My Puppy Urinates When He Gets Excited, Help? 

So, you got your little puppy home and everything is going well…except that as

soon as you let your little pride and joy out of its crate, it urinates all over the

floor. Well don’t worry as you are not the first person that this has happened

to and you won’t be the last. Rest assured there are some good techniques that

I’ll share with you to help control excited urination problems with your puppy.

These techniques will also help when you have guest over and when the puppy

meets someone new.

Let’s start off with some bad habits that we all do. I know when I first got my

little English bulldog home, the first thing that I would do as soon as I opened the

door was call his name. By the time I got to his crate he would be so excited

and already urinated a bit in his crate. He would be so excited that as soon as I

opened the create door he would jump right out and then jump on me. I would give

him a lot of attention and pet him…Yep, you guessed it the next thing that would

happen is he would urinate a little more. Sound familiar? Well, it’s pretty easy to see what’s

going on here and how to fix the problem.

First, we have to remember that these are puppies and this is some what normal

and will pass as the pup gets older. Although, I have seen some cases where this

does not stop, but hopefully these techniques will help alleviate the problem a

bit. Well, let’s get to the correction and the routine that will help stop this

behavior.

Have you ever noticed that this problem usually only happens when you are away

from you puppy for a few hours or when someone that the puppy has not seen or

knows shows up to visit? The puppy is just so excited that they can not control

there bladder. So, give these steps a try:

1)  When you get home or wake up in the morning just say hi to your pup but

don’t approach the crate to let the pup out. Keep your voice controlled and

don’t act excited to see the puppy. The pup will probably get up and start to

get excited but just ignore it.

2)  After about 7 minutes go to the pup’s crate but don’t say anything to the

puppy. Have your leash ready to go because you are going to take the pup right

out side to go to the bathroom. While outside give him some attention after he

goes potty.

3)  Follow this type of routine when ever you have been away from the pup for

more than an hour. You are teaching the puppy to be calm when you first get

home. Eventually the pup will not get all excited when you walk in and this will

help stop the excited pee problem.

4)  Prior to having family or friends over ask them not to give your pup

attention until you tell them its okay. In the scenario you want to have your

friend and family enter your home but make sure they don’t say a word to the

pup. Again, after about 7 -10 minutes take the pup right out side, don’t let him

stop to visit just yet. Once outside the pup will go potty. At this point bring

him in and then let him visit your guest. Make sure the guests don’t act to

excited because the pup might urinate.

Remember that changes won’t happen over night and every puppy is different. Try

these techniques as well as others to see what works for you. The Internet is

loaded with a lot of good tips. If you have more questions you may ask your vet

for there recommendations to help with excited pee problems. Start slow and keep

what works consistent.