I have a happy peer!

[Kyle, Maggie & Jack]

Hi,

I am so glad to have found DK.  Since becoming a member, I have read so much and have learned even more!  It is comforting just knowing I am not alone going through some of these more challenging puppy stages. 

 

For the past week, every time Maggie meets someone new, she gets so excited she pees!  Sometimes we get lucky and it is a small puddle on the floor.  Other times, she slips and slides in it before we can clean it up, or worse, pees on someones shoes!  

 

Is this a behavior she will outgrow?  Is there anything I can do to prevent it from happening? I don't want people to stop coming over because hey dont' want to get peed on :)

 

Thanks,

Kyle

[Melody & Bruin]

Kyle, I feel your frustration....my Bruin does the same thing.  It is so embarrassing.  He peed on everyone at Pet Smart and everyone at the vet's office.  I think they will eventually grow out of it.

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Daisy did this right up until she was about 16 months old....excited pee er really not a happy one. Whenever my boss came into the office (not often) she inevitably squirted...it was really awful but he would just go get paper towel and clean it up - ha ha. He loves her but he use to greet her with big open arms and a big white smile (he is black) and I think it scared her a little. He finally gets not to do that and she no longer squirts.

Frankly I thought it would never end.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Vern did this too and he outgrew it. He once peed on a potential dog sitter's shoe. Luckily, she still watched him.

[Rose Ann and Amante]

No Advice sorry!! Maggie is a doll!!!!!!!!

[Deanna & Desi & Cori]

As a puppy, Sedona had a big problem with "happy pee".  She's pretty much out-grown the problem (now at age 2), but will still have an episode if we've been gone for a longer than usual time and she's excited to see us.  Funny thing is, she has access to the backyard while we're gone (and uses it regularly on her own when we're home) but I don't think she goes out while we're away.

[Heather Martinez]

Teddy is 10 months and he still does this, but not as often. The other day we took him to the groomer and he was lying on his back getting petted and he got so excited upon seeing another one of the groomers that he peed and it started spurting out while he was lying on his back! Luckily it didn't hit anyone!

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Tara only did this twice as a pup and both times it was when a strange man loomed over her-too scary I think! It is something that they usually out grow as they get more familiar with the world.

[Becka]

Sadie used to do this at the vet's office but now it's only when she's excited to see other dogs, and only dogs that are bigger/older than her, so I think it's more of a submissive behavior. Although a few weeks ago she was apparently so excited to see the owner of her doggie daycare that she peed a little when we got there. I do think they usually grow out of it.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Guinness did this as a young puppy, but he's outgrown it.  I kept him leashed when people arrived at the door to try to control some of his excitement....and to protect the legs and shoes of our visitors.

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

Haley did this as a puppy.  I would try to have him outside or at least on the back porch when someone came to visit so that I didn't have to clean it up in the house.  DH would call me a few minutes before he arrived home from work so that I could get Haley out side to greet him.  In the morning when Haley came downstairs to greet his "dad" he would get so excited he would pee.  He would pee in the waiting room at the vet's and in the examining room.  He would pee at Petsmart.  He just got so excited.  Slowly he out grew it. 

The only place he does it now (at almost 3 years old) is the vet's examining room.  This summer  he was sick and the vet tech went to draw blood.  She lifted Haley's paw as he was sitting and she was squatted down on the floor in front of him and he let it go and got her right in the middle!!!

[Bonnie and Kona]

We had a dog that did this. It is called submissive urination. Have new comers enter and not look at or talk to the dog. You need to have control of her, best if she is on a leash. After the visitor has been there for a period of time for all of the excitement of their arrival to diminish, everyone is seated, things are calm all around, you could "unleash" Maggie. Continue to ask your guest to not look at or talk to her but let her approach the guest to sniff and settle. When the guests fusses over the dog or bends over her it triggers the submissive response of peeing. Our dog even did it to us when we would come home and bend over him to pet him. He eventually got over it with us and finally after a long, long time, stopped doing it with visitors. Good luck. You can look it up online for more information. Maggie is certainly an adorable puppy.

[Sue, Lola, Pongo & Hubby]

My parents' dog has done this for years...my parents aren't big on "training" so they never really did much about it besides screaming "She's going to pee, she's going to pee!!". What I would do is approach these situations in a calm manner. When someone comes to your door, make sure she is calm. Get her to sit, or leave the area in a calm way. This might make you answering the door a longer than usual task, but in the end I think it might work. Same goes to situations where you're walking and she gets excited, or going to someone else's house. Good luck!!!