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Quick intro we have a 5 year old male nutured English Mastiff( Great Guy!) And just took in a 8 month old male English mastiff (Not nutured yet- late Feb) any how- Our new guy Marley just arrived Saturday afternoon- Marley use to live with another dog. Previous owners state not tolieting issues no issues from 10 at night until 8 in the morning- out of cage all night. Night one- Marley pees and poops in the middle of the night ( we take a mental note to make sure we are extra alert and get up and let Marley out in the middle of the night- he obviously is going through adjustment period- and we are not picking up on his cues- during the day we are all in and out so not much need to make the need known- as we are outside a lot over the last 2 days) Next night (2 A.M.)- he poops at the back door- when we hear him walking around( he is getting closure to the door)
We leave the house during the day and put Marley in the cage( lots of pee time outside before we left) when we get home my hubby is not 100% sure but thinks Marley might have wet his bed in the cage just a little- but not sure( gone 2 hours)-
This evening we are all hanging out and Storm( 5 year old Mastiff is hanging out in the kitchen and Marley walks over cocks his leg over Storms head and starts peeing on Storm. Storm has no time to react because my husband just escorted Marley out the door- poor Storm- other than an occasional low growl that he will not share his faviorite bed with Marley- he has easily given up everything else and been pretty understanding.
Its been 5 years since a new puppy was here- ideas?

In all of the years I've been taking care of dogs, 15 to be exact, I know dogs. So, you have two things going on. Stress from change of environment (pooping @ 2am) and establishing pack leader status, (ie, the peeing on Storm.) He is coming into the house needing to know his place. He needs to go through a "who's the Pack Leader" in this group session. It's a whole long story- but you need to reward his status with space, not food, not agressiveness, not any other way but gentle leadership. He needs to know there's a pecking order and where he falls in that order. If you want him to be the 2nd pack leader, and Storm is OK with that, then let him be. If you do not want him climbing his way up the ladder of dog life, then reply back, and we'll walk through this.
Also, try YOGURT for his poops. Dogs poop when they're nervous. Change of environment will wreak major stress on a dog's immune system and most of that is in the intestines. (I have 2 children with intestinal diseases and know poop too.) Also, if you can, a good long walk will cure a lot of behavior issues. Make sure you're leading and they're following.

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