My dog pees out of excitment?

Question

MOSTLY around my dad she does this. She will get so excited to see him and he will pet her and she just pees all over. Sometimes when guests arrive she gets too excited and pees. Is there a way to stop this?

Answer 1

I don't think so...many dogs do this, but eventually they should outgrow it (at least the ones I have known that did this)

Answer 2

I think that if your dad and your guests just ignore her when they first arrive, it may help. Since she is so excited, the more people pet and talk to her the more excited she becomes and just can't hold her pee. You could also try putting her into a crate until she calms down, then let her out to meet people.

Answer 3

Excitement urination occurs most often during greetings and playtime and is not accompanied by submissive posturing. Excitement urination usually resolves on its own as a dog matures, if it's not made worse by punishment or inadvertent reinforcement.
Your Dog May Have An Excitement Urination Problem If:
Urination occurs when your dog is excited, for example during greetings or during playtime.
Urination occurs when your dog is less than one year old.
What To Do If Your Dog Has An Excitement Urination Problem:
Keep greetings low-key.
Don't punish or scold her.
To avoid accidents, play outdoors until the problem is resolved.
Take your dog to the veterinarian to rule out medical reasons for the behavior.
Have your dad ignore her until she's calm.

Answer 4

Your Dog May Have An Excitement Urination Problem If:
Urination occurs when your dog is excited, for example during greetings or during playtime.

It occurs when your dog is less than one year old. And they grow out this phase.
- Stay Calm around dog
- Keep greetings low-key.
- Don't punish or scold her.
- To avoid accidents, play outdoors until the problem is resolved.

Excitement urination occurs, often during greetings and playtime and is not accompanied by submissive posturing.

Answer 5

My dog does this too - to solve it, if we know in advance people are coming over, we walk her for about 10 minutes and wait until she pees twice. the second time releases that "excited pee". When company comes in - No Pee!!

If we are surprised by company - avoid touching the dog, or looking at her until one of us can let her outside to pee twice. Usually works.

Answer 6

Your dad will need to greet the dog outside until the exitement urination stops. Don't punish the dog for this though because that can create fear and cause the dog to urinate out of fear. Also, make sure your dad doesn't make it a huge deal when he comes home- he needs to ignore the dog at first until he is settled down enough.

Answer 7

She's just excited to see them. It's a common problem. Don't yell at her. Have people not make eye contact and ignore her when they come over and act very calm. You also may try practicing one person at a time until she learns company isn't that exciting.

Answer 8

I had that problem too! Ewl. Well our dog was a puppy when that happened so every time he did it we would firmly say "no", pop him (gently) on the nose, and then send him outside for about 10 minutes. If he's a puppy too as he matures he'll grow out of it, so treat it less harsh than potty training, but very similar as.

Answer 9

Is it a Cocker? Take her out more often. They sometimes grow out of it with age. You could also try doing more socializing with her. That way when she sees new people it's not that excited because she always meets new people.

Answer 10

my vet gave us anxiety medicine to help with it. we only give it to her when we will be around a lot of excitement. She is slowly growing out of it though. don't scold it too bad because it is not something they can always control.