My 6 week old female doberman is spotting and acts like she needs to urinate.She squats and then moves and repeats this behavior without actually passing any urine.She can urinate but this is a separate behavior. Thank-you for your concern.

Take her to the vet to be sure. Sounds like she couldave an infection. No harm in being safe.
Hope that helped.
Lv s x

Yes is sounds like she has a uti

UTI= Urinary Tract Infection. Very unlikely. Far to young to have developed the required ingredence for this. I can almost bet when I explain submissive urination she probably fits all aspects. I will also list ways to correct the situation. I'm not sure whether this is submissive urination or excitement. Submissive urination is made worse by punishment--and that includes any form of disapproval from you when the dog does it. It is a nearly involuntary reaction on the part of a submissive dog, in the presence of a person the dog perceives as dominant. If the person shows displeasure at the urination, that makes the dog even MORE submissive to that person, hence the problem gets worse. If that is the situation, you need to ignore it when the dog does it, and try not to greet the dog when you first get home. You just keep walking and walk the dog straight outside without stopping your feet, bending over, or talking to the dog. After the dog has relieved outside, then you can greet. Besides the handling mentioned above, giving the dog positive, reward-based obedience training will improve her confidence. That is an excellent antidote to submissive urination. This if anything else tells me she will be a great loving dog and will not take much to train as an adult. Going to be a lover I betcha!

I assumed spotting meant that she saw blood that is why I thought uti

I will take DocWill's word for it to be too soon for UTI. There are some more positive steps for the submissive wetting.

Many dogs eventually outgrow it, but you can reduce it by building the dog's confidence up. Start with obedience training. The key to most behavior problems is approaching things using the dog's natural instincts. Dogs see all the people and dogs in the household as a pack with each having their own rank in the pack and a top dog. Life is much easier if the 2 legged pack members outrank the 4 legged ones. You can learn to play the role of top dog by reading some books or going to a good obedience class. A good obedience class or book is about you being top dog, not about rewarding standard commands with a treat. Start at Raising Your Dog with the Monks of New Skete (http://www.dogsbestfriend.com/) As you praise the dog for following your commands, it will build its confidence.

Play tug of war with the dog and lose. However at the end of the game, take the rope or toy and put it up, less the dog becomes confused about who is top dog. Ropes from the pets' store quickly turn to hazardous shreds. Ones I made lasted much better. Go to a hardware or home center that sells rope by the foot. Buy 2' of 3/4" poly rope. Melt the ends, and tie knots in it. Get them as tight as possible, put it in a vise and pound it with a hammer. Watch carefully, and be ready to discard when it comes apart.

Finally, make sure it has a den to live in. If you are not using a crate, buy one. The dog may be happier in its den than loose in the house. It relaxes, it feels safe in its den. It rests, the body slows down reducing the need for water and relieving its self. Dogs that have been crated all along do very well. Many of them will rest in their crates even when the door is open. I think the plastic ones give the dog more of a safe, enclosed den feeling. Metal ones can be put in a corner or covered with something the dog can't pull in and chew. Select a crate just big enough for the full grown dog to stretch out in.

6 weeks is the very earliest a puppy should ever be removed from its mother and litter. They aren't even that interested in anything else before then. I have had puppies as young as 45 days that grew up to be well balanced dogs.

You should find other useful information with a new puppy starting at https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/dogs/information-articles-our-dogs-expert-labman-53153.html#post251802

UTI= Urinary Tract Infection. very unlikely. Far to young to have developed the required ingredence for this. I can almost bet when I explain submissive urination she prolly fits all aspects. I will also list ways to correct the situation. I'm not sure whether this is submissive urination or excitement. Submissive urination is made worse by punishment--and that includes any form of disapproval from you when the dog does it. It is a nearly involuntary reaction on the part of a submissive dog, in the presence of a person the dog perceives as dominant. If the person shows displeasure at the urination, that makes the dog even MORE submissive to that person, hence the problem gets worse. If that is the situation, you need to ignore it when the dog does it, and try not to greet the dog when you first get home. You just keep walking and walk the dog straight outside without stopping your feet, bending over, or talking to the dog. After the dog has relieved outside, then you can greet. Besides the handling mentioned above, giving the dog positive, reward-based obedience training will improve her confidence. That is an excellent antidote to submissive urination. This if anything else tells me she will be a great loving dog and will not take much to train as an adult. Going to be a lover I betcha!

I agree with docwill, I have a 8 week old american staffordshire terrier/blue nose mix and when I brought her home at 6 weeks old she would do the same thing. When I got home from work I would call her name and just walk straight to the back door, Another thing you can do is when you take her out don't leave her back in until she does go then tell her she's a good girl.

I agree with docwill, I have a 8 week old american staffordshire terrier/blue nose mix and when I brought her home at 6 weeks old she would do the same thing. When I got home from work I would call her name and just walk straight to the back door, Another thing you can do is when you take her out don't leave her back in until she does go then tell her shes a good girl.

The Dobie has probably outgrown it, since she's at least two and a half years old now.