Hello I Have A Question For Everyone

[Jean]

Hey why would a dog that you have still do that excitement pee after 1 year. My dog dutches still pees when my husband comes into the room and we have tried everything. She doesn't do it with me just him. Does anyone have any ideas how ta stop it. Oh by the way I am back duh!!!!! I totaly forgot ta tell ya things kind of slowed down now and I am so glad ta come back here and start talkin ta everyone again. Hope yall can help bye for now and thanks.



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JEAN

[Jean]

Not sure what happened why does the thread say moved

[Ritz459]

Well, I think the reason she is peeing when your husband comes into the room, is because she is being submissive. That is her way of telling him, "Ok, ok, your the boss! I give! Aren't you so happy I'm being subbmissive? You are the ruler! Not me!"
I don't know how to stop it exactly, (I'm sure somebody else on here can help you more with that one) but I do know that scolding will only make it worss. DON'T scold your dog for doing it, because that will make her think she will have to pee more to be even more subbmissive.
Anyway, I'm sure somebody else on here can give you a litte bit more advice.

[oc_spirit]

This could be a result of one of two things, either she is being submissive like Ritz said, OR she is just soooo excited she can't contain herself.

If it's her being submissive try having your husband come in and sit on the floor when he greets her. This makes it so he's not towering over her and making her feel dominated by him.

If she's simply getting overly-excited, have your husband ignore her for a few mins when he first comes in. When she seems to settle down a bit, then he can turn and calmly greet her using a quiter voice.

Cheers!

[kjm]

I also have an excitable pee-er, only 9 mo old though, so I'm still hoping for the best. You got some good advice here. Above all, don't, don't, don't scold the dog for peeing this way, either from sheer excitement or from submission. She doesn't realize she's doing it when she's excited and if she's submitting, it's the most natural thing for her to do when your husband shows up. She won't understand why she's in trouble and she'll relate a scolding to your husband coming home.

Be patient. That's all we can do. No, I don't like to clean up a little dribble just about every time I come home, but I'd cry if Boone didn't get all happy and worked up when I came home. Gotta take the bad with all the good stuff our doggies give us sometimes. You know?

[Carrie]

I think OC and Ritz have some good ideas. Also, is your husband reprimanding the dog at all harshly? The dog must be super sensative, so any discipline should be quiet, gentle etc, basically no scolding, just showing the dog what you want and rewarding. That's with regular training, not this submissive peeing. There really isn't any attention that should happen when she pees, nothing at all. Just go about your business and pay attention to her later, when she's settled down.

You can also do some games to build her confidence. Tug of war and let her win every time is one thing. In general, learning new tricks or obedience skills in itself builds confidence. Just use lots of positive, happy association and if it's due to exciteability, then keep things low key and not too wound up. When coming or leaving the house, just go...don't make any fuss over the dog. (that's what your husband could practice if he's not already) Wait a while after coming home to pay attention to the dog and do like OC said. If the pup is still about a year old, that's pretty young still and she may grow out of it with your help. Good luck.

[GSD]

Great advice given, i don't know why, but i'm going to reinforce it anyway.
at 1 year, i don't think its excitement peeing, but more probably submissive peeing. Your dog doesn't have other issues holding it a normally does he/she?

1) do not even look at the dog sternly when this happens, ignore it, go about your business and clean it up later. even glancing in the direction could be enough to keep the behavior going.

2) your husband, should completely ignore the dog when he comes into the room, or home, whenever the dog usually pees. Even if the dog is crawling on the floor peeing everywhere, DO NOT even look at it. When he's settled down later have your husband bond, by training, which is in his best 12 year old girl voice and full of treats and toys, not even a mellow NO should be given by him for quite some time.

3) Have your husband work on his body language as said before. No towering over the dog, step and turn sideways, a non threatening position and always use his 12 year old girl voice.

Build confidence in the dog, let him win some tug games, ob training is a great way, because they get rewarded every time they do something right. These sort of things build a bond with a dog far more than constant petting and letting them sleep in your bed.

Good luck and keep us updated, it might take a few weeks and even then you might have a few accidents, but keep at it, everything fun and ignore the peeing.

[flyndog]

Well said, GSD.