also. It's like it works it out of him

[BG and Gavin]

Gavin did not pee on walks until after he was two. He does both now on walks in his neighbourhood. if he goes somewhere new he does not mark but will releive himself. I was releived when he started going regularly while on walks as prior he would hold urine and stool if we were not at home.  24 hous without peeing was troubling!

[Deborah Brown]

My dogs pee everywhere.  I've got enough to worry about without this one!  The boys are both markers and will both mark the same spot - just to be sure, I guess.  They all usually poop too because we take fairly long walks and the exercise gets things moving.

I do encourage them to pee/mark the public areas, not someone's front lawn.

Deb

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Im with you Deb! I always thought that is what you take a dog for a walk to do!! Murphy will mark every bush or rock he gets a wiff of and Bella waits until she is home or at the dog park, those are the only two areas she will go. Its a 2 mile walk to the dog park and she will hold it till she gets there and Murphy has probably stopped 5 times in that short walk. Never on neighbors lawns!

[Diane and Alma]

I swear Alma has an auxiliary bladder when I take her out for a walk!  I've thought about counting the number of times she stops to mark (20...30x's  She can go 5 times at the park across the street before we even begin our walk!) but I think I'd loose count.  I'm amazed that any living thing could hold so much liquid inside of them.  And to think that I wanted a female so we could enjoy a walk without stopping.  And lucky for her we have a nice walking path so she can sniff and pee all she wants.  We joke and say she is leaving p-mail for her fellow doggie friends.  We're sure there's a secret message in the trail she leaves.