Why does my dog whine and pee from excitement when I come home?

I recommend googling ‘Banfield excitement and submissive urination’ and ‘VCA excitement and submissive urination’ for tips on reducing how worked up Harley gets when you or your boyfriend come home or when she is approached by other people. Additionally starting her on daily, natural and safe 5 star rated VetriScience Composure Chews available on chewy.com and PetCo.com will likely help as well Using an adaption calming pheromone plug-in may help lower her overall anxiety levels as elk. Good luck!

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

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.

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

This is normal puppy behavior and Oli will out grow it eventually. The main thing you can do is try to keep him more calm when he is in areas you don’t want him to urinate. Pets especially urinate when we get home after being gone, try to ignore him when you come home until you get him outside. Then you can greet him. Also having a vigorous play session outside before bringing him inside can help make him more tired and he may not be as excitable later in the evening. I hope this is helpful and please feel free to post any additional questions.

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.

There are a few things you can do, and looking up "door/greeting manners" on a site like YouTube can give you some visual examples of these training techniques. When people come over, having a leash by the door is a good idea. At the first sign of knocking or a doorbell, leash up your dogs and keep them in a sitting position. If they jump up or become too excited, have your visitor ignore them until they are able to settle back down and sit again. Once they are calmer, offering them a treat is best to teach them that calm, quiet sitting behavior is rewarded, and being excited is not. If they are jumping up on you when you get home, you can do a similar thing by ignoring them until they are calmer (even if you have to stand there for a few minutes without moving). Once they are calm, offer a treat and praise. You may need to spend a day where you take a step, wait for calm behavior, take a step, wait, etc, until they are a bit better about understanding what you are doing. As for the excitement urination, this is often something dogs grow out of, but in the meantime it is best to just ignore the pup that potties. Try not to make a big deal out of coming home (which can lead to excitement and thus urination), and instead wait until both dogs are calm to acknowledge them. If you do give your pup some attention, making sure it's on a tile floor that is easy to clean is best!