Originally Posted by ScootieBootie (Post 2012952)

I'm sorry you are dealing with this! It's frustrating, but there is hope!

1. NEVER punish (no scolding or anything) when your dog does this...it will only increase the anxiety and the submissive urination will only get worse.

2. Do ignore her when she gets so excited. Do not touch her, talk to her, or pet her. No looking at her...nothing. Get your company to do the same.

3. Teach her basic obedience and have her sit politely to meet company. This may mean allowing your company to come in and ignore her UNTIL she settles down.

4. Make sure when people do approach her, they are NOT talking in an excited, high pitched, or fast tone. Have them say nothing, and have them crouch down and put their hand out to sniff it. They can say "Good dog," in a low, slow monotone voice. At the first sign of anxiety (lots of wiggling, lots of jumping, etc) have the person get and walk away.

5. When you know company will be coming over, walk her very well. Give her pleny of opportunities to relieve herself.

6. NEVER make a big deal of coming home or leaving home to her. This goes for company as well. If you use an excited tone or compose yourself in a giggly wiggly way, this will increase her anxiety and cause her to urinate.

A lot of times a dog that submissively urinates has low self esteem. This is not always the case, but it is a possibility. Play tug with her daily and let her win 90% of the time until she starts becoming more confident and the submissive urination starts occurring less. At this time, discontinue tug all together to avoid giving her dominance issues.

If she does pee, ignore her. Clean up the mess quietly, and make sure to use an enzymatic cleaner (like Nature's Miracle) to rid the area of the smell.

I also suggest doing desentization techniques with respect to the door and door bell.

Please feel free to pm me if you would like instructions on working with her more. I have had many clients with dogs who have this issue. It takes patience, time, and consistency but you can (in most cases) get past these issues and have a confident dog who can "hold her own" sort to speak!

By the way, my lab/pit mix Lucy used to have this same issue. She no longer suffers from excited pee!;)

Originally Posted by ProfessorPeteZa (Post 2011815)

Thanks everyone! I will take all this info and put it to good use. Today is memorial day and we are having a BBQ/pool "party" (heh, just like 3 ppl are coming) so it is perfect to test it out. I will phone everyone and make sure they know the "rules" prior to their arrival. Im going to try to work on getting neighbors to stop acting like loons when they see her (youd think theyd never seen a dog before). lol thanks jill for the offer if i remember correctly a few months back you wanted to go to atlantic ave or some street (sorry i dont remmeber exactly) to see if you can get people to greet meeks while seated. looks like i have to do the same too! thanks again. well *crosses fingers* lets hope this works!! Guess i know in a few months.
Happy Memorial Day All!!
*off to rub steaks*
~V

Originally Posted by silyjillie (Post 2013336)

How did she do at your party yesterday? Did you guests ignore her? Yea, I talked about going to Atlantic Blvd, here in Delray. I never went tho. I get too embarrassed and it's such a busy street, with all the out door restaurants.
Well good luck with training her! She's so smart, I know she'll pick up on it soon. By the way, is she graduating this Saturday? Can't wait to see pictures! ttyl!!! Meeko misses her! :cool: