Curious to learn more
about urine marking in dogs?
For more information
about urine marking and how to resolve it, please see our article, Urine Marking in Dogs.
If you have any questions
about urine marking in your cat, do not hesitate to call for advice.
For more information
about urine marking, please see our article, Urine Marking in Dogs.
Not exact matches
One limitation of the study is that researchers relied on self - reporting by study participants for information
about high blood pressure or preeclampsia, a pregnancy disorder
marked by high blood pressure and protein in the
urine and a known risk factor for heart disease, that occurred in subsequent pregnancies after the one in which the initial data was collected.
Urine marking tends to be a behavior that develops by
about the age of 2 years, although some dogs may begin
marking as young as a few months old.
Some dogs tend to be very particular
about when they
urine mark, and might only do it in response to certain situations that arouse them in some way.
Overall though,
urine marking outdoors is nothing to be concerned
about — most of the time it's just your dog's way of communicating his boundaries with his four - legged friends in the neighborhood.
If kitty feels insecure
about her home, she may start
marking everything with
urine.
Dogs can learn a lot
about each other from
urine markings, even avoiding conflict by making a no - stress social connection.
Even once neutered or spayed, cats can still
urine spray -
mark for territorial reasons, though fixed or unfixed, cats generally don't
urine spray
mark before they are two years of age when they move into social maturity (social maturity happens between the ages of two and four years; sexual maturity at
about 6 months).
The chemical scent - messages in a dog's
urine tell other dogs just
about everything they need to know: where the
marking dog hangs out, how long it's been since he's been around, and (in the case of a female) sexual receptivity.
Wolves scent -
mark with
urine, on average,
about every 900 feet.
By
urine marking, a cat tells other cats of his presence and makes a statement
about such things as what piece of property is his, how long ago he was in the area and, over time, when other cats can expect him to return.
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So what's
urine marking all
about?
One of the most common behavior complaints
about cats is
urine marking, or cat spraying.
Bunnies
mark their territory by spraying
urine or laying cecals (rabbit faeces)
about their premises.