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Help for puppy peeing when excited!

bosmamaa — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:16:57 GMT

My 7mo old puppy is doing well with the potty training except quite frequently when my adult daughter goes up to him he pottys all over. She has never so much as raised her voice to him, taken him to obedience school and he listens to her really well. We can't figure it out. Any thoughts on this?? Hopefully it is something he outgrows. Anyone else ever have this problem?

Re: Help for puppy peeing when excited!

HappyDaze — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:34:13 GMT

awww, that is just what happens sometimes with puppies when they get excited. They usually grow out of it. Just be patient with him and when he starts, take him out (if inside) and have him go potty.

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bosmamaa — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:41:13 GMT

Thanks HappyDaze! That's encouraging! I told my daughter he must have a crush on her!!

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NickNack — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:44:17 GMT

Google "puppy pees when excited what to do." I just did that, and several websites came up. The first one that came up for me was petmd.com. There was some pretty good advice on that website. The article was called, "fixing submissive/excitement urination in dogs." It first explains how to tell the difference in which it is. Whatever you do, don't fuss at him. That makes it worse.

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HappyDaze — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:02:59 GMT

On 2/21/2015 bosmamaa said: Thanks HappyDaze! That's encouraging! I told my daughter he must have a crush on her!!

yes, he probably does. By the way, what kind of puppy? I just love dogs!

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bosmamaa — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:13:08 GMT

Not sure what kind he is but he looks alot like a sheltie pup. I got him from a rescue shelter. His batch of puppies was left in a trailor court. He's a sweetly!! And thank you NickNack for your information!! I will check it out.

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mousiegirl — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:01:20 GMT

Years ago, when I adopted a dog, he would widdle when I came home, so I ordered him to his bed, easy as when I left, he was kept in the bedroom, and this cured him as he would not widdle in his bed.

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lucylover64 — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 23:30:53 GMT

On 2/21/2015 HappyDaze said:
awww, that is just what happens sometimes with puppies when they get excited. They usually grow out of it. Just be patient with him and when he starts, take him out (if inside) and have him go potty.

Hi, bosmamaa--

Congratulations on your new puppy! We have had so many puppies/dogs over the years and in our experience, I agree with HappyDaze--many of our pups have diddled when excited but all grew out of it. I grew up with Cocker Spaniels and they did it as puppies all the time and our Labs have done it as well. One thing we tried as much as possible was to keep calm when they got overly excited and kept our tone of voice even with only one of us talking to them until they settled a bit. Clearly it was hard to do that, but it did seem to help at times. Best of wishes to all of you, and remember that it will all be okay! Bless you for being a rescue Mom!

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bosmamaa — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 00:18:53 GMT

THANKS LUCY!!

Re: Help for puppy peeing when excited!

HappyDaze — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 00:34:54 GMT

On 2/21/2015 bosmamaa said: Not sure what kind he is but he looks alot like a sheltie pup. I got him from a rescue shelter. His batch of puppies was left in a trailor court. He's a sweetly!! And thank you NickNack for your information!! I will check it out.

awww, I love hearing of rescues being adopted. Bless you for that! Rescue dogs make some of the best pets ever.

Good luck to you and lucylover has some good ideas about how to handle it too. You never want to talk sternly to them for something like this because it could make things worse and the puppy isn't doing it on purpose. But I know you know that already.

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Lilysmom — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 00:57:06 GMT

My Lab did this as a puppy. She outgrew it too. I made everyone greet her outside first to spare the clean ups haha. She's seven now, a beautiful chocolate and finally well settled. Good luck with the new puppy. Thank you for taking a rescue! LM

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RainyDayGal — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 01:14:54 GMT

My experience has been they outgrow it. Just give it some time.

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luvdoodles — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 01:22:27 GMT

We have had several pups and most of them did that when they were excited even though they were house broken. It usually happened when someone came home and they were so happy to see someone. Have patience, they will out grow it.

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lucylover64 — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 05:48:59 GMT

On 2/21/2015 Lilysmom said:
My Lab did this as a puppy. She outgrew it too. I made everyone greet her outside first to spare the clean ups haha. She's seven now, a beautiful chocolate and finally well settled. Good luck with the new puppy. Thank you for taking a rescue! LM

Hi, Lilysmom--we have a 90 lb, 18 month old black Lab and previously had another black one. We would really like to get a chocolate Lab someday! Thanks for sharing!

