For the last month or so I have had my Mums Rough Collie to stay at my house.  He fits in really well and he and Saffy are best friends and we have had no problems at all with him.  He does cock his leg and wee up everything in the garden, but I realise that is probably just a male dog thing (Saffy is a bitch).

Yesterday however, we were all in the living room when a dog programme came on TV with a dog madly barking.  Both dogs went mad, jumped up barking and looking round.  Tyler (Mums dog) realised the noise was coming from the TV, went over, had a good sniff and then cocked his leg up the TV! I have to say I only found it funny as I have a tiled floor!

Today a relative visited with her little Jack Russel bitch.  He was very friendly with her, but then cocked his leg up my door.  Is this something he will continue to do does anyone know, or is it because he has only been at my house for a short while? 

Thanks,

Fiona

If he did not do this behaviour at your mum's I would think he is marking his new territory and making sure all dogs in the home and even through the tv, realise he is top dog.

However put a stop to it now, a very sharp No and a marching outside is needed, he obviously feels after a month he is staying with you now.  When you have dog vistitors get them to come around the back into the garden or march them straight outside so that your mum's dog can cock his leg up a garden bush or tree to assert his authority somewhere more appropriate and then take both dogs inside, he should not cock his leg at all then in the home.

Make sure there are plenty of his toys, blankets around when visitors come so that he feels his scent is in the home.

He obviously feels happy with you and your dog and wants to show others this is his home. :-D

Thanks for that Carrington.  Luckily I did exactly what you suggested - 'No' and marched him to the garden.  I will have to be prepared in the future.

Yes I would have liked to have rehomed him by now, but I don't want to feel that I 'got rid' of him as he was Mum's.  Trouble is I realise the longer he stays the harder it will be for him.  I did think I had a home for him a couple of weeks back but it wasn't so.

Have you contacted his breeder first and then Beryl and Chris at Collie Rescue?

Thanks Val, I might well need to try them soon.  I really wanted to rehome him myself to someone I knew or knew of, so that I felt I had done my best by him.

If you contact the breeder, they may well have someone waiting for an older dog. :)  As people get older themselves, when they have lost their oldie, they don't necessarily want a puppy but still contact their original breeder for an older dog.  I wouldn't like to think of one of mine being rehomed without me knowing about it. :(

Sorry Val, I meant Collie Rescue.  My sister is the breeder anyway, so she is aware of what is happening :).  That's why we are being very particular about rehoming him and are really looking for an older couple. :)

Do I know your sister?????? :)

No, I wouldn't think so. She does not show.