I have a 1 year old miniature dachshund that urinates every time my husband comes home. He wants us to get rid of her and I want to keep her. Any ideas?
That sounds like nervousness; is he rough with her, intentionally or not? Animals can sense when one doesn't like them....My husband is not a cat lover, and when he was home alone with the cat, she never came out, even pooped under the bed. My husband grew to accept her, and they formed a respectful dislike for each other. You need to dwell deep in your heart, and if you have a close friend or family to give it too, please consider.
Use Belly bands if it is a boy. Is your doxie neutered/spayed?
I agree with the nervousness. Perhaps your dog could be taken out for a walk around the time your hubby comes home? Then when you return, hubby is there waiting to greet your doxie! He should try to develop a positive relationship with the little one. Maybe giving treats and saying postive things when the doxie is good. POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT
Perhaps dog obedience training would work?
The last resort would be finding a Dachshund Rescue to take your doxie. DO NOT SEND TO A SHELTER!
When he comes in does he bend over to pet her immediately? Our cocker used to squat and pee as soon as people came in the door, but they usually would pet her immediately. We were told to totally ignore her when coming into the house and then she wouldn't get so excited. It seemed that as we would bend over to pet her she formed almost a submissive stance and would squat and pee.
Try to ignore her as you come in...don't even look at her for a few minutes. Let us know if that works for you also.
My son and daughter-in-law's dog does the same thing when she's excited to see someone....it's always people she likes. Their solution has been to allow the dog to greet the person outside. It works for them....and she's actually gotten better.
It's a Doxie thing; mine is 4 years old and although it is much better than when she was a puppy, when she gets excited upon seeing someone she knows, she will pee alittle. As others before me suggested, don't bend down to greet her, just acknowledge her by name and go on with whatever you were doing.
Thanks for your suggestions!
My husband doesn't like her and yells when she pees so it doesn't help the situation.
She is very sweet and very funny and gets along very well with our sheltie. Both are females.
Animals will get nervous and exhibit behaviors like that, just when they expect the source. It's like a vicous circle. If he is okay with the sheltie, maybe talk him into building a relationship with her. My DH and late cat finally did, after a couple of years.
This animal KNOWS hubby doesnt want to keep her. Shes afraid. Thats why she wets inappropriately...
Poor baby...she is just so excited that Daddy's home! She loves him but then he yells at her :o(
Why not ,when you hear his car, bring her outside or in the garage so she does her tinkles there? She does not know what she is doing wrong if he yells and gets upset, she just becomes more upset herself. She is still a puppy.Give her some help. :o)
I met a lady recently with a mini dachshund puppy. She was telling me that she has chosen this specific dog because those she'd had in the past had bathroom problems, mostly urinating. She told me that it was a genetic gene in dachshunds ( I didn't know that) and that she'd found out about her current puppies parents and their parents, if they had urinating problems, before she committed to a dachshund. This is probably a situation that the dog doesn't like either and is beyond it's control. Of course stressing the dog by knowing your husband doesn't like it isn't going to help either. Even if your husband doesn't like the dog, if the dog thinks he does things will be better. Thank you for loving your little dog!!
Too bad you're in Ohio and I'm in Oregon. I'd love to have another mini doxie. Mine died a year ago at 17. They are wonderfully loving little dogs with huge personalities.
I agree with the answers you have already. Dogs can pee because they are excited/happy to see someone, or because that someone makes them feel unpleasantly nervous! It's sad that your husband doesn't like her,she of course is aware of that and she sounds so sweet.
She probably thinks he's the alpha dog.
"Submissive urination is the ultimate show of respect and deference for higher rank. It occurs frequently with young puppies who have not yet learned and perfected other social skills and means of showing respect."
When he pays attention to her, she wants to show him she is submissive. The best thing for him to do is not pay attention for the first few minutes after he comes home. Also, keeping her outside when he comes home or somewhere where it won't hurt if she pees would be good and have him greet her there.
Tell him, it's because she adores him and thinks he's the head honcho, that might help him understand it.
My Chihuahua done the same thing she would get so excied to see people she loves everyone and is very sweet ,after she has got older she no longer pees when people start paying attention to her.I have heard that some dogs will pee when someone they really love comes home they are so excited to see them.Give the little Dog time to see if she will over come this problem
Lois
All of these suggestions are great, but I just remembered, dogs can hear their owners cars from at least one mile away, maybe longer depending on other sounds (sorry, lack of) so keep track of her behavior at certain times, or talk to hub on cell phone when she acts "off." My dog perked up and ran to the window when my husband was two miles from the house, when we lived in the country. That was at a time after major traffic went through, so it was quieter. He also gets home on a regular schedule, and dogs seem to sense that too. I "hear about it" if hubby comes home late, too bad it's at 6 am! Off the subject, I stayed at my mom's farm for a month, and my youngest son (6 months at the time) remembered the sound of my mom's car and started getting excited and looking at the door when she would pass on the road and turn into the driveway! AMAZING!
Hope this is of help to you.
From your question, I'm not sure whether this is submissive urination or excitement. Submissive urination is made worse by punishment--and that includes any form of disapproval from you when the dog does it. It is a nearly involuntary reaction on the part of a submissive dog, in the presence of a person the dog perceives as dominant. If the person shows displeasure at the urination, that makes the dog even MORE submissive to that person, hence the problem gets worse.
If that is the situation, you need to ignore it when the dog does it, and try not to greet the dog when you first get home. You just keep walking and walk the dog straight outside without stopping your feet, bending over, or talking to the dog. After the dog has relieved outside, then you can greet.
Whether or not this is submissive urination, it can involve a urinary tract infection. When a dog has a tendency to submissively urinate, an infection will make it happen more easily, and can make the problem persist past the time the dog would normally outgrow it. When a dog has a urinary tract infection, control can be more difficult, and urination can happen from excitement, too.
So, look at how you are handling the dog as well as what is happening when she has these accidents. If she ever wets when she is asleep, that's another sign of infection. Frequent urination can also be a symptom of infection. That can be checked by taking the dog to urinate on leash, then as she starts to go, slipping a clean pie pan or soup ladle under her to catch it. Pour the urine into a clean jar, and take to the veterinarian for analysis while it is still fresh. This is less expensive than a sample collected by the veterinarian, and less stress on the dog. In some cases it will not be sterile enough, but in many cases it will be adequate to determine whether or not the dog needs to be on antibiotics.
It takes time to clear up these infections with antibiotics, and often they are discontinued too soon. To give you an idea, I had a dog with a urinary tract infection who took 4 to 6 weeks of antibiotics, and had about six urine checks. The veterinarian changed the medication twice, when the lab work indicated the antibiotic was not working. She did not have a recurrence of that infection. Often dogs who are given one antibiotic for a week or ten days will have a recurrence, and if the owner doesn't bring the dog back in, serious damage can result.
Besides the handling mentioned above, and checking for infection, giving the dog positive, reward-based obedience training will improve her confidence. That is an excellent antidote to submissive urination.
If she were older, another possibility would be the urinary incontinence that sometimes happens to female dogs. But that's not likely at her age.
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