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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on April 15, 2010 at 7:54am

Never scold or punish. We had a Golden that did this and found the best way to avoid it was to downplay greetings. We taught him to go to "his place" (a rug in the kitchen) when we came home or people came over. Learning down and stay helps a lot with this. However, the first thing I would do is have him vet checked to make sure there is not a medical problem. Then start with some basic training with treats at first such as sit and down. Use positive reinforcement but do not overdo the praise. Eventually our Golden did not do this unless someone really made a huge fuss over him.

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Permalink Reply by Beth on April 15, 2010 at 10:16am

I agree with Bev. Really downplay the greetings at this point. Since you don't know the dog's past, it can be tough to say why he does this. The best thing you can do for your dog is give him a nice treat when you leave, then ignore him briefly when you come home. Put your things away, check the mail, and ignore the dog til he's calm and then give him a very low-key greeting. This can help prevent separation anxiety and submissive urination.

I also agree to have him vet-checked to be sure there is no underlying physical problem.

Your new Corgi is very fortunate he showed up at your door. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Tiffany-Rose Perry on April 28, 2010 at 8:56am

My Corgi sometimes does that too. I call it "Happy Pee." When ever someone comes in our door and my pup gets all excited cuz he is getting attention, he does the happy pee. My suggestion is when you are away, crate the pup or baby gate him in a separate room away from the door you will be coming in. That way he wont have access to you when you first come in and take him out right away. And if you have guest coming over, take him out before they get there so he doesn't "happy pee" on them. My pup has done that. U_U

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Permalink Reply by Avyon on April 28, 2010 at 10:57am

We don't have this issue but like everyone else said.. downplay it and try to train your pup to do something else other then gets over excited when someone comes home.

My friend's dog did this in college whenever her boyfriend came home.. so to downplay it (there were inside stairs up to their front door, they took the door off and put a doggy door there instead and just kept the bottom door closed. He would have to crawl up the stairs to stay at their level and pet them with a soft voice.. unlike his usual DADDYS HOME!! OMG DOGSDOGSDOGSDOGS!

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Permalink Reply by Chris West on April 28, 2010 at 11:19am

My parents' dog was like that for the first 2-3 years we had her. When she got a little older, it was just me she would pee during greetings for (my mom nicknamed me "Potty" for the dog lol, she would always be like "Oh look, Potty is here!"). The only solution we found that worked was to either let the dog outside for the greeting, so she'd pee on the grass, or I had to completely ignore the dog for an hour whenever I came over so she would calm down and not be excited about affection from me. I would recommend letting everyone that comes over (and do it yourself) to just ignore the dog for a short time when you first arrive at the house. Don't pet him until he is calm.

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Permalink Reply by Cindi on April 28, 2010 at 11:29am

Hi Allison. Some dogs grow out of pee greetings, some don't. As the others have suggested, calm greetings are the way to go. Is your little one crated? If so, you can come in the house and not acknowledge the dog until he's calm. Take your time with this. Eventually your dog will be more calm in greeting and it may give some relief for the pee greetings.

If you have more specific questions, drop me a message and I'll be glad to walk you through it.

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