I've got a little dog, Fred, who is a Yorkshire Terrier. Fred is not a fan of peeing on the grass at all, instead he chooses to do his business in one of our stone-filled raised flower and garden beds and usually looks for any sort of "landmark" to pee on. These landmarks have included some very expensive shubbery and flowers as well as pricey metal lawn sculptures.
I purchased the Fire Hydrant Statue in an attempt to get Fred to pee in one spot and stop adding his own special "patina" to my metal lawn sculptures and it didn't seem to work at first. Fred had no desire to even get near the hydrant and while I was not overly disappointed because the hydrant itself is super cute and looks really good in my flower bed, I was still wishing Fred would get the hint and use it as his peeing landmark. I told my husband late last evening that Fred didn't seem to "get" he was supposed to use the hydrant and my husband mentioned that Fred had no reason to use the hydrant right now since it had no attractive scent on it. So under the cover of darkness, my husband slipped outside and "primed" the hydrant for Fred. This morning, Fred was instantly drawn to the hydrant and has used it several times already!
Now while "priming" the hydrant may not be as practical for city dwellers, there are plenty of products available at any pet or sporting goods store to use for that purpose. In fact, I will more than likely need to get some sort of alternative if Fred's hydrant needs a booster over the winter months when my husband isn't so inclined to "prime" the area when it's 20 below and blizzarding out there :-)