Terrier bitch peeing...

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

My terrier is about 5 years old and since I've had her (about 3 years) she pees when excited or nervous.

 

If I raise my voice she will cower and pee and sometimes when I call her to me and go to stroke her she will stoop and pee.

 

I've never hit her once but she was battered by previous owner as a pup a few times for no reason.

 

She isn't incontinent as she sleeps in a crate for 8/10 hours at night without a drop of pee.

 

Is this common? And someone said spaying her will stop it? Is that likely?

 

It's never been a problem before because she's always lived out but at my new place she is inside most of the time and just out for a few hours a day so getting more of a problem.

 

Thanks

 

Gaz

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

This is a difficult one...

Some dogs are overtly submissive,..that is just the way they are, and in a pack situation,.that is the way they survive...

However, if you believe that the poor wee tyke was battered in a previous life,..well you can only treat this problem with kindness and patience. As you approach her,.try to almost ignore her,..try not to tower over her in the manner of a larger dog (difficult with a small terrier I know)...

But,..just try to keeps things real matter of fact, 'calm and collected',....everything nice and slow..

 

Give her the confidence she lacks....

 

All the best to you,...CW..

[Casso 1,261]

My terrier is about 5 years old and since I've had her (about 3 years) she pees when excited or nervous.

 

If I raise my voice she will cower and pee and sometimes when I call her to me and go to stroke her she will stoop and pee.

 

I've never hit her once but she was battered by previous owner as a pup a few times for no reason.

 

She isn't incontinent as she sleeps in a crate for 8/10 hours at night without a drop of pee.

 

Is this common? And someone said spaying her will stop it? Is that likely?

 

It's never been a problem before because she's always lived out but at my new place she is inside most of the time and just out for a few hours a day so getting more of a problem.

 

Thanks

 

Gaz

if she is in the house and doing this a quick fix is in order,

Only feed her after you approach her , dont feed out of the bowl , hand feed , you need to redirect how she perceives a human approaching and the best way to do it is through the gut,

feed her the usual amount but try feeding in intervals just after you approach or whatever it is that triggers the pissing,

animals in the wild have to overcome resistance to feed , its the natural order, make her overcome the resistance of you ,

Approach her, stop short, then make her come into your space to feed, its a great one for socializing a sensitive dog

best of luck with it

[billybaltic 308]

My daughter's dog{staff} used to do this when i went to visit, which was most day's, but when she visited me the dog did'nt piss, what i done was, when i first went into the house i would ignore the dog{as chalkwarren said} then when i sat down, the dog would come over to me and i would stroke her then, since i started this the dog has not done it, so i am gonna carry on that way as it work's, it is worth you trying it, nothing to lose, good luck.

[s.e.s.k.u 1,893]

cant you get her back outside mate? if all else fails that is

[beast 1,884]

thers some good advice on here already. this bitch is scared so you need to be very kind and patient. do whatever you can to build her confidence, especially in her relationship with you. play with her (maybe not rough games at first but build up gradually to exciting games), get her playing with toys (sometimes if you just sit on the floor and play with one by yourself this is enough to get her interest).roll about on the floor at her level, dont be afraid to make yourself look silly. just get her reacting in a positive way, but do it in a gradual way if that makes sense. once you get there she will be the most loyal dog ypu ever own. good luck, keep us posted

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Thanks for the replies and I will try some of the suggestions.

 

She doesn't come across as a scared dog % of the time and I have a brilliant bond with her. As I write this she is asleep on my chest like a baby.

 

She is mental out in the field and fears nothing, she is an excellent watch dog and will growl and bark if a stranger approaches the house.

 

Regularly I can shout her to me and she comes and jumps up, just every now and again she comes to me and when I bend down she cowers and pisses like I'm gonna hit her.

 

Can't work it out at all.

[Tania Welsh 3]

what a shame. Spaying will have the opposite effect ie: in later life they lose bladder control so i would rule that out. As you say its only happening on some occassions, i would look at what the precise difference is in your approach - is it a certain item of clothing, a colour, a smell - there is something on those occassions that is triggering her fear response to what went on before - by association not memory - so try work it out what the association is and bingo! Good luck.

[the_stig 6,614]

submisive bitch --- if it does everything else you want of it dont worry about it ..

[Malt 379]

Just to add, it's not always done out of fear, my mates JRT does it out of excitement. Like Chalkwarren said above, it's a way of communicating their intent. The dog I'm speaking about is a real friendly, confident, exciteable but submissive little thing. She comes up to you squats, pisses as if to say, 'look I'm not going to hurt you, i want to play!' then goes nuts trying to get you play with her. Would drive me nuts if it was my dog though!