Dog peeing when greeted

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FlaxenPony05

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We have a Staffy X 1 year old pup who is very affectionate and seems to love people, however whenever he meets anyone he does a little wee and seems to have head down, tail wagging vigorously. I've started to wonder if this is anxiety, or is just a weird behaviour? Our dog trainer says he's a sensitive chap. Any help appreciated :)
 
at puppy class we learnt to meet/greet.no-1 looks or acknowledges the pup until it is sitting calm.then it gets affection.
it`s really hard because you have to explain to people what to do.
peoples 1st reaction to a puppy (and mine )is to give it a hug lol
 
Sounds like a submissive thing.

As Cahill - I know not everyone likes Cesar Milan but during his stage show he does a really good skit on how to greet a puppy and how not to greet a puppy...and 99% of people get right up in their face and go 'AWWW! PUPPYYYYYYYYY!' and that is completely counter-productive.
 
It's quite simple. In the house when you come home, don't greet it. Take it straight outside without speaking to it or looking at it and let it pee outside then speak to it. It may grow out of it but it is showing submission to you and the only cure is ignoring the pup/maturity. People make dogs wee like this by being over bearing and over excitable etc. I wouldn't worry if it's just folk outside but the chances are it is going to happen inside too so try and avoid that.
 
yep its a submission/excitement thing and a pain in the ass to overcome as you need to make sure every single person who the dog meets ignores it!!

I took on a young collie type who peed everytime a male entered out home

We got her to stop by simply telling everyone to act as if we didnt have a dog when they came in, even if she came up to sniff them etc. She was never greeted, even by us. Later we would call her outdoors, ask for a command then reward her - but still all very calmly; no 'hey baby, aww i've missed you so much blah blah blah'!!

After a while people werent something to get worked up over and she stopped! But it needs serious consistency with every single person the dog meets to work!

Kim
 
As suggested any ott'ness needs to be minimalised.
Low key greeting, after he has been out to the toilet, so you enter home and he does not exist (as suggested) typically bending down to stroke/greet sending the dog immediately onto their back (squirt):p so the best thing to train your self to do, is every time he looks to hit the floor, you turn your back and walk off and he will actually follow (hence stops the submissive) hitting the floor in it's tracks.
Also with other people (harder to control) to using a clicker and getting him to associate click with "treat" this way when others make a huge fuss of him (even after you ask) not to! use the clicker to keep his focus on you and off rolling onto his back. Very good tool for submissive behaviour to get focus back.
 
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