April 19, 2011
Our 12 week old puppy pees when she gets excited. What can I do?
Full Question:
I have a 12 week old female shepherd (German of course) and she is probably the smartest dog I have every worked with. There are just three things right now that I don't know how to correct, 1. She pees on the floor when ever someone comes to visit or if she gets very excited. 2. She just started this very disgusting act of peeing on our children when they lie down on the floor 3. She bites at our faces when we play with her.She is pretty much house broken, with the exception of when she is excited and the thing with the children.
Thank you for your time and expertise,
Pastor James
Ed's Answer:
This peeing is always a pain. Thankfully most dogs simply grow out of it. Some take a lot longer than others. It can take months. This problem usually has little to do with letting the dog out to relieve itself. It can happen right after coming in from going outside.
One thing to try and do to help the process along is to socialize the pup as much as possible, Right now it pees when it is exposed to something new and it gets excited. So why not take it outside to places that are new and exciting and allow it to get as many experiences as possible. Then less and less things in life will be new and exciting, which means less peeing.
If you know that new people are coming over, I would put the dog in the crate until you get this under control (this is assuming that you have crate trained your dog and have a dog crate (which everyone should). See my training article at the bottom of the list of questions on this page on how to house break a dog.
The dog peeing on the kids is just an extension of the excrement. The dog is not trying to mark the children or anything like that, it is just excited when its on the floor playing with the kids. You would be better advised to not have the kids on the floor with the dog until you get the peeing under control.
This biting is just a way of playing. At this age the pup is not doing it out of aggression or dominance. More than likely it is just playing like it did with litter mates. To stop it just tell the dog "PHOOIE or NO" and shake it by the back of its neck (that s the way mother dogs scold their pups). It does not take very long for a puppy to come to recognize the word "PHOOIE" and stop doing what its doing. Unfortunately trying to verbally reprimand the pup for peeing when it’s excited does not seem to work.
I would highly recommend that you and your family watch the tape I have titled Your Puppy 8 Weeks to 8 Months. These are the types of things covered in this training video. I give it to everyone that buys a puppy from my kennel and I seldom get questions from my customers.
One thing to try and do to help the process along is to socialize the pup as much as possible, Right now it pees when it is exposed to something new and it gets excited. So why not take it outside to places that are new and exciting and allow it to get as many experiences as possible. Then less and less things in life will be new and exciting, which means less peeing.
If you know that new people are coming over, I would put the dog in the crate until you get this under control (this is assuming that you have crate trained your dog and have a dog crate (which everyone should). See my training article at the bottom of the list of questions on this page on how to house break a dog.
The dog peeing on the kids is just an extension of the excrement. The dog is not trying to mark the children or anything like that, it is just excited when its on the floor playing with the kids. You would be better advised to not have the kids on the floor with the dog until you get the peeing under control.
This biting is just a way of playing. At this age the pup is not doing it out of aggression or dominance. More than likely it is just playing like it did with litter mates. To stop it just tell the dog "PHOOIE or NO" and shake it by the back of its neck (that s the way mother dogs scold their pups). It does not take very long for a puppy to come to recognize the word "PHOOIE" and stop doing what its doing. Unfortunately trying to verbally reprimand the pup for peeing when it’s excited does not seem to work.
I would highly recommend that you and your family watch the tape I have titled Your Puppy 8 Weeks to 8 Months. These are the types of things covered in this training video. I give it to everyone that buys a puppy from my kennel and I seldom get questions from my customers.
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