How can I prevent my dog from peeing when disciplined?
How can I prevent my dog from peeing when disciplined? General Dog Discussions
We have an almost 2 year old Mini Eskimo that is an excellent pet, well trained, but very submissive by nature. About 3 weeks ago, we started having issues with her peeing in the house. It would always happen we she was being scolded or right when we got home from being gone. For instance 20 minutes ago, my wife took her outside, walked her into our fenced-in backyard, she ran around for several minutes, and never peed. Wife lets her back in the house, she runs to the bedroom where I was at, jumps on the bed into some clean clothes, I reach for the clothes, give her a stern 'No', and pull her off the bed. She left behind a large amount of urine all over the bed...I would be more understanding if she hadn't just been outside... I get that its submissive urnination, but I can't comprehend why she seems to store it up for when she's in trouble. This has literally only happened probably 4 times over the course of these 3 weeks... but I'm to the point that I'm worried she's becoming conditioned for this reaction. Also when we let her out to pee (both at random and when she asks to), she has an affinity for staying on the porch and not heading to the grass to go at all. But if you walk her to the grass she'll typically go... Why the reluctancy? Yard has a 6' fence all around, she's never acts scared of anything out there, and asks to go out regularly but just to sit on the porch. Btw, when I say 'porch' I actually mean the 2 steps down to the patio... Its strange to me that this is happening to a 2 year old dog that was housebroken after 2 weeks of receiveing her... and hadn't had an accident for over a year. Just trying to make certain that there isn't some underlying issue that could be causing this...BTW - Please don't be a moron and post 'Just stop scaring her' and 'You should never yell or raise your voice'. I have be a dog owner for over 20 years and I have a BS in Wildlife Ecology and Management, I get how dogs work and, until this situation, understand their behavioral quirks. Please respect that...Thanks!