In wolf packs, a greater concentration of male
urine marks appear to be distributed along the peripheral buffer zone of the pack's territory compared with the core of the territory.
In my research, female
urine marking appears to be more common in small dogs, especially chihuahuas.
Urine marking appears to be the canine equivalent of personalizing a new home with furnishings and possessions.
Not exact matches
... If the
urine is on vertical surfaces, and
appears in the same places over and over, then it is likely scent
marking.
If you plan to breed your dog and you're resistant to spaying or neutering, you can follow many of the suggestions that follow for dogs who
appear to
urine mark in response to specific social or environmental triggers.
Tomcats that have never been seen before in the yard or neighborhood will
appear and may attempt to enter the house to mate with the female, or may spray your house with
urine to
mark «their territory».
Rather than being an agonistic display of territorial defense, urinary scent
marking by domestic dogs
appears to be a means to make a strange environment smell like home, by masking the unfamiliar odors with individual
urine.