Nervous Peeing I think
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| Do you give him any negative feedback when he pees inside? He has to experience your displease.....annoyance might be better term. Don't forget the praise outside too.
Any chance of a UTI? An infection might be a problem. Also boy's plumbing doesn't mature very fast. You kind of expect booboos for quite a while. However, if you think he's testing you or making a statement, you need to let him know such behavior is not permitted. It doesn't have to be a major production, but he needs some correction.....without a lot of words. Remember, they don't speak or understand our language. |
Susan, a lot of puppies submissive or excitement wet then grow out of it. Not to discount medical issues as a possibility, but if he only pees when he gets excited (person! person! yippee!?) then that's less likely. For a while if Che got REALLY excited, he'd dribble a little  He outgrew it.
When I started taking Dazz out to training facilities as part of her socialization (recall she's my anxiety ridden rescue dog, not a puppy) I had to run interference so no one would get to close to her or she'd submissive pee a river even if she had just pottied outside and I had to be prepared to clean up   Same with visitors at the house. She's much better now.
With puppies it is often just excitement and most do outgrow it. Original poster's response sounds very sensible. Now to hang in there through the outgrowing it part  Mind you, if he's coming in and peeing even without outside stimuli (people) then medical or not getting some part of potty training is more likely.
if excitement weeing, the thing is to ignore the behavior (and try to avoid setting it off) because if it's anxiety/excitement driven even a mild verbal rebuke can actually add to their anxiety and prolong the cycle. I don't really see a young puppy like that using peeing as a challenge of any kind. I suppose it could happen, but it's just so unlikely and such a puppy would probably be exhibiting other less than socially acceptable traits. Kristine |
| The title didn't register in my brain.....nervous.....of course there's not much that can be done but be patient. And some never quite grow out of it......I've had a leaker myself.
Upright attitude helps by not getting into the cutesy voice that stimulates excitement. Of course that doesn't help when out in public and someone comes up, raises their voice and gets the pups excited again. Some don't outgrow the leaking.....mine kept it up her entire life.....we tried to meet people outside
Thanks for pointing out I missed the title, just started skimming the post. |
| Easy to miss if you haven't had a puppy in a while. It's been a while here so I'd pretty much forgotten about it, though Dazz is a good reminder re submissive wetting in general.
At our last agility run-thru she was sooooo enamoured with Pam's (Simon's Mom) husband Randy. She kept sneaking up to pester him. Then when he'd reach to pet her she'd squat and just as I was going to intervene I realized she was half squatting but no urine and this was major progress so I just kind of watched her interact with him to see how she'd handle it. She did well. Huge step in the right direction for a dog like her. Most puppies really do outgrow it pretty quickly though. Scout's honor and all that.
Kristine |
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