Fri 19 Sep 2008
My Dachshund is about 5 months old, his name is Oscar. He is actually pretty well potty trained, he does not go in his crate when he is sleeping at night or when I am gone at work or school, but when I play with him or my roomate does, like pet him or rub his belly, he pees everywhere. He pees like he has a 10 gallon tank, I dont know where he gets it all from, he doesn’t get that much water a day to pee that often. I was thinking that it is because he is not neutered yet, which he has an appointment in November to be, but I am unsure if this is a problem, or it has to do with him not being neutered yet. If anyone has any advice or comments please do.
What you are experiencing is either Excitement Urination or Submissive Urination.
Excitement urination is the result of infant muscles that simply cannot hold their urine when the pup gets excited,
A submissive dog must display some or all of these behaviors to display its lower status and to prevent an attack from a more dominant or challenging dog. Submissive urination is most commonly offered in this type of greeting. By wetting, the dog is merely acknowledging the other “dog’s” superiority.(I put dog in quotations because in their[the pup's] eyes, you bending over them is just like a large dog standing over them. When a dog stands over another dog, they are establishing dominance.)
I hope this helps
What you are experiencing is either Excitement Urination or Submissive Urination.
Excitement urination is the result of infant muscles that simply cannot hold their urine when the pup gets excited,
A submissive dog must display some behaviors to display its lower status and to prevent an attack from a more dominant or challenging dog. Submissive urination is most commonly offered in this type of greeting. By wetting, the dog is merely acknowledging the other “dog’s” superiority.(I put dog in quotations because in their[the pup's] eyes, you bending over them is just like a large dog standing over them. When a dog stands over another dog, they are establishing dominance.)
I hope this helps
whoops…sorry for the double post
Thanks, that makes sense. He doesn’t do it as much anymore, but once in a while now.