I have a dog, Oscar, who will NOT stop marking. I have had him since he was a puppy and also had him neutered. I have lived by myself until about a 3 months ago when I moved in with my boyfriend. I have one other female dog, and he has another female dog. Oscar has always had a problem with marking when we moved to a new apartment, but it stopped with in a couple of weeks and was never a problem otherwise. He will pee outside and never had full releases indoors. At my boyfriend's house he will not stop marking! At first I thought it was just him "marking his territory" but it has gone beyond that.
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He marks EVERYTHING down to my boyfriend's son's toys. We have tried putting diapers on him trying to keep him from trying to go because of the restraint and it did not work. He would go in the diaper and sometimes scoot the diaper down in order to mark something. We have tried a shock collar but that just caused him to sneak off and do it more.
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As crazy as it sounds, I think he knows what he is doing is wrong. He never does it in front of us. If he hikes his leg and I catch him he stops immediately and runs and hides so I can not punish him. When he has successfully marked something and I find the area later and he sees me find it, he looks at me in "panic" and runs away from me because he knows what he did is wrong.
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I'm running out of options and my boyfriend says it's time for him to go! HELP!!

are the females spayed? if they arent get them spayed.

One girl is spayed, the other is not. How would this help?

Well, my friend had a dog that marked like crazy because they had an unspayed female dog. And he was protecting "his girl". The male was netured. He thought that the female was his. And was protecting her from other male dogs. And they got her spayed an he stoppped. Don't know if it will work for you though. Hope it does though.

Ya know, I never thought of it from that aspect. Thanks! Anybody else have experience with this?

None of my males mark (inside), and they're full male. I guess I'm lucky.

We have a female in the house. She's 6 months old and also unspayed. We're having more problems with her than any other dog.

I've always had problems with females and potty training.

My female dog is just a little angel! It's my older, male dog that is the problem!

My baby girl, Zoey, learned quickly the habits of my boyfriend's girl dog. So, she's actually a better dog now than she was before.

You would think that with her being 2 and Oscar being 5 1/2 that we would have had the opposite problem!

Just as a side thought, have you brought him to the vet to make sure it is a behavioral problem and not something medically wrong?

I had a problem with my female who never had issues in the past and suddenly started going in the house... only to find out she had a minor urinary tract infection. With the treatment of the infection stopped the unwanted behavior in the house.

I thought about that, but I really don't think that's the case. The behavior has happened in the past, it just stopped after a few weeks so I know he's prone to do it. Plus, it's in consistent spots, it's just a little dribble, and he releases normally outside. It has all the characteristics of "marking." He's also had his check up recently and everything came back fine healthwise.

anxiety in a male dog will cause the seemingly "marking" in the house.
Be aware you are throwing a lot at your dog. New surroundings, different people and a different dog. Dogs are not like people.
Next, you will also need to clean the house with special cleaners found in pet shops.
Watch his water in take and monitor it close.
You might want to look at treatments for anxiety if marking continues. Fixin a male or female dog will not correct the anxiety peeing.

Do you know of any proven treatments for anxiety in dogs?

That all makes sense. The marking started when we moved to FL and I got another dog. Then it slowed after he got used to the new apt with occasional marking. It picked back up when we moved to NC and got worse when I started spending less time at home and then continued on to the new house. Throw all that in there with a new dog in the house....you're right. He could be stressed out.

I am not sure if this will make it in the post but check major pet store chain for pheromone plug in, Petsmart.
Pheromone should not harm the dog. If possible ask some vets advice about pheromone use. If a vet recommends valium quickly then, you leave that vet immediately! A modern vet should be looking for more non-invasive treatments and non drug addiction type remedies.
Also look for a vet that does holistic treatments. However, holistic treatments take a lot more time to work.

Some vets might recommend the use of prozac. Whre anxiety occurs.
If you place a dog on valium or prozac you are possibly creating a drug addicted dog. For that matter any animal placed on drugs would become a drug addict.
A dog on drugs will make the dog always lethargic and this will result in the dog not wanting to play, not interested in going for a walk or a ride in the car. The dog may tend to gain weight due to lack of exercise. The dog's life can then become shortened by a good number of years.
Just giving a heads up and not wanting to see drug addict dogs.