Mon 21 Jun 2010
My 8mth old male doxie, Roux, has recently started to tinkle upon greetings from friends and family. He is neutered, potty trained and is very energetic. I have heard dogs sometimes grow out of this but are there techniques to “train” him out of this behavior?
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I watched an episode of Dog Whisperer once where Cesar dealt with submissive urination. His advice, in short, was don’t allow visitors to make eye contact (which the dog feels requires a response of some kind) and don’t greet the dog, as it is too threatening to a timid dog. Let her come and sniff at her own pace, in her own time, with no pressure. Basically ignore her. Then she will not feel uncomfortable and pee from stress/submission. Just be patient and let her develop trust and confidence.
I used similar advice on a rescued and ‘skitzy’ ultra shy/fear biter chi mix. She would tinkle if anyone bent down to pick her up. What I did was never bend over to get her but kneel or squat and gently invite her over. She was much, much happier when she could decide when to approach and soon did it immediately upon being asked. Then she’d sit up with her paws asking to be lifted, and I could gently scoop her up that way with no accidents. We snuggled on the couch every night using that method of lifting.
She ended up blossoming into a very sweet and playful girl, who just required a very soft and understanding touch.
Dachshunds of course have fragile backs and they say don’t let them climb stairs of jump on and off furniture. I lift my 14 lb dox-mix pup supporting both font and rear (using two hands) and lift him on and off the couch. Just seems better safe than sorry.
Maybe some of these ideas might help your pup?
Good luck!
birdpond
My male Doxie Oscar also loves to do the same thing when I have guests. What I did (and this will take some practice)is before my guests came in the door I told them to completely ignore him until he calmed down. I also learned to read Oscar’s body language so I knew if he was going to pee when someone was about to pet him so when this happened I would tell my guest to wait. After a while Oscar would calm down and when he did this is when I allowed my guests to pet him. He learned that if he was CALM AND SUBMISSIVE he would get pet. If he was wild and crazy, he would be ignored. He is not there. Oscar was real bad about this but has gotten much better. Good luck and remember to be CALM and ASSERTIVE and he will learn to be calm and submissive.