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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 479907" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>He needs exercise, someone to be dominant to him, to be neutered ASAP like in the next couple of weeks if you want to have a prayer to stop the marking which is what a lot of the peeing may be, and he needs a JOB.</p><p></p><p>It is time to put him on a leash when he is inside the house and not in his crate. he must be WITH you, like within six feet on a leash so that you can correct these behaviors every time. It is a PITA but it also WORKS. LOTS of the peeing, esp if he has been outside to pee recently, is to mark what is his. This includes you and your kids. That is why he is peeing on you unless he is afraid of something like you are yelling or banging something. As soon as he starts to hike his leg you give a command to stop and he goes outside right that second. </p><p></p><p>The mix of dogs in him is a tough one unless you have a LOT of room for him to run, herd, chase with-o getting into trouble or hurt or you can walk him for miles and miles each day. Border collies need to NOT be trained for things like frisbees until they are a year because they often develop Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) if you do. My bro trained his male border collie to catch a frisbee at about 6 mos. The dog is the most Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) animal I have ever seen. Until bro started ignoring him (because he first taught the dog to NEED 2 hours of training/frisbee throwing/herding per day and then went to grad school and had a kid and didn't give the dog even ten min per day), if you wanted the dog to stay somewhere you just put a frisbee there. He would watch it obsessively for HOURS. If he didn't get frisbee time each day (hours, not minutes), he acted out, all sorts of destructive behaviors started that were ALL bro's fault for teaching the dog to expect so much attention/traning per day and then just stopping cold turkey because he made other life choices. It has been a hard 5 yrs for the dog because he cannot be left home alone because he ends up hurting himself.</p><p></p><p>The wolf hybrid is very unpredictable. I have known some that were great and some that chewed through solid core doors and broke heavy tempered glass if they wanted to get out and were locked in. Crates may or may not work when he is older. I have known a few who broke through them - even very heavy duty ones. The vet bills were incredible.</p><p></p><p>Keep the dog with you unless he is in the crate or is outside for exercise. On the leash. Do clicker training if that works for you. Get some of those feeder toys that the dog has to do something to get his food. He will have to push the toy around and a few pieces of kibble come out at a time. This will keep him busy and reward him for keeping busy. You will eventually need several so that one is out and used until he gets tired of it (bored) and then you can get a different one out for a while and put that one up. The people I know with dogs like yours often ahve 3-4 of these and rotate them every few weeks. </p><p></p><p>Figure out how to be dominant to him. Watch some of the Dog Whisperer shows and/or read his books. Figure out how to be the alpha in your pack because otherwise your dog will think he is alpha and you won't have much success in training him. Esp if you want him to not pee on people/things - that is what the dominant does and if you are not dominant then the dog is. I know one woman who would get the dog by the scruff as a puppy the way a momma dog does, and another who did other things but I can't remember what. </p><p></p><p>Remember that the wolf part is NOT domesticated and there may be a time when that becomes more dominant. It is not predictable and if you are not clearly the alpha to this dog at all stages of his life then it can get really scary. Several people who used to breed wolf hybrids here have stopped because the wolf part of some of their dogs saw their kids as not dominant and were threatening the kids - some after years of being loving and protective of the kids. </p><p></p><p>The food toys work instead of a dish of food. They have to work to eat and it can keep them occupied for hours for each meal, which gives them less time to get into trouble. Walking/exercising the dog until he is exhausted is also important.</p><p></p><p>Whatever you do, do NOT use a laser pointer to help exercise the dog. They will chase them, but they won't see any difference between a laser pointer and a flashlight or headlights. It was a mistake my bro made with his dog at first, and it took several near misses where the dog almost got hit by a car before he realized that the laser pointer chasing was a huge part of the problem. </p><p></p><p>I hope you can work through these problems and enjoy the dog.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 479907, member: 1233"] He needs exercise, someone to be dominant to him, to be neutered ASAP like in the next couple of weeks if you want to have a prayer to stop the marking which is what a lot of the peeing may be, and he needs a JOB. It is time to put him on a leash when he is inside the house and not in his crate. he must be WITH you, like within six feet on a leash so that you can correct these behaviors every time. It is a PITA but it also WORKS. LOTS of the peeing, esp if he has been outside to pee recently, is to mark what is his. This includes you and your kids. That is why he is peeing on you unless he is afraid of something like you are yelling or banging something. As soon as he starts to hike his leg you give a command to stop and he goes outside right that second. The mix of dogs in him is a tough one unless you have a LOT of room for him to run, herd, chase with-o getting into trouble or hurt or you can walk him for miles and miles each day. Border collies need to NOT be trained for things like frisbees until they are a year because they often develop Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) if you do. My bro trained his male border collie to catch a frisbee at about 6 mos. The dog is the most Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) animal I have ever seen. Until bro started ignoring him (because he first taught the dog to NEED 2 hours of training/frisbee throwing/herding per day and then went to grad school and had a kid and didn't give the dog even ten min per day), if you wanted the dog to stay somewhere you just put a frisbee there. He would watch it obsessively for HOURS. If he didn't get frisbee time each day (hours, not minutes), he acted out, all sorts of destructive behaviors started that were ALL bro's fault for teaching the dog to expect so much attention/traning per day and then just stopping cold turkey because he made other life choices. It has been a hard 5 yrs for the dog because he cannot be left home alone because he ends up hurting himself. The wolf hybrid is very unpredictable. I have known some that were great and some that chewed through solid core doors and broke heavy tempered glass if they wanted to get out and were locked in. Crates may or may not work when he is older. I have known a few who broke through them - even very heavy duty ones. The vet bills were incredible. Keep the dog with you unless he is in the crate or is outside for exercise. On the leash. Do clicker training if that works for you. Get some of those feeder toys that the dog has to do something to get his food. He will have to push the toy around and a few pieces of kibble come out at a time. This will keep him busy and reward him for keeping busy. You will eventually need several so that one is out and used until he gets tired of it (bored) and then you can get a different one out for a while and put that one up. The people I know with dogs like yours often ahve 3-4 of these and rotate them every few weeks. Figure out how to be dominant to him. Watch some of the Dog Whisperer shows and/or read his books. Figure out how to be the alpha in your pack because otherwise your dog will think he is alpha and you won't have much success in training him. Esp if you want him to not pee on people/things - that is what the dominant does and if you are not dominant then the dog is. I know one woman who would get the dog by the scruff as a puppy the way a momma dog does, and another who did other things but I can't remember what. Remember that the wolf part is NOT domesticated and there may be a time when that becomes more dominant. It is not predictable and if you are not clearly the alpha to this dog at all stages of his life then it can get really scary. Several people who used to breed wolf hybrids here have stopped because the wolf part of some of their dogs saw their kids as not dominant and were threatening the kids - some after years of being loving and protective of the kids. The food toys work instead of a dish of food. They have to work to eat and it can keep them occupied for hours for each meal, which gives them less time to get into trouble. Walking/exercising the dog until he is exhausted is also important. Whatever you do, do NOT use a laser pointer to help exercise the dog. They will chase them, but they won't see any difference between a laser pointer and a flashlight or headlights. It was a mistake my bro made with his dog at first, and it took several near misses where the dog almost got hit by a car before he realized that the laser pointer chasing was a huge part of the problem. I hope you can work through these problems and enjoy the dog. [/QUOTE]
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