We own two dogs. One is named Bear, she is a 9 month old flat coat retriever. We adopted her from a fellow college student back in December. The other dog we named Foxie and she is a two year old retirever mix we adopted from the humane society about a month ago.

We made sure the two dogs got along before we adopted Foxie, and they did splendidly. Well before we adopted Foxie, Bear was a very good dog. She was full potty trained, she wasn't aggressive except for with kids (neighbor kids used to beat her) and she loved to run around and play. But about a week after Foxie had been in our home and assurted her dominance Bear started acting very aggressive towards any person or animal that came near the home and she doesn't play with much ethusiasm anymore.

Furthermore we think Foxie started to pee and poop on the carpet and Bear started doing it soon after. Our carpets are so badly ruined that it is going to cost us hundreds of dollars to fix them. We take both dogs out for a long time, they do both their business several times. But within five minutes of being in the house they go to the bathroom everywhere, both numbers. The smell is horendous and we can't have people over.

We are both experienced pet owners and have done everything to curve this problem but it is getting worse along with Bear's behavior. Can you please tell us what is going on or how to fix it? Right now it looks like we may have to find a new home for Foxie. We love both of our dogs and want to be able to keep them. Please help!

This may seem superstitious but my neighbors taught me to potty train our cats. They said we should rub the cat's butt in the grass. We did that and surprisingly enough, it worked. Believe it will work for your dogs, too. Peace!

I would guess your dogs probably started this first out of stress of the new dog, then once the smell is in it is hard to break the behavior. If you are not already I would suggest keeping the dogs in kennels when you are not home, at least then you can come home and praise your dog instead of being upset. Also when you are home, do not let the dogs out of your sight, at least not until the behavior has stopped, some people even go as far as to keep the dog on a leash by them at all times, most dogs will not do it in front of your face. It is far fetched but it is a slim possibility at one time your dog could have had a urinary tract infection and that began the horrible cycle of urinating in the house, you may want to have a vet check some urine.