Excitement Pee

[Dustin and Loni Valentine]

Sam has recently just started PEEING every time he gets excited, when company comes over or we see him for the first time when we are home from work. Nothing like company coming over and him peeing all over their shoes. It's gotten pretty bad and I don't really know what to do about it. I went outside just now to feed them and he must have had a full badder because he peed and peed and peed. Jumping and spinning and peeing the whole time. I felt like I was in a pee sprinkler on the 4th of July. Can anything be done about this or is it a puppy thing I just need to hope he grows out of?

[Pam & Trixie]

LOL...Great Description of the Pee Sprinkler.

Id like to hear replies too. 

[Adina P]

Usually they outgrow it.  I have a friend with a 3 or 4 year old female poodle mix (large dog, unknown parentage) who STILL sometimes does it.  But USUALLY dogs outgrow it.  When I used to babysit this friend's dog I always would let her out of her crate like this. I'd come home, open the back door to the yard, THEN open her crate door and do my best to beat her out the back door so at least she'd pee outside instead of in the house. Worked pretty well.

 

When it comes to other people, it helps if they COMPLETELY ignore your dog and not talk or look at him or touch him.  IF possible have them meet the dog outside and THEN come inside.  Not always possible but these are some tips to keep the pee outdoors.

[Melissa & Porter]

Porter was a bit like that when he was little.  So I started to come home, calmly remove him from the crate and go straight outside.  No enthusiastic greetings.  After he'd peed, I'd give him plenty of attention.  That pee response to adult family members went away after a few weeks of having him...we got him at 13-14 weeks

There are some men who, at two, he will still do this for.  Big tall men who address him directly in booming voices.  I like for them to greet him outside if possible or ignore him for a few minutes after they come in my house. 

You can put the neck of a old turtleneck around his belly, my breeder told me, but I never had to do it in the end.

The only advice I have is to is make purposeful potty trips that are well-treated/praised, and be calm to the point of ignoring when you first greet him.

 

[Jeanne, Tura and Dolly]

It is a puppy thing and he will grow out of it.  A lot of puppies pee when they get excited so it is not unusual for it to happen when you come home or when company comes.  Try being calm and matter of fact when you come home, no high voices or excitement. You will have to "train" your visitors also.

One of my pups who I thought had grow out of it reverted when she went to stay with friends while I was on vacation.  More of stress peeing than excitement but as she got more secure and comfortable with the situation, the peeing stopped.

I actually love the twirling sprinkler image but this too will pass.

[Stephanie and Jellybean]

Our puppy did this whenever my husband came home from work. Our trainer suggested taking her out to potty right before I expected my husband home and then for him to ignore her for at least 5 minutes on returning home. No attention. She also did this with some guests to our home, and we did the same routine with taking out immediately prior to them arriving and returning to the crate for at least 5 minutes before getting any attention. Problem solved in no time!

[Gail McHugh]

I think it's just a puppy thing, Roxy is turning 1 next week and stopped doing it a few weeks ago. But we always try to let her into the garage from the house when we greet her. If there is some drips we know she didn't go in the house.

[Bonnie and Kona]

One of our dogs was a submissive pee-er. We had to be very calm and ignore him when we first saw him. We told every visitor to ignore him when they arrived. It is important not to bend over the dog when greeting him because this triggers the submissive pee-ing. Do not make eye contact, speak or bend over the dog when you greet him, just take him outside and greet after he pees. Ours eventually outgrew this behavior but it was a combination of our training ourselves to not trigger the submissive response and his getting older. For the sake of the floors, trying to control the human responses is important. Sam is sure a cutie.

[Linda and "Toby"]

You may want to take him to the vet to rule out the possibility of a UTI (urinary tract infection), which can cause bladder control issues. Sometimes a simple round of antibiotics takes care of the problem. It's certainly worth checking in to. :)