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    Excitement incontinence?

    Maggie is 10 weeks old. She is house trained for the most part, and seems upset if she does pee inside. Fortunately, those days are becoming less frequent.

    When someone comes over, she gets very excited and piddles. It's usually not much, but it happens every time she gets excited, mostly when people come over.

    This is the first dog I've had with this issue. It doesn't alarm me, but it does annoy me if she's inside. I don't reprimand her, because I'm not sure she's conscious of it or can control it.

    Is this something she will outgrow? Thank you for any input.

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    It is important to determine if this is excitement or submissive urination. If excitement they will usually grown out of it but if submissive urination they may do it for life especially if not addressed correctly. Does she duck her head, crouch, tuck her tail, crawl or roll over on her belly when greeting? Does it happen only when greeting and/or if being reprimanded?
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    • #3
      She doesn't exhibit any submissive behavior when it happens. She is always happy, waggy, on all fours, head up, talking, and just plain thrilled that someone is here to see her. She puts her had down for a few seconds to sniff feet and legs, but otherwise her head is up. Her body language is that of canine bliss.

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      • #4
        Oh, and if she's being reprimanded, she does show submissive behavior, but doesn't piddle.

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        Mom to 2 human kids, a 13 year old tabby named Pepper (RIP 5/2013), a 10 year old Ragdoll mix cat named Annie, Dory, the Shelter Kitty, Gizmo the 3 year old most awesome mutt ever, and Maggie, keeper of my heart.

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        • #5
          Have everyone completely ignore her until you can see she's calm. Then a very lowkey greeting/acknowledgment can happen. Plus, I would think she will grow out of it.
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          • #6
            Ludo did this. He'd leak a bit when he was excited. Always when greeting people who have come to the house. It was never him completely emptying his bladder, just a trickle. I chalked it up to him being a puppy and now that's he's a bit older, he's definitely outgrown it. He's 6 months old now. I'd say it stopped around 4-5 months old.

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            • #7
              Ignore it.
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              • #8
                She's a baby and she will most likely outgrow it! My puppy's most favorite person in the world to have visit is my mom. Every time Mom would come over, Gelsi would sit like a little lady and be very polite, tail wagging the entire time, peeing the entire time LOL! The way I dealt with it was, if I knew Mom was coming over I would watch for her and then have Gelsi greet her outside. Same thing every time, she would pee whilst politely greeting Mom, then get up and seem surprised at the pee, looking at it with an expression of "eew, who did THAT?" lol. I had asked her breeder about it and she told me she'd outgrow it, which she has, but now it's being rudely overenthusiastic greeting ANYone...I almost wish we were back at the peeing stage
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