Despairing of pishy dog

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Morgan (now 31 months) gets so excited when visitors call, she wees all over the floor. And sometimes their feet. Not just a little bit, either! She even does it if the postwoman makes a fuss of her.
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She is housetrained in all other aspects, she just gets so excited she can't help herself. Any ideas?
 
Ah GS at the farm does this. She's much better now (she's comming up to a year old now).

She was and is quite nervous, so a lot of it is down to that we think.
 
Oh bless morgan not being able to contain herself!!

I've actually only ever known a boy dog do this - he was a boxer and was allowed on the sofas too - so he would do laps of the room onto the sofa and round - spraying at he went - it was RANK!!

Sorry no advice!!
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I honestly wouldn't worry about it too much, she'll grow out of it. My Daisy dog still does this occasionally. She gets herself so excited when we come home that she sometimes tiddles.
 
Morgan is certainly not nervous, although she is quite sensitive. She just gets totally overwraught when we have visitors! And if someone leaves the room, when they come back in she goes mad with delight.
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Poppy my old dog did it too but she grew out of it by about 8 months. Daisy is over 2 years old now and I can see it lessening. What I have found makes a big difference is if she greets us outside. She rarely does it outside as she is so busy bouncing around the garden - it only happens if she is inside in a confined area and she tries to bounce but can't so she runs up and dribbles a little.
 
LOL! Morgan doesn't do it so much when she greets us - her bum drops a bit as if she is going to, but she refrains. When we get visitors though she wees, then sits in it and wags her tail, thus spreading it everywhere! Gorgeous... Will get her to say hello to people outside I think, seems the sensible thing to do. Dogs! *rolls eyes*
 
Nellie used to do it too Sooty. She would work herself into a wiggly wagging frenzy when our builder used to call in and then wee on his boots.


Mind you he could have the same effect on me if I wasnt strong.....he is lovely!
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I think she grew out of it after a few months.
 
Tots does it, always have - the only way to deal with it for us is to

a) let her meet people outside

or

b) Make sure she is in the kitchen and thus on a hard floor!!!

She is a BIT better than she was before, but you try and do anything to her and she wets herself - she jumped in my car the other day and wouldn't come out so I had to grab her collar and she was sat in a huge pool of her own wee - nice
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Funnily enough Morgan takes against some people. She came flying out to greet the farrier the first time he came after she had arrived, took one look at him, slammed on the anchors and beat a hasty retreat! Now she sits the other side of the gate glaring at him. She is a very odd dog...
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I've known a few dogs who do this and haven't grown out of it, I've always felt really sorry for their owners as it is a difficult one to cure.

My only advice would be never to tell her off for it as I have seen this turn into a bit of an anxiety issue, ie, "oh yippee visitors .... oops I've peed on the floor" "mums looking cross.... oops I've peed on the floor again" lol.

I would second what everyone has said and try to greet visitors outside and also "train" your friends to ignore her when they initially arrive until her excitement has died down. When this isn't possible I would remove her from the room as soon as she pees - therefore, peeing on the floor means she isn't allowed to come and chat with the visitors. She'll soon realise that her actions result in her not having any fun
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Hope this helps. Good luck.
 
Thanks! It would never occur to me to tell her off, and she is blissfully unaware that she has done anything wrong. It is completely involuntary, so I am not sure removing her from the room would work. I do think getting her to greet visitors outside might be an answer, and certainly getting people to ignore her would be a start.
 
I would be tempted to ignore her and ask guests to ignore her too, that way you might break the excited / piddle cycle. Once she has calmed down a little then praise her for being quiet. It might take a while for her to realise that being calm gets her praise. Once she has caught on you can reintroduce the praise sooner I guess.

Either that or invest in some good mops and Zoflora.

Hope that helps.

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