I moved to a new house - the previous owners did not have pets and the house
was very clean - I did not get the carpets cleaned. I have a 4 year old
male beagle that has started peeing in the house. He is mostly marking but
has also peeed. He has NEVER done this before. I have read suggestions
that I have to pen him in a small area until he gets used to his new
surroundings. I hate to do this since he has always had the run of the
house. Any suggestions?

"Bad Beagle Boy" wrote in
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I moved to a new house - the previous owners did not have pets and the
house was very clean - I did not get the carpets cleaned. I have a 4
year old male beagle that has started peeing in the house. He is
mostly marking but has also peeed. He has NEVER done this before. I
have read suggestions that I have to pen him in a small area until he
gets used to his new surroundings. I hate to do this since he has
always had the run of the house. Any suggestions?

Yes, start housetraining him like he was still an 8 week old puppy. Use a
dog crate, or tether him to you, etc., but don't let him make anymore
"mistakes."

You can't take him outside too often right now.

And it wouldn't hurt to brush him up on his OBEDIENCE TRAINING, either.

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