My dog pees when excited or when people greet her. Is it normal?

What he's doing is probably submissive urination. He sees you as an authority figure, or someone he's very happy to see and urinates. Submissive urination is normal canine communication. When a dog submissively urinates, he’s trying to convey that he’s not a threat. Dogs who submissively urinate usually do so when greeting people or animals, during exciting events, while playing, during physical contact, such as petting, or when scolded or punished. When in a situation that seems to trigger submissive urination, a dog will tend to display submissive postures, such as cowering, lowering the body, raising the front paws, tucking the tail, flattening the ears back, licking the lips or displaying a submissive grin. Submissive urination is most common in puppies, but some adult dogs submissively urinate as well, especially those who seem to lack confidence. The following suggestions might help you manage, minimize or stop the behavior. If possible, greet him outside. Toss a handful of small treats or a few favorite toys in his direction as he runs up to greet you. Ignore him when you first come home and walk through the door. Wait until he has completely calmed down before interacting with him. When you finally greet your dog, do so calmly. Look off to the side instead of straight at him. Sit on the floor or squat down—and avoid looming over your dog as you bend toward him. Teach your dog to perform a behavior, such as sit, when he greets people. First, practice the sit behavior outside of the greeting context, in a calm place, without other people around. When you pet your dog, touch him under the chin or chest, rather than on top of his head or ears. Keep play sessions with him low-key and play games with him that focus on toys rather than bodily contact.

If Kyra seems to have some separation anxiety then a supplement could help, but behavior modification is probably more important. It sounds like the urination is probably submissive or excitement urination. You should keep greetings very low key to help prevent this. Here are some links that could help: https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/dog-care/common-dog-behavior-issues/separation-anxiety https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/dog-submissive-urination-solutions

Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! This is a common behavior in puppies. This should subside over time but one thing that may help is having any friends or family that are over to the house completely ignore Pinky until she calms down. You can even have them offer a treat and make her sit and stay to get her to calm down. This will help with the spontaneous urination due to excitation. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further. Please take the time to mark this question as helpful or not as it helps us to improve on the quality of our answers to other pet owners. Thank you kindly!

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! The best thing to help with this is trying to avoid the trigger (such as calling her name on a high pitch voice or getting vocally excited to see her, act). When she does not pee in these situations, make sure to let her know that that was the desired behavior with praise and a treat. Remain consistent and this will work for you. Have a good day!

She could be urinating because she is excited to see you, or it could be submissive urination in that she is trying to show you she isn't a threat. The Humane Society has a good article that tells you how to train this behavior out of your dog, and I will include a link below to it to help you get her to stop this behavior: http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/dogs/tips/submissive_urination.html

Many times this is submissive behavior or a sign that Clark is very excited. This is normal puppy behavior and most dogs will outgrow it. Do not punish Clark when this behavior happens. The best thing you can do is either have the people greet Clark in an area that is OK if he urinates or have them ignore Clark when they first arrive until he calms down. They cannot speak to him, pet him or make eye contact with him. If he tries to jump on them, have them turn and walk away. Once he calms down it is OK to pay calm attention to him. I hope this helps and please free to post any additional questions.

This could be submissive urination. It is common in younger dogs. Luckily, they typically outgrow the behavior. Until then, try to greet visitors outside to minimize accidents. Gradually acclimate Django to strangers, one at a time. If possible, walk him in parks and around town to expose him to people and places. A pheromone product, such as the Adaptil collar or DAP plug in diffuser, may decrease any anxiety. https://www.petcoach.co/article/submissive-excitement-urination-how-to-control-it/