Dog Pees On Herself. How Do I Stop This?

Question

My Dog pees on herself. When I take her out to walk, she sits a little, lets her pee go and then gets up as she is peeing, she walks while she pees and I can see it hitting the back of her legs....
It is really quite disgusting, and I am getting tired of washing her everytime I finish walking her.
Are all female dogs like this? Pee on themselves? Or just this one? how can I stop her from peeing on herself in the furture?
What is wrong with her?
Please Help!

This is sort of what I do, the problem is, Is my Husband and I take turns walking her. I during the day time and he at night...He doesn't see her pee on herself and it has become quite a debated argument between us now!
I put my hand on her back and hold her in place until she is done but today, immediately after that she got up she walked a bit and then started peeing while she was walking again...
I need to show My Husband then what I am seeing....He doesn't look at her when she pees because he thinks it makes her uncomfortable....
Good Idea about the treats...I will try that...Will have to show my Husband what is happening! This needs to stop!!!

No, Joanie that is not it. She is a Rottweiller and a MASSIVE dog, no way we could use one of those reely things. Of course I know how to walk her, when she stops I stop, The problem is she has NO PATIENCE. she pees for a second and then gets up and practically starts running while she is still peeing. You can shout, tell her wait, don't, stop and she doesn't care...Tug her leash and she still keeps going....With pee following her along...
I just want to get her to be patient.

Answer 1

Sounds like you need to teach your dog to actually STOP. If she urinates a little and then carries on walking, you don't have control of her head. I don't know what age this dog is, but she just sounds as if she's too busy to stop. Teach her to stop separately from the urinating issue. You can teach STOP in the Sit initially. When you are walking her, show her a treat, and ask her to Sit. (She should know how to Sit.) When she sits, say WAIT and treat her. Keep treating her so that she is happy to stay there. Allow her to walk on *only when you say so*....so you have to have control of her. If she's too strong for you, then that's the main issue, imo. (If she is pulling off with you in tow, then I would put on a halti collar to give yourself some control.) If this doesn't work outside, then train it inside first, and then in your garden, and then on a walk. When she will WAIT on command in the Sit, you then train it when walking. The easiest way to do this, is to literally place yourself in her path. The dog will STOP......give her treats.....she may Sit, but don't worry about that. Build up the time she can Stand and Wait. Don't ask for too long too soon. Eventually she will STOP when you say STOP, followed by WAIT. (The word STOP is a valuable tool in any situation. If taught well, you can quite literally stop your dog anytime, and in any position. But make sure the dog *fully understands what you are asking* before trying it in everyday situations.) So (eventually, this won't work overnight!) you have a dog that stops on command. So when she actually stops to urinate, put the word WAIT in. She now understands this word, and should finish what she's doing! If she attempts to walk on, say STOP and place yourself in front of her. She should finish urinating. What you can also do is put a word to the actual act. I say "Hurry, Hurry" to my dogs (cos I always seem to be house-training outside in the sodding rain!! ) and they soon "go" on command. So that is valuable too. When she urinates, say "Hurry, hurry" and "Wait". I hope this helps you.......I have an older dog (no health problems) who seems to forget what she's doing, and I just say "Wait, sweetheart" as she attemps to walk on, and she does. Good Luck!!

By all means get her checked out at the vet to eliminate any health problems. But if it is a young dog, she might be just too busy......and if older, just forgetting what she's doing!! All the best.

Answer 2

She is excited, which is weak anxious energy, so she submissively pees....this is very normal in young pups because they haven't had a lot of socialisation and they normally grow out of it as you start lead walking and socialisation and dog training classes because they become more confident. If it is an older dog then you really need to do a lot of socialisation, lead walking a classes. Make sure she feels protected by you. Don't fuss her when she is excited,(you or other people) otherwise you are praising her for feeling this way and you don't want her to. One way of helping her is to almost pretend she is not there, whatever you are doing,lead walking, feeding etc no looking at her, no talking to her and no touching her, this takes the pressure off her, it isn't easy to do for humans however it works very well and slowly she will feel less anxious.

Answer 3

If You are in control of the leash, How is the dog walking away??? Hold the leash and plant your feet, then she can't walk away peeing on herself! When you see that she is squatting, Stop! You must be walking with one of those insane fishing reels. No control. Gets you a full time job of washing piss. There's also the slim possibility that she has some medical condition. But doubtful.

Answer 4

How old is the dog? It sounds to me like she's incontinent - this is fairly common in older, spayed b itches. The urinary sphincter (the part that controls voluntary flow of urine) becomes weak, and they pee without meaning to. In these cases, the dogs are not aware they are peeing, which is why she walks while peeing.

I think you should take the dog to the vet. There is a drug available for this very problem and it works wonders. I just don't think this sounds behavioural, I think it sounds like classic incontinence - happens in younger dogs too.

Chalice

Answer 5

Has she recently been spayed, or spayed late in her life? That's often a cause for incontinence.

Another major issue in large dogs that causes such incontinence is either 1) equina cauda syndrome or 2) hip dysplasia. They both have similar symptoms, and are very frequent in large dogs (large pedigree dogs have an overwhelming incidence of these maladies). You do want to catch these maladies early!

Best to take her to a vet, describe the issues, and, if recommended, have a spinal/hip x-ray.

Answer 6

You should see a vet cause there could be an actual physiological problem with her urinary tract that doesnt allow her to finish the job before she gets the signal she's done.

Animals are usually quite precise when it comes time to relieving themselves...they go when they want to go and leave when the job is done...so most likely there is a problem with her and you should check it out.

Answer 7

Ha ha ha... That's quite wonderfuly funny and weird but maybe you should like hold her down until she's finished then give her a treat if you do this again and again she will make the link

Answer 8

she will grow out of it.... let her go