My little buddy Tank, a 135 lb eight month old Bullmastiff, has been going to local dog park for four months. His park visits are to help with socializing with other dogs and people. However, Tank has been trying to urinate on the people just standing around. This behavior started about two week ago about the same time he has started lifting leg and marking his territory. Also, Tank is a purebred Bullmastiff and I would like to breed him at a later date, he is currently un-neutered.

Is Tank trying owning or marking these people? What is the best way to get him stop trying to urinating on people?

Wade and Linda-

Neutering him would definately fix your problem, or at least make it easier to tackle. Not only that but why breed him to make money?? Why not just be happy to have a great dog who is neutered and healthy? there are so many health problems that occur when a dog is unneutered, not only that but he becomes a problem to other dogs at the park, especially if they decide to compete for a female. Sure bullmastiffs are wonderful dogs, but the more breeding that happens, the more dogs that already need homes just get euthanized. If you love dogs, or bullmastiffs, or any type of dog, why not consider preventing more unwanted puppies and spare those at the bullmastiff rescue who already need homes. Now, if absolutely feel that you just have to breed him, well obviously, you'l go ahead and do it anyways, but one more thing to consider is that mastiffs are among the breeds of dog who require someone who knows the breed in order for the dog to be under control. Obviously, you do, but I hate seeing dogs like them who grow up and are tossed out to shelters because these people once adopted a cute puppy, but suddenly they cant handle a big dog. I hope that my opinion is not taken personally, but I just want you to know that is the likely fate of a majority of the puppies. Also, this is something that many people are at least aware of before they decide to breed.

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I'm at my wit's end about how to help rehabilitate this problem short of getting a trainer, a pet "shrink" or a bark collar.

Since most of us seem to be posting problems without any solutions offered by others on this site, I was wondering if there is a way that some if not all of our issues might be addressed.

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