Peeing on us????

[Chels*Claud*Midas]

hey all! the past 3 times i have been at the dog park with Midas, my husband and my sister. Midas has peed on them!! twice on my sister and once on my husband... he gets VERY excited to be at the park, and i googled it and read that it can be from excitement and they can just pee on anything vertical, but my sister said in my yard he never pees on trees or anything because i turfed my yard for him.. and most of the time back there he squats like a girl..on walks he lifts his leg on trees and things... but 3 times in the park we are just standing there..he runs around with the dogs plays...and 3 separate times he walks over lifts his leg and peed on them!! is he claiming them? territorial? i dont know..do i yell at him? any advice or experience or tips are appreciated! thanks in advance xoxo

[Lori, Quincy & Frankie]

No advice or experience with like behavior here, but interested in the responses!  good luck! 

[Deborah Brown]

I've seen that occasionally at a dog park.  I'm guessing that he is marking you. This is something that I would correct ASAP. Yelling at him sounds mean but I'd give him a firm NO and get out of his line of fire.

[Rosemary (Ro) and Enzo]

I would agree, he is marking HIS territory. He does not need to this in his own yard, since there are no other dog scents there. And yes, time to correct it now! A firm NO a few times will hopefully stop the behavior.

One of my Goldens did this to my son one time in our front yard. I had a litter of puppies, with both Sire and Female there. My kids were playing with the pups and Chevy ( the male) just walked up to my son, while he was sitting with the puppies, and lifted his leg. Straight into his ear! The look on my son's face, maybe 10-11 at the time, was priceless!

[Diane and Alma]

Sorry I can't give advice but am curious about the replies you get.  Our Alma, a female, will lift her leg and mark constantly when we are out on walks.  In the back yard she pee's like a girl. 

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Dogs pee all over at dog parks - even on humans.

[Chels*Claud*Midas]

ive never seen another dog pee on someone lol... of course i have the one that decided to try it out! lol

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I have seen it whenever we have gone to the romps - it is usually not a doodle that I see, but I see it and have even been peed on.  Usually there are dogs playing around the people and the person getting peed on doesn't even realize it until it is too late! LOL

[Sam]

My 5 year old labradoodle does this!!!!!  I am absolutely mortified when it happens at the dog park, I actually have to warn people to keep an eye on him as out of nowhere he will lift his leg.  He never used to mark and when we got our second dood - which was a few years ago now -  he started marking everywhere.  I spoke to the vet about it and he said that since he was desexed at such an early age (he was desexed before we got him at 9 weeks) it may not be able to be solved.  I am eagerly waiting to see if anyone has suggestions as I have actually stopped taking him to the park :(

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

We were sitting with a neighbor's elderly beagle.  Stopped to talk to a neighbor while having Heavyhead out for a walk.  All of a sudden he lifted his leg and peed on the neighbor's boot!  That neighbor was very cautious around Heavyhead after that.

[Becka]

I'll admit it--I've been peed on at the dog park. So has Sadie. I don't like to correct other people's dogs but I do usually give a firm no (and sometimes I've yelled in surprise, but not on purpose at the dog). A Bouvier used to try to pee on one of my friends all the time, and when she complained to the owner, he said "It's called marking his territory,"--to which she replied, "But I'm not his territory!"

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

I don't think they look up. They have so much to take in and so much to keep a watch on. As far as they are concern, your leg is a tree trunk. Your dog's excited and running free. Exciting.
18 months ago while we were traveling, , Spud ran into a brand new dog park on a beach, lifted his leg for a much needed pee. He had been in the car many hours. Sadly, he lifted his leg on a very large woman, breast feeding her infant ;(

I don't think he knew she was human at all. So many dogs running up to greet him he only saw those charging for him, not the woman in a sundress holding a baby,

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Humiiating for you, Joanne, but too funny for words!