My Maltese male hikes his leg on everything

My Maltese does it also in the house and he is already 11. We putted him in night in kennel for 1 month, now he is free again and he stopped hiking. But when we went outside he still do. This must be any angry acting. Almost all male dogs have this hiking. They must put marks to their area for every other dog understand, who is the boss there..lol

Do you keep a training pad in the house? If not, get them. Prop part of the pad up on a wall, furniture, or wherever your little guy goes most often. Males like to pee against something; it's their nature. Pads on the floor are great for the females, but the males need something to pee against. I used that method with my male Maltese and it worked quite well. He still did it other places, but the majority of it was on the pad. It made life much simpler.

This is good information to have. I have a female and she is potty trained, but still will go in the house if no one is there to let her out. Fortunately she doesn't go all over the place like it seems that male maltese do. I would say to just make extra trips outside and try to make sure he does as much of his business outside as possible. If you have to, pick him up and carry him outside so he doesn't go on the door on his way out. Maybe next time it would be a good idea to get a female. And until then, good luck with you baby. Oh, also, I don't think it is a male dog thing necessarily. All small dogs seems to be hard to train. They have smaller bladders and need to go more frequently and can't hold it very well.

I have the same problem with my little Maltese. He is almost 2 years old now, and he does hike his leg occasionally on furniture. We yell at him when we see him do it, and he knows he is not supposed to, but acts like he just HAS to do it!! We keep a puppy pad out and that seems to work quite well most of the time, but he does still have his own little stubborn mind...Good luck with your litte one!

I don't know if all males are this difficult, but you can add my little Manning to the list. He is a little over a year old, and was neutereed before 6 months. He also was NOT hiking his leg prior to neutering. Yet, he now hikes his leg all over the place, inside, outside, everywhere. I do not know what to do to stop this behavior, but would love to hear the "cure-all" for this...

When I originally purchased my Maltese, I was told that the Maltese is the most difficult dog to potty train. I just looked at the man and thought, "Yea sure. I can potty train anything." I am a very patient person. But I have to admit that she did take much longer than other breeds I had had over the years. She was stool trained long before she was potty trained. I think a male would be even more difficult. Unfortunately, there is something called a piddling pup, for various reasons. One reason may be that you just didn't get the behavior down in time and he goes where he wants. The main thing is to be very patient, very firm, and give him a definite structure to work within and a reward schedule. If you must take him out every hour until he learns where it is acceptable to put it, it is well worth the effort. You can do it. Good luck.

No worries. You are not alone. My male maltese, although 3 years old now, still hikes his leg in the house. It's terribly frustrating. I noticed that at night he gets up and does it in our bedroom. I was very weary of scrubbing walls clean, not to mention cleaning the spots off of the carpet. Oh, and lets not forget doing laundry from his little bad habit. I have taken to putting him in a kennel at night, so he won't hike his leg during the nighttime hours. I really hate doing it too. He looks at me with those big black eyes, and it just breaks my heart. I spoke to our vet about it, and was told that if you have them neutured by 6 months of age, the instict isn't there to hike their legs everywhere. After that time, they have already matured into the habit of hiking. I haven't found a solution yet, at least a solution that I can live with.