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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Excitement or Submissive Urination Problems with Your Poodle
Even the best house trained dogs may have times when they urine in the home. This is often caused because of an outside element that causes the dog to react submissively or to react out of excitement.
Since this can be a frustrating problem for Poodle owners, we will be discussing the causes for both of these reactions and how to help your dog gain control.
How to train your Poodle to handle situations and the way in which you respond to these “accidents” will be very important in reversing this type of dog behavior.
Once you understand why your dog is doing this, you can then take steps to stop it!
Therefore, our new topic is Submissive and Excitement Urination Problems with Your Poodle.
Since this can be a frustrating problem for Poodle owners, we will be discussing the causes for both of these reactions and how to help your dog gain control.
How to train your Poodle to handle situations and the way in which you respond to these “accidents” will be very important in reversing this type of dog behavior.
Once you understand why your dog is doing this, you can then take steps to stop it!
Therefore, our new topic is Submissive and Excitement Urination Problems with Your Poodle.
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Let’s begin with submissive urination behavior with dogs. There are certain situations in which your Poodle may feel overwhelmed or threatened. When they feel this way, they can then have an accident.
The Signs of Submissive Urination Behavior:
How to Help Your Poodle
You can help your Poodle gain control. Building up your dog’s confidence is the key.
Before you begin training, if your Poodle is having many accidents in the home, first take your dog for a full medical checkup to make sure that there are no underlying medical issues, such as a bladder infection and so on.
Once you get the “all clear” from your dog’s veterinarian, here is what you can do to help:
Teach your dog any commands that your does not already know. Most likely, you have taught your Poodle to sit, stay, heel, lay and roll over. If your Poodle has not mastered one of these… take time to train your dog. Be sure to show lots of patience and give great reward when your Poodle is working hard to learn. This will build confidence in your Poodle.
Never punish your Poodle for doing something wrong. This can have long lasting negative aspects. It is best to ignore bad behavior and to greatly reward good behavior.
Slowly expose your Poodle to new people and places. Show your Poodle that while the world is a big place, all is safe when you are by their side. Seeing and experiencing new places, sights and sounds will help your Poodle gain confidence and not feel overwhelmed by circumstances.
In severe cases, notice how you approach your Poodle. A Poodle who is very shy and feels threatened is best approached from the side…and not from the front. This allows the Poodle to be greeting and have attention showered on them…but in a way that the Poodle can handle.
Now, let’s discuss Excitement Urination behavior with dogs, as this is very common.
Excitement urination happens most commonly at some stage in greetings and playtime and is not in conjunction with submissive posturing, such as the Poodle exposing the belly. This is most common with puppies and can fix itself over time, as your puppy grows into an older dog.
The Signs of Excitement Urination Behavior:
Owners may unintentionally reinforce this type of dog behavior. How? When an owner feels bad for their dog for having the accident, they may then pet them or talk in a soothing voice. This then causes the dog to think that their behavior is being rewarded.
You should always first take your Poodle to the veterinarian, to rule out any canine medical causes. Once your dog is deemed 100% healthy…here is how you can help train them:
While your Poodle is a young puppy, if they urinate while playing, try to limit playtime to the outdoors. Your Poodle puppy may simply not have strong enough bladder muscles to keep things under control.
Never raise your voice when your puppy does this. It is always best to ignore bad dog behavior and give huge rewards for good behavior. This is what leads a Poodle to be well behaved.
If you come home to a Poodle who is just going crazy with excitement, it is best to be very calm…very low key…and do not greet your Poodle right away. Take a minute or so to look through your mail, check your messages, etc. And then, gently and calmly greet your dog. This will show your Poodle that while it is wonderful that you came home…it is not a situation in which they must act out of control. If you act calm…this will show your Poodle that they should act calm. Once you do this, you can then pat, play with and shower attention on your Poodle for the rest of the day!
The Signs of Submissive Urination Behavior:
- Your Poodle urinates in the home when being disciplined – such as if your Poodle does something unacceptable and you raise your voice to your dog
- Your Poodle may urinate when a stranger comes over to him – a dog who does this is feeling threatened ,even if that person has good intentions.
- Your Poodle is shy by nature – a dog who is shy will see many elements as overwhelming
- Your Poodle urinates at the same time that he or she shows physical submissive signs such as tucking its tail or rolling over to show their belly
How to Help Your Poodle
You can help your Poodle gain control. Building up your dog’s confidence is the key.
Before you begin training, if your Poodle is having many accidents in the home, first take your dog for a full medical checkup to make sure that there are no underlying medical issues, such as a bladder infection and so on.
Once you get the “all clear” from your dog’s veterinarian, here is what you can do to help:
Teach your dog any commands that your does not already know. Most likely, you have taught your Poodle to sit, stay, heel, lay and roll over. If your Poodle has not mastered one of these… take time to train your dog. Be sure to show lots of patience and give great reward when your Poodle is working hard to learn. This will build confidence in your Poodle.
Never punish your Poodle for doing something wrong. This can have long lasting negative aspects. It is best to ignore bad behavior and to greatly reward good behavior.
Slowly expose your Poodle to new people and places. Show your Poodle that while the world is a big place, all is safe when you are by their side. Seeing and experiencing new places, sights and sounds will help your Poodle gain confidence and not feel overwhelmed by circumstances.
In severe cases, notice how you approach your Poodle. A Poodle who is very shy and feels threatened is best approached from the side…and not from the front. This allows the Poodle to be greeting and have attention showered on them…but in a way that the Poodle can handle.
Now, let’s discuss Excitement Urination behavior with dogs, as this is very common.
Excitement urination happens most commonly at some stage in greetings and playtime and is not in conjunction with submissive posturing, such as the Poodle exposing the belly. This is most common with puppies and can fix itself over time, as your puppy grows into an older dog.
The Signs of Excitement Urination Behavior:
- Your Poodle may pee when they are playing with you
- Your Poodle may pee when they see you come home and you are greeting them
Owners may unintentionally reinforce this type of dog behavior. How? When an owner feels bad for their dog for having the accident, they may then pet them or talk in a soothing voice. This then causes the dog to think that their behavior is being rewarded.
You should always first take your Poodle to the veterinarian, to rule out any canine medical causes. Once your dog is deemed 100% healthy…here is how you can help train them:
While your Poodle is a young puppy, if they urinate while playing, try to limit playtime to the outdoors. Your Poodle puppy may simply not have strong enough bladder muscles to keep things under control.
Never raise your voice when your puppy does this. It is always best to ignore bad dog behavior and give huge rewards for good behavior. This is what leads a Poodle to be well behaved.
If you come home to a Poodle who is just going crazy with excitement, it is best to be very calm…very low key…and do not greet your Poodle right away. Take a minute or so to look through your mail, check your messages, etc. And then, gently and calmly greet your dog. This will show your Poodle that while it is wonderful that you came home…it is not a situation in which they must act out of control. If you act calm…this will show your Poodle that they should act calm. Once you do this, you can then pat, play with and shower attention on your Poodle for the rest of the day!
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