Hi, can anyone help? Every time my wife or I raise our voice, our dog wees. The dog is 5 years old.
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Hi, can anyone help? Every time my wife or I raise our voice, our dog wees. The dog is 5 years old.
Is this new behavior?
Have you had her since she was a puppy, or is she from a shelter?
Are there any other behaviