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Originally Posted by lpham  I think my puppy may have this. After I take her out of her kennel, she potties and i let her have some floor time but within 5 minutes, she pees somewhere else in the room after she had already peed. After having that accident, 5 minutes later she potties again in a different place. This has happened on several occasions.
What should I do to eliminate this behavior? I know i'm not suppose to punish her for it but I want to do something to discourage that behavior.....Caught her in the act just now  I try to take her to her potty place but by that time shes already done since there was not much urine in the first place. Do i just ignore it when it happens and only act pleased during the times that i am actively training her to potty on her pad? I can't do potty training outside yet since she is not fully vaccinated. Will it be difficult to transition from paper to outside? (She is 8 wks now). |
I wouldn't necessarily call this excite-pee. Tiki had excite-pee, and she would just quirt out pee whenever somebody would come to the door, or if she was excited to see people. It stopped around a year old.
I think your puppy is just really young, and their bladder is so tiny at 8 weeks, you really can't expect much in the way of potty training at this age. One breeder recently commented on another thread that she doesn't even start housebreaking until around 16 weeks (though you can surely start earlier). It is just amazing how often they pee when they are this young, and in a couple months it will be so much less. I really don't see this as a bad behavior, but rather just small bladder. Just keep limiting freedom in areas where you don't want her to potty, and working with her to go on pad.
Mostly, be really patient. It takes a very long time sometimes.