[Kiyah]

I have a 17 week old mixed lab puppy who pees whenever excited or scared. She is perfectly kennel trained, however, whenever I go to let her out of her kennel, she pees a little because she is excited to see me.
I read somewhere that I should section off the kennel if it is too large in order to prevent her from having accidents. I will try that first because she does have occasional accidents throughout the day in the kennel too. But it seems once I have to quickly escort her out because she will pee when i pet her. Even if she has already peed outside several times, she may even pee again when she comes up to me and i pet her.

any suggestions to my puppy's excited bladder??

 

[stacey101]

Remember she's still a puppy Koda did that along with poop up until I believe 4 months? but grew out of it.
Im a bit out of touch of the other potential causes and ways to fix this, so I too can't wait to see what others say

 

[Amaryllis]

It's the age. She's not quite old enough to have full sensation/muscle control in that area. Plus, if she just hit a growth spurt, her frame is now bigger than her bladder, which will make things worse. You just have to wait it out.

And give us pictures! We love puppies! And dogs. And old dogs.

 

[doxiemommy]

Lots of times, puppies will grow out of the excited peeing. But, in the meantime, I would escort him quickly outside, from his kennel, WITHOUT petting or even talking to him. Take him out, let him pee/poop. Then, when you are still outside, you could greet him, so that, if he DOES pee again from excitement, at least you are outside and there won't be a mess inside.

Excitement urination doesn't really have anything to do with house training/potty training. It's just a matter of not being in control of their bladder when they get too excited. It's not about knowing when and where to pee/poop. It's just that they lose control when they get excited.

The best tactic, IMO, is to try to eliminate or reduce what causes them to be too excited. So, if you coming home and petting/greeting him causes the excited pee, then don't greet or touch or look at or talk to him until you are outside with him, and he has peed, and is a bit more calm.

 

[Kiyah]

thank you guys! hopefully patience pays off! will post pictures later!