You know she's waiting for you.
You know she'll get you as soon as you open the door.
You know there is no escape, so you steel yourself and open the door to face your dog.
And you stand patiently, waiting while your ecstatic dog goes through an entire gymnastics routine of roll-overs, spins, jumps and crawls. You give her the routine hugs, pets and "Did you miss me?" voice. Then you stand up, and she follows you to the kitchen where you grab the paper towels and cleaning spray, to wipe up her "greeting puddle". The same puddle she leaves you every time you come home.
What can be done about the "greeting puddles"?
Submissive urination plagues about one in ten dog owners (the dogs don't know it's a problem), and is essentially a personality trait. This is not a housetraining problem, and should not be treated like one. Rather, the simplest solution is often the best: ignore the behaviour completely.
Submissive dogs tend to react according to your presence; if you loom and get excited, she'll get excited ... and pee on your shoes. If you make a big deal out of something ... so will she. However, if you ignore any outburst from her, treat your arrival and her subsequent display of fawning affection as something of no consequence, eventually, so will she.
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You know she'll get you as soon as you open the door.
You know there is no escape, so you steel yourself and open the door to face your dog.
And you stand patiently, waiting while your ecstatic dog goes through an entire gymnastics routine of roll-overs, spins, jumps and crawls. You give her the routine hugs, pets and "Did you miss me?" voice. Then you stand up, and she follows you to the kitchen where you grab the paper towels and cleaning spray, to wipe up her "greeting puddle". The same puddle she leaves you every time you come home.
What can be done about the "greeting puddles"?
Submissive urination plagues about one in ten dog owners (the dogs don't know it's a problem), and is essentially a personality trait. This is not a housetraining problem, and should not be treated like one. Rather, the simplest solution is often the best: ignore the behaviour completely.
Submissive dogs tend to react according to your presence; if you loom and get excited, she'll get excited ... and pee on your shoes. If you make a big deal out of something ... so will she. However, if you ignore any outburst from her, treat your arrival and her subsequent display of fawning affection as something of no consequence, eventually, so will she.
