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I PEE when I meet new people

KOdie on Behavior - Mon, April 30 2007

Kodie and I have problems when people come over...he PEES! If it's a new person or someone who just isn't an "everyday" guest then he pees, and pees, and pees...and he jumps and pees, he pees on their shoes, their pants, the floor, he just plain PEES! We often try to meet them at the front door, I put his leash on him and then we go out as they come in, he pees outside and this works SOMETIMES, other times he's saved some "reserve pee" for the guests inside!! lol

He is an odd puppy...after we adopted him we found out that he had been raised as a kitten!! :) SURPRISE SURPRISE!! Anyways he wasn't trained to go out, he used a litterbox, he ate cat food, etc. FUN STUFF! So, it has taken ALOT of training to get him to be a dog...but I can't get this peeing on strangers to stop! any suggestions??

Miles on Apr 30 at 11:58 AM

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I'm speechless. I pee when I meet new people too. I'm not sure how to stop it. More importantly, I'm amazed that he was raised as a kitten and used a litterbox.

Perl on Apr 30 at 12:01 PM

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Peeing when you meet people is a sign of submissive behavior. Dogs in the wild (*sniff* barbarians, really) will do this when meeting a higher-ranking member of the pack. A place that does dog training might be able to help you. And as for raising a dog as a kitten, that is just so wrong. Try raising him as a beagle, and watch his behavior become impeccable. Because beagles rule. Really. We do.

No Name on May 01 at 11:35 AM

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Do you have water down for Kodie 24 hours a day? Try limiting his water intake to when you feed him(food down for 45 minutes and water down for about 15 minutes longer). After you exercise him re-hydrate him as you would yourself. If a dog has water available to it they will drink and drink and drink..you end up with a water balloon dog...and they will pee and pee and pee...you have a problem called excitement urination

Bailey on May 10 at 10:58 AM

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He's just submissive. I did that too, at first. Have your mom or dad tell their guests to come down to your level when they greet you because standing over you is "scary" and a very dominant position. Sometimes, I just pee when I get excited, too. Mom makes me sit and wait until I calm down before I can get greeted.

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