to overexcited puppy !!!!

[Marion]

Abby is 6 month now and everytime somebody is coming over, she gets overexcited,completely out of control, she even starts peeing.
Is this normal? Is your doodle puppy doing the same????
Any tricks you can tell me?
Thank you Marion

[5a54ofb5qk1d]

Oh my gosh, this is exactly like Wrigley! (six months old on Dec 2) Can't wait to read your comments and advice!

[Marion]

Thanks.It feels much better if you know, you are not alone with this " problem"I always say,I wish I could be as excited or at least half as excited, without the peeing though !!!
The same here, if I know somebody is coming over,I would prepare for it.
It seems, when they are excited, they totally just lose themself,they don't here or feel anything,she would bang her head etc, but not feel it or she doesn't care about the banging into something.
Maybe is'tr Adrenalin like we have.
Well I will keep reading.........

[Adina P]

Hi Marion, your puppy sounds like the normal high energy yet submissive dog. The peeing you are experiencing is called "submissive peeing." It is not uncommon and usually goes away with maturity.

Here are some suggestions:

1) don't answer the doorbell until you have puppy under control either on leash, in a crate, or behind a baby gate. Your friends can wait a couple of minutes for you to get control of the puppy before opening the door. If the person at the door is not a friend, even more reason to make them wait ;-)

2) training, training, and more training is what will help you in the end. Are you taking any obedience classes? If not I highly recommend you sign up for a good one. Imagine someone coming to the door and you telling Abby "Abby sit, STAY" and Abby doing just that while you open the door and let your visitor enter. That does not happen overnight. It takes a lot of practice with a lot of visitors. And your visitors must be taught how to respond to Abby. Maybe you can have a "help me train Abby party!" and invite 10 of your friends or family members to help practice of being polite.

3) when Thule had a submissive peeing problems with new guests, we would have everybody say hello to her outside in the backyard so that when she peed it would be outside instead of on the carpet or hardwood floor indoors. so you might keep puppy behind a baby gate and if your friends wants to greet her take them all outside in the backyard to say hello.

4) for a puppy that has a submissive peeing --- the worst thing a guest can do is pay attention to her. the best thing they can do is ignore her until after she's had a few minutes to calm down.

Good luck. Your puppy is normal, but training will help her be excellent.

[Marion]

Thanks Adina,good informations.
Most people find this excitment funny I guess and don't care if I tell them, please ignore Abby until she calms down.They even make it worse by being excited themself.Sometimes I want to yell at them,STOP you are ruining my puppy!!!
If your puppy knows some commends such as sit,leave it,stay,take it,find,fetch,down,off.., do you still have to go to a beginner class?
Backyard greatings are impossible right now,we have 15 below zero.Wau, it's cold here in Chicago !!
I miss running and taking long walks with Abby.
My mom is here from Germany right now and all the Christmas preperations lead to ,not enough training sessions right now,too.But in the New Year everything will go back to normal !!!
Thanks Marion

[Adina P]

the benefit of training class is to teach you, the owner, how to improve her training. it's not for the puppy--because you don't get much accomplished in class as far as real obedience. You just learn how you're going to train her at home. So your dog knows a lot of commands-- she knows what they mean and how to do them. But she's not truly "trained" until she will do them anytime anywhere-- including when someone comes to the door. my dogs fall in this category too. They get very excited when people visit... so I usually gate them off in the kitchen until they are settle down. And then I let them out one at a time to visit with guests. My youngest, and my oldest are the best about greeting people. My "middle child" is the worst and most hyper and excited.

I know what you mean when you say it's hard to get your guests to listen to your advice about ignoring your dog. I would suggest you invite a group of people over only for this reason -- so they know in advance that they will be helping you and if they agree to come they have to follow your rules .

[Linda]

ours same age, very energetic and excitable also, we have managed to calm her and she does remember what not to do with visitors eventually, we asked friends to ignore her and turn their backs and fold their arms with hands hidden when greeted by puppy she gets the message, and tries to sit still for pats then, and this is often repeated a few min. later. Also a jar of treats near the door for friends to give your puppy when she gets it right also helps. However we don't have the peeing problem. obedience classes will help. good luck with your pup,

[Ali]

when does the submissive peeing stop?

[Adina P]

I can't remember when Thule stopped. It was a little after year though... Maybe a year and 1/2? Although until that time it got less and less common...

[Nancy (Chelsea and Harley)]

My Chelsea used to do that as well! Fortunately, it's a thing of the past! She quit doing it by the time she was a year old. She is now 1 1/2 yrs old. So hang in there! Just be on guard and make sure that she's not too close to people's shoes! Especially expensive boots!

[Marion]

Thank you.She almost peed on my SIL shoes for that matter and she is very weird about those things!!!
But she missed!!!