April 19, 2011
My 4 month old puppy has a serious problem with submissive peeing. Every time I approach she squats and dribbles. What can I do?
Full Question:
I have a puppy ( 4 months old ) that was raised with a family rather than a kennel so they would be socialized. Unfortunately whatever happened there has created a life time submission pissing and not liking of children We do behavioral training no hitting positive reinforcement and encouragement training, so with all my skills I'm at a dead end here. and very frustrate as a trainer, this happens at no apparent time mostly when she thinks she's in trouble. We just go on and act as though nothing has happened when she pee's. Thanks, please respond when you can.-Janice
Ed's Answer:
This is not really that uncommon. One of my best friends has a 4 month old imported Malinois that does this. These dogs outgrow this. Two things need to happen:
- The dog needs to live in a crate all the time. The only time its out of the crate is when you take it straight outside. Even if you have to open the crate and carry it outside. When they come inside they go right back in the crate. This does not change until the dog stops this peeing. (You test it outside)
- The pup needs to get obedience trained. Training ADDS CONFIDENCE. The training needs to be motivational – use food and a lot of praise. I even think there may be a place for clickers here – I am not a clicker fan.
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