Hey,

I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what to do with Rainbow. She has a big problem of Peeing when excited or scared, excited more so. I know its not her fault but it can be quite embarrassing when people come over because she can pee on them! Has anyone had any experience with this or dose anyone know how i can stop it from happening?

no one going to help mee?

sorry can't really help - only share a story from my teens -

A friend of mine had a rescue dog that would pee with excitement every time I went over to her house.
It was only me, I don't know what I did different to everyone else
My friend mum wouldn't let me in the house until the dog had come outside to greet me and pee all over my feet if I wasn't careful

On a practical side, my little one still jumps up in excitment, so if we know visitors are coming we put her on her lead keep her attention focused on one of us with treats and praise if she remains calm, once everyone is settled we take her off lead and she doesn't bother so much with the visitor.

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Both of mine did it,it's perfectly normal and they do grow out of it.

If your at home and visitors come around make sure you put your pup out first so She will be virtually empty when it happens

ditto that ^
Put her outside first, and then when she does come in and you have visitors ask them if they could please ignore to begin with.Then calmly and quietly take her over to them and let them calmly say hello without over exciting her.
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miller did it and still does, and hes 8months old. but it does get better in time! its becoming less and less. we had to make him sit before we stroked him, and outside so he didn't widdle over the floor!

she's a year old now, did grow out of it but its started again, i let her out 3 times yesterday before they came but she did not go!
i will try getting people to egnore her, and when she does out for a wee i will have to go out there with her i think and make sure she goes. i havent had a dog like this before thanks for your help tho.

Putting the dog outside or emptying them before guests arrive is OK and may work as far as the pee ont he floor goes but it is not addressing the root issue and what do you do with unexpected guests? If the dog does not pee because it is empty doesn;t mean that teh excitement has been dealt with, it just means that you don;t get pee on the floor.

I would be looking to address the excitement escalation and take it form there.

Does it happen when they hear people coming up the drive/path?

Does it happen when they hear the door bell or the knock at the door?

Does it happen when you open the door?

I am not talking about the bladder release I am talking about the excitement of the dog getting out of control.

This may be them getting out up if they are lying down, barking, running to the door.

How do your guests react when they enter the house or garden? If they make a fuss over an excited dog then they increase the excitement even more which isn't what is required. I assume that your dog doesn't lose control of it's internal functioning when it is in a relaxed state, if it does then a trip to the vets would definitely be in order.

Training wise you need to get a partner in crime to reproduce the action of a visitor whilst you recognise when the dog is begining to get excited and take steps to ensure the level does not increase and the dog remains calm.

On the other side of the issue if you are aware of expected guests you need to inform them that you may take a little time to answer the door as you will be dealing with the dog and ensuring it is in a calm state before opening the door. Once the guest has been invited inside they must not aknowledge the dog in any way, not even looking at it.

It will take time and attention to every detail in consitancy for it to be effective but once acheived you should have no issue with unexpected visitors and excited dogs.

hutch6 thanks for your reply.
the excitement seems to come on VERRY quickly! one minute she is just wagging her tail the next she’s jumping up and weeing
only seeing people seems to excite her the rest she is not bothered about, admittedly she can be an excitable dog but is usually quite calm.
she doesn’t get excited when people come down the drive, knock at the door or if the door is opens she just barks like any other dog but is not excited just wonders who it is.
I am going to trey all the things you have said, we don’t usually have a lot of guests do you think this could add to it? I might have more people round so she is used to seeing new people?
I'm not botherd about her peeing on the floor i can happily clear it up, i want to stop her doing it not just make her go outside to do it because then its not solving the problem.

Think it is something that normal dogs seem to do - my girl has just turned a year - she certainly used to do it a lot - but havn't noticed it so much of late - I was hoping she would have grown out of it by the time she has stopped growing - hopefully she has. I 'd give your girl a little more time has she been spayed by the way?
regards
sue