Labs Rule!

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Lilysmom — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 13:00:58 GMT

On 2/21/2015 lucylover64 said:
On 2/21/2015 Lilysmom said:
My Lab did this as a puppy. She outgrew it too. I made everyone greet her outside first to spare the clean ups haha. She's seven now, a beautiful chocolate and finally well settled. Good luck with the new puppy. Thank you for taking a rescue! LM

Hi, Lilysmom--we have a 90 lb, 18 month old black Lab and previously had another black one. We would really like to get a chocolate Lab someday! Thanks for sharing!

Labs Rule!

Hi Lucylover! I have had a black, a yellow and now chocolate Lab. The best dogs. What they say about chocolates taking longer to settle down was true for us. It took four years instead of the usual two. Yours is a big one! Ours is 65 lbs, much smaller than our yellow Lab who was 75-80. All muscle!

Sorry to go OT, OP. LM

Re: Help for puppy peeing when excited!

lucylover64 — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:44:52 GMT

On 2/22/2015 Lilysmom said:
On 2/21/2015 lucylover64 said:
On 2/21/2015 Lilysmom said:
My Lab did this as a puppy. She outgrew it too. I made everyone greet her outside first to spare the clean ups haha. She's seven now, a beautiful chocolate and finally well settled. Good luck with the new puppy. Thank you for taking a rescue! LM

Hi, Lilysmom--we have a 90 lb, 18 month old black Lab and previously had another black one. We would really like to get a chocolate Lab someday! Thanks for sharing!

Labs Rule!

Hi Lucylover! I have had a black, a yellow and now chocolate Lab. The best dogs. What they say about chocolates taking longer to settle down was true for us. It took four years instead of the usual two. Yours is a big one! Ours is 65 lbs, much smaller than our yellow Lab who was 75-80. All muscle!

Sorry to go OT, OP. LM

Thanks for sharing, Lilysmom! OMG: I did not know that about chocolates. Sigh....we may need to rethink this one! LOL! Yes, our black one is a big girl: her parents were each about 100 lbs! Our girl is so goofy and oblivious to her size--she definitely lives large! Have a great day and enjoy your chocolate!

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ccassaday — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 21:51:29 GMT

My sisters chocolate is one hundred pounds. He is eleven and still creates mischief. Just the other day ahe was making crafts with the kids. They were pipe cleaners with fruit loops shaped as a heart. She left them on the counter. She went to work and her husband was getting the kids ready to go to school and they disappeared off the counter. The stupid dog ate it including the pipe cleaners. A trip to the vet confirmed through exrays and they had to stick a scope in to get it out. We call it the adventures of big chocolate.

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HappyDaze — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 22:10:37 GMT

yes I've noticed this too- chocolate labs do seem to take longer to become less, shall we say, Puppy-ish. LOVE the big ol' chocolate labs and miss my big boy!

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Lilysmom — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 00:02:20 GMT

Bossmama, pls forgive me as this is turning into a chocolate Lab storytelling thread. I just have to add a story to go along with ccassiday's story.

When my Lab was about six month's old, I was making a batch of pie crust which I individually wrap and freeze. I had eight perfectly wrapped pie crusts when, up from the floor bounces my puppy. She grabs the closest one and is off to the races.

I had the kitchen door and French doors blocked off as we were still in dog training mode. That dog had a ball running me around the table trying to catch her. The little rat swallowed the Saran wrapped pie crust in one gulp. OMG, I was ready to kill her. Our vet was called out on an emergency call so we made an appointment. I had to follow the dog every time she went to do her business. She eventually passed the Saran wrap with no ill effect. That fixed me on leaving things on the counter. Never again!

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lucylover64 — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 00:02:43 GMT

On 2/22/2015 ccassaday said: My sisters chocolate is one hundred pounds. He is eleven and still creates mischief. Just the other day ahe was making crafts with the kids. They were pipe cleaners with fruit loops shaped as a heart. She left them on the counter. She went to work and her husband was getting the kids ready to go to school and they disappeared off the counter. The stupid dog ate it including the pipe cleaners. A trip to the vet confirmed through exrays and they had to stick a scope in to get it out. We call it the adventures of big chocolate.

OMG!