Dog wetting when excited
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Time, He will grow out of it when he gets older, very very common in puppies (male and female)
Maybe not get him so overexcited when being greeted, try and make sure he has just been out before periods of known stimuli but mainly it's a thing he'll grow out of as he gets older, he is still a baby.
I meant to mention that they think for a lot of pups it's due to having a weaker/sl under developed sphincter muscle in the neck of ths bladder so at times of excitement/ extreme nervousness they lose control. It's not their fault and will improve as the muscle strengthens/ matures. However as said reducing the triggers will help with this aswell.
Maybe not get him so overexcited when being greeted, try and make sure he has just been out before periods of known stimuli but mainly it's a thing he'll grow out of as he gets older, he is still a baby.
I meant to mention that they think for a lot of pups it's due to having a weaker/sl under developed sphincter muscle in the neck of ths bladder so at times of excitement/ extreme nervousness they lose control. It's not their fault and will improve as the muscle strengthens/ matures. However as said reducing the triggers will help with this aswell.
Edited by bexVN on Tuesday 2nd April 22:03
Have had this issue with 2 b
hes over the years and the only way we resolved it was to totally ignore them at their trigger points (e.g. greeting them when you get home), and give them attention once they had calmed down.
One of them won't do it unless she is very, very excited now. Still have to ignore the other one until she is calm after leaving her by herself, but it's no real issue.
Will be much harder with children but best to nip it in the bud and ask the children to be much, much calmer with the dog and if you can ignore the dog totally when they are hyped up. The more the dog does it the more the behaviour is reinforced and obviously it's a really unhygienic habit you need to discourage asap.
hes over the years and the only way we resolved it was to totally ignore them at their trigger points (e.g. greeting them when you get home), and give them attention once they had calmed down. One of them won't do it unless she is very, very excited now. Still have to ignore the other one until she is calm after leaving her by herself, but it's no real issue.
Will be much harder with children but best to nip it in the bud and ask the children to be much, much calmer with the dog and if you can ignore the dog totally when they are hyped up. The more the dog does it the more the behaviour is reinforced and obviously it's a really unhygienic habit you need to discourage asap.
Jasandjules said:
As above, they have to be ignored until they are calm/settle, then they can have some attention. IF they get too excited etc then stop the attention.
Both spot on answers. Don't say hello, don't make eye contact, make a cup of coffee, look at a paper. No matter what your dog does and that includes piddling...ignore it. You will be amazed how quickly your dog will calm down and no longer piddle. Springers are buggers for it but they can be sorted the same way.
C3BER said:
Both spot on answers.
Don't say hello, don't make eye contact, make a cup of coffee, look at a paper. No matter what your dog does and that includes piddling...ignore it. You will be amazed how quickly your dog will calm down and no longer piddle. Springers are buggers for it but they can be sorted the same way.
That's exactly how we dealt with our dog's excita-weesDon't say hello, don't make eye contact, make a cup of coffee, look at a paper. No matter what your dog does and that includes piddling...ignore it. You will be amazed how quickly your dog will calm down and no longer piddle. Springers are buggers for it but they can be sorted the same way.
Not always easy and it does get better with age.
englisharcher said:
Our 5 month old Labrador has a problem that he wets when excited.
If the kids get him too excited, or he hears you coming down the stairs in the morning, he wets a little bit.
How do we get him out of this?
"They all do that, Sir"If the kids get him too excited, or he hears you coming down the stairs in the morning, he wets a little bit.
How do we get him out of this?
Some good advice already, just let the pup calm down before you give all the fuss it can take.
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