Excited peeing??

[J&J]

Hi! We've had so many successful breakthroughs with our Admiral who is almost 6months old. Our one lag is an occasional excited pee, only with strangers/visitors in our home. I thought he had outgrown it but it turned out I was just really good at letting him out before visitors came over. Well when my mom in law came in town and Admiral and I came downstairs from a long nap, he excitedly tinkled all over the floor before I had a chance to let him outside. :( I was wondering if anyone else had this problem and what they did to fix it. We're hiring a dog walker to come everyday and don't want her to have to deal with an excited trail everytime she comes over!

[Whitney Addington]

Hi J&J! I had the same problem and it has been fixed in about 3 weeks! It does get aggravating especially when you have guests. My dog never did it with me, which I am home with her everyday. When my husband would come home from work she did it a few times, but with guests, it was every time! Even at Petsmart, if someone would talk to her and come over to per her she got so excited, thats pretty embarrassing cleaning up pee 2 times in 5 minutes. The way I broke her was to ignore her for a few minutes until she would calm down then pet her and talk to her. I would tell my guests before they came in the house she was in training and they needed to ignore her for a few minutes until she was calmed down and then they could pet her. It is so hard because she's so stinking cute and is so excited but it had to be done. Then even out in public if someone asks if they can pet her, same thing, "She is in training, sorry." After about 3 weeks of this, she doesn't do it anymore! Pretty amazing how fast it worked, especially after not having guests everyday, just a couple of times a week, and if your not going to have guests, take her in public and do the same. 

Good Luck! Hope you have success with the same training!

[Marnie, Stanlee's Mom]

Oh MAN!  It's so difficult ignoring my handsome guy BUT if he stops the excited peeing, I guess I'll suffer through it. 

[Jennifer Tramell]

I had this problem with my first dog, a golden retriever/collie mix named Cody.  When he was 6-8 months old, we  realized that he was spraying while greeting.  Cody was a tall dog and he was not just leaving a trail, he was hitting legs.  I didn't want to just ignore him, too much pee spray for that, so we looked for a new greeting routine to replace "smile and spray".

Our solution was that we immediately put him into a sit (sometimes skipping the command and just pushing him into a sit) and took his front paw.  We would scratch the underside of his leg while telling him hello in a calm voice ("Hi Cody, such a good boy).  Something about scratching the underside of a dogs leg is calming and they seem to love it.  It didn't take long until the greeting routine was for Cody to sit and give us his paw for a 'hello' scratch.  This developed into Cody giving his paw to everyone in greeting, obviously everyone thought he was shaking hands.  He could have written a book on "how to win friends and influence people", he charmed everyone!  Cody lived for over 15 years and our friends and family still remember him as one of the most polite dogs they've ever met :-)

[Anne G.]

Murphy was the same way. The good news is that she did finally grow out of it when she was about one year old. In the meantime, "no touch, no eye contact" is the best solution for the first few minutes after the guests arrive.

[Bonnie and Kona]

We had a dog that was a submissive pee-er also. We were very firm with everyone who entered the house... do no look at the dog, touch the dog or speak to the dog under any circumstances until we give the go ahead. It would take a while before Dudley would calm enough to be petted. Also it is very important not to pet the dog with your hand over his head... this is a submissive thing. The greeter should scratch him under the chin or on the chest when greeting is allowed. Your new dog walker will need to follow this system whenever she or he comes. You may have to carry a just awakened Admiral outside to prevent a post nap submissive pee when guests are in your home.

Admiral sounds just adorable. Our big boy did stop but it took a long, long time... as in over a year. He didn't do it with me, then he stopped with the rest of the family but new people were our big struggle. If someone came to the front door, Dudders was usually let out the back door until we could get calmness established. It's a bit of a job but really worth it. When you have a big sweetheart like Admiral you want everyone to enjoy meeting them instead of having them be put off by this behavior. I hope it goes well for you.

[Bev and Tess]

Thanks for asking this. I also need help, but our Tess is 15 months in a couple days and we are still having this problem. It is mostly for me when I get home each day from work. My husband works swing shift, so she is asleep in her crate when he gets home. I have tried to wait until she has calmed down, even turning my back to her. But I probable didn't do it long enough each day, and for enough days to really get her to stop. She is submissive, and I do pet and rub the top of her head....so will try to break that habit. I do know they don't all really like that, but Tess never seemed to mind. We also have the jumping going on to greet me, or company, so I think that has been bothering me more. We have tried getting her distracted by getting a toy when I get home....so now she greats, then runs for a toy and lays down with it in her mouth in a crying, wiggling, peeing, puddle of chocolate doodle. We have been seperating her from company until she calms down, which is helping alot. I don't pet her until she stops jumping, now I'm going to try to get her to sit and either scratch her chin or under her leg. Tess has been the sweetest and easiest dog on everything.......except the excited jumping and peeing!. Good luck to you, these are some good ideas!!!