Happy Wees!

[shazz05]

Hiya,

I have a 15 week old tente puppy and she gets so excited every time someone goes to give her attention or pick her up that she does a little twinkle.

How can I stop this from happening?

I have been weaning her from being inside during the day, and she is crated inside at night with her

puppy jacket on to keep her warm. I feel bad about having her outside, but she is a dog, and can't be with us 24/7.

She didn't do the happy wee's until I started leaving her outside.

How can I deal with this little girls happy wee's.

Thanks

Shazz

Edited July 5, 2008 by shazz05

[GSDhandler]

try and tone down the initial meeting when she sees you again.

i di this with mine cause shes stil only 8.5 wks and hasnt got bladder control. i dont excite her too much until ive let her have a pee outside. its pretty normal and just comesdown to gradually building up the stimulation rather than exciting them to the max to start with.

hope this is some help. there was an article of it on a GSD website, but cant remember the site, try googling it, or if all else dails PM me and i'll see what i can get for you.

[sas]

Puppies do grow out of this typically but you want to be setting her up for success rather than faliure i.e. you know the situations where she urinates in excitment so be extra aware, don't interact with her as soon as you go outside, wonder around for a bit and ignore her and wait for her to settle.

Ask your friends or other people who want to interact with her to just ignore her until she settles.

Having a dog inside or out is a personal choice. Mine are inside 24/7 with the door open so they can go outside. A dog is pack animal and you are its' pack so it's natural inclination is to be with you, they're very social animals, in saying that some dogs prefer being outside and some would prefer to be inside but cope fine outside.

Edited July 5, 2008 by sas

[pie]

Shazz, Kyzer did this for a few weeks when he was younger, he has grown out of it now.

I found that ignoring him when coming through the door helped, and we had to make sure not to talk in excited tones or bend down over him until he had settled down.

[Dogsfevr]

Yep as already said ignoring & not razzing them up.

Our dogs are inside 24/7 too with doggy door access.Has it been worse since being outside ??

[jillybean]

I wouldn't worry about this too much, it happens to lots of puppies but they tend to grow out of it. Chloe used to do it all the time but now that I think of it she hasn't done it in the past few months.

[Kelpie_Pup]

Luckily they do grow out of it Our puppy started doing this about about 13 weeks..mainly when we got home (she was outside) or when people came over. I always ensured that if someone came to the door, that Halle was taken outside first to do a wee, then come back in. When we came home to her outside, i wouldn't give her any cuddles or any attention until she had done a wee ... "toilet time" is her command. She learnt this very quickly as she was always so keen for attention

It doesn't last long and I'm quite sure happens to most little puppies