Correcting submissive urination??

[max4pups]

any ideas?
IS there anything to do for this?


she is a wonderful lil girl, just pittles upon being greeted

[janelles]

Teddy does this too. Although, he is getting better. I think it happens when people come in to the house and make a fuss over them, they get excited. I can't figure out if it is because they are afraid of the people, or just overly glad to see them.
I'm not much help, but all I can say is Teddy is a year, now, and he is improving.

[For My Coby]

Depending on whether it's just a puppy problem or behavioral problem:

That's a tough one. We had one, but that problem was one of many. But I did do a lot of reading on that. Among what I learned was to never acklowledge them when coming in. Simply brush past them and ignore them until the "moment" is over. Then you can greet them when they are more calm.

Never ever ever correct them for it. From what I read, submissive urination is something that dogs do in the wild when meeting other dogs to show they mean no harm and are no threat to their place in the dominance chain. That being said (had to work on this with husband!!), if they are corrected, they think that you have seen them as a threat and will only piddle MORE trying to convince you that you're wrong and that they are NOT a threat. So even getting stressed out or exasperated by the problem can lead to more peeing.

Another trick we learned is to never greet, talk to, or acklowledge from a standing position. Again, they can see this as a need to show you that you are indeed the pack leader and they mean no harm.

We tried so diligently with everything I learned. You know what helped the most? Panties. Roxie just couldn't help it. She was a puppy mill puppy and had issues with men. The problem would most likely be difficult to break if at all possible. So to protect my furniture (if my husband walked into the living room, it ended up all over the couch) as well as carpet and floors, she just had to wear panties a lot.

Good Luck. It's a tough problem but it's never the dog's fault. The sad thing is that by trying to "be good", it's exactly what's making them bad. So they just try all the harder...............

[memphismomma]

My Doxie Lowla use to do this when she was a puppy but she grew out of it know it only happens very rarely and unfrontunatly when it does we are usaully in an unfimmailer invrioment i k now that is not too incredibley helpfulll but maybe you Fur baby will grow out of it too.

[bchgirl]

My nephew's 6 month old lab/mix does this....we ignore her when first coming in. It works.

My sil's dashuand is 10 years old...and will still submissive urinate...if you greet her when you first come in.

[hha]

usually it's a puppy thing that starts at a few months...ignoring when you come in is the best way to deal with it..usually they do outgrow it..I only had one that did that, and it didn't last long.

[kl1977]

Originally Posted by hha

usually it's a puppy thing that starts at a few months...ignoring when you come in is the best way to deal with it..usually they do outgrow it..I only had one that did that, and it didn't last long.

hha you are always sooo helpful, I always enjoy reading your replies, you are an asset to YT Thanks!

Izzy is 5 months old and she does this, in the mornings, and when she sees men . She is getting better around men, my Dad and brother are here everyday and they try to play with her and give her attention. Every time I tell my Dad as soon as he comes in I say "dont make her pee" lol, all he wants to do is give her treats the whole time hes here lol. But I did tell her No when she did it, I guess I was wrong .

[bjh]

Here is an article I found on the internet that might be helpful:
http://www.usask.ca/wcvm/herdmed/app.../suburine.html

[kl1977]

Originally Posted by bjh

Here is an article I found on the internet that might be helpful:
http://www.usask.ca/wcvm/herdmed/app.../suburine.html

Very informative article. I hate that I told her no .

[bjh]

Originally Posted by kl1977

Very informative article. I hate that I told her no .

Don't feel bad. Raising Yorkies is like raising a child, sometimes it is trial and error and what works for one might not work for another. I have one 2 year old girl that is submissive and it is frustrating.