When your dog gets excited does it...?

Question

I know it's normal for puppies to widdle when they get excited
but when should they stop, my dog still does when he greets us sometimes, and he's nearly 10 months old.

It's a yorkie by the way

Answer 1

It's perfectly normal - it is NOT dogs which have been beaten, neither does castration help. He'll grow out of it when he's mature. We had a nearly fully grown Akita used to do it when he greeted people - good job we have a tiled floor in the hall!

Answer 2

No they don't ALL do it. My dog (puppy) gets over excited, but she never widdles on the floor inside because of it.

Maybe you should take the dog straight out into the garden when you get back so it can have a widdle out there....

Answer 3

Training.............. Teach your dog to sit and stay whenever someone comes to the door, Practise with your hubby. Get him to knock on the door. When the dog rushes to the door, you make him give you space. Draw an imaginary line that he cant cross, once he is behind this then ask him to sit and stay. Open the door invite your guest in , Walk past the dog then allow the dog to in a calm way meet the guest.This eliminates the excitable behaviour. People often mistake that kind of excitement as the dog been pleased to see you and that he has missed you. Its not, they are not human and they don't think like humans, its just we choose to interpret it that we as it makes us feel special.Dogs live in the moment. This type of behaviour is because they are not getting enough exercise and its pent up energy they need to release.
I am presuming at 10 months old the dog knows the sit and stay command. If not e mail me and I will be happy to explain to you a very simple and quick Way to teach your dog this.

Answer 4

Some youngsters still do it at 18 months. It does settle down with time and maturity. Try not to overstimulate your dog by excited greeting so he stays calmer. I usually offer a favourite treat on entering the house to distract and wait to greet the dog until it is calmer.

Answer 5

My dogs love popsicles!! We give them the small flav-o-ice ones. One for each dog. Make sure that the dogs are not already hot and that the temperature is not hot. It will cause the dogs to over heat. My mom's dog goes crazy when he hears ice falling into a glass. He will bark uncontrollably until he gets a piece!!

Answer 6

Most dogs get past that stage early on but some never stop. You need to not scold the dog for it but instead get it to remain calm until you get outside.

It usually only happens with dogs that have been dominated or beaten and it is a sign of submission. Nasty but true.

Answer 7

My female dog pees every time we take her to the vet's office. She doesn't show any sign of distress and is usually trying to sniff everything in sight.

We ended up taking her on a road trip for a quick get away weekend at a hotel that took pets (our dog sitter fell through).

We took her in with us when we checked in and she must have thought we were taking her to the vet. She let go of about a pint of fluid. Good thing it was tiled floor.

She was fine the rest of the weekend, so we're guessing she figured out that she wasn't in the vet's office.

Answer 8

I have a 12 year old Chihuahua. He still does it. I suggest you teach the sit down and get him outside to potty, then greet. Saves a lot of "Oh gross! Get Down, Sinka!"

Answer 9

when you walk into the house try to ignore the dog until you have let it out for a wee it will hopefully get the idea that it needs to calm down before it gets some fuss and attention

Answer 10

He should have stopped doing that by now, my dog used to do that when we first got him, but as soon as he was going outside he stopped. Which was when he was about 4months old.