Why does he pee?

When my four-month-old lab mix puppy sees either myself or one of my family members, he pees. Well, I suppose that %26quot;pee%26quot; is the wrong word... more he dribbles... alot... I mean, less than a pee puddle but more than just a few drops... but it%26#039;s not that he%26#039;s meaning to, because when he finally realizes that he dribbled, he runs to the door to be let outside so that he can releive himself. Following that, he is praised, but the fact that he dribbles all over the carpets an tiled floors is becoming a bit of a pain. We always clean it up after with paper towel and then spray deodorizer over top so I%26#039;m at a loss for what might be going on. Any suggestions?





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Why does he pee?
he is just excited. just dont run in the room all excited just be calm and wen he .........dribbles...... try to keep hem from getting excited
Reply:It is probably submissive peeing. My puppy does it too. When you first see you pup ignore it and let it out.
Reply:Submissive urination is common in pups that are very submissive to people and some also do it to dogs. Read the links for tips but obed training to build confidence helps and also low key greetings. When someone comes home they ignore the dog totally if even saying Hi Duke makes the pee flow. Take the dog out and then no excited greeting, kneel on the floor and calmly greet the dog. Any show of anger at the pee inside just makes the problem worse. One dog, a Cocker Spaniel, they are very prone to submissive urination all their lives, was so bad the owners had to kneel facing away from the dog to attach the leash. It finally grew out of it but does require patience and lots of paper towels..
Reply:It%26#039;s called excitable pee. And let me guess, when you walk through the door and see the puppy there is a big to-do over getting home. The puppy is excited, you all are hello puppy wuppy and the poor guy gets so excited he pees.





When you come home, simply say hi to the puppy and ignore him. Don%26#039;t bend over and give him lots of love. Say hi, let%26#039;s go, and immediately take him outside. Let him pee, bring him back inside, and greet him - but at a MUCH lower level than you have been. If you get excited, he gets excited, and when he gets excited he pees.





Lower the excitement level and you lower the liklihood of peeing. And if you continue allowing the peeing, it is not something that he will grow out of. Even older dogs have excitable pee. So if you keep this level of excitement, you are going to have bigger and bigger messes to clean up! And it will become harder and harder to %26quot;break%26quot;.
Reply:I had the same problem with my black lab pup. I toned down my greetings for a few months and made sure not to punish him for it, which would make it worse. Eventually it went away.



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