Well, here I am again! lol.

Still having big issues with pulling on the lead. But putting that to one side for the moment, the other thing that seems odd is how he does not want to wee anywhere other than our garden or my Auntie's garden. For instance the other day we took him on a long walk around a Park near us. We must of been out for about an hour. In that time he dived in a couple of man-made lakes, and drank loads of water. He MUST of been desperate for a wee, yet he still refuses to have one until he gets back. No sooner we got back to my Auntie's garden, than he went straight to one of her bushes and weed up it.

When I take him on walks anywhere, he does stop and sniff where dogs have been, but he never wees. Our last dog Jasper always left his mark. But Charlie just waits until he's home. This can't do him any good.

Any suggestions?

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Koda is the same! He's really desperate sometimes when we get back from a walk!

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I assume they are worried about marking in another dogs territory so wait until they are back on their own turf
How old are they?

Charlie is almost 10 months old.

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If it really worries you, try collecting some of his wee and pour it somewhere on his regular walk and see if he will go there
It just might encourage him

First of all, when he wees in your garden, attach a word to it. I use 'biz' with my dog. When he's used to the word, he should start weeing on command. Then take him outside after feeding him a lot of very watered down sloppy food, so he will need to go. Stay out until he's weed - an hour is nowhere near long enough, reckon on 3 or 4, or all day! When you think he needs to go, use your command word and keep on saying it gently until he's weed - don't get impatient. When he wees on command, give him loads of praise and high-value treats like liver cake or fresh chicken.
He is probably not very confident about leaving his mark, or has got the idea that it's only OK to go in his garden. It's a common problem.

Cesar is the same he only does number 1's and 2's in our garden or to be precise on the pebbles out the back garden !!!

Although your idea sounds a little bizarre, I would consider it. Except of course for one thing. How am I supposed to 'collect' his urine? Maybe I shouldn't ask! lol.

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I agree with the others.

Put a word to it - it's always handy to have a dog that wees on command anyway, especially when it's late at night and cold and you want to go to bed and your dog is ambling around the garden, pausing only to sniff the air from time to time

And rather than hanging around with a jam jar, maybe put a cloth under where he usually wees at home and then put it in a carrier bag to take out on a walk? Once he's "been" once at a particular spot (hopefully it will soak through the cloth and scent mark the ground so you don't have to spend the rest of your life carrying smelly cloths around), that should get him going

What a good little dog you have

Burrowzig is right in his suggestion though, I use the word piddles for my lot and it seems to work, it's the word I used to train them to pee in the garden when toilet training. If you do this, you have more control over where he does and doesn't pee which is much better than having a dog that will pee up against everything that sticks up out of the ground... thats just not good and can be embarrassing when they do it where they're not supposed to

Two of my boys are pretty good mind, they don't pee that often out on walks but won't poo til they get home, the other boy will only go on concrete anyway

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