I have a 6-month-old neutered Boston terrier puppy. Vito was neutered about one month ago but was already lifting his leg to urinate when I got him at about 4.5 months.
I wouldn#%92t call Vito house broken yet but the last few accidents have been more what I would consider marking then training accidents. My question is, these marking incidents are only happening about once a week so I wouldn#%92t say he#%92s marking up my entire apartment all the time or anything like that. The things he#%92s marked include my father#%92s cat#%92s vertical scratching post (somewhat explainable), another dog#%92s dog bed (somewhat explainable), a rolled up jute rug (woven hay rug), and a pillow on my couch (can#%92t come up with an explanation for that one- he#%92s not allowed on the couch anymore). He#%92s almost always confined to the room I#%92m in but I#%92m finding that these incidents are happening rather quickly and with no prediction (the rug incident happened 15 minutes after a potty break outside). So, do I proceed with treating them like house training accidents and this will stop over the next few weeks with more reinforcement of housetraining rules or is there something else I need to do now ? The belly band thing seems silly when it#%92s only happening once a week, no? I should also mention that I already do the NILIF approach to almost everything.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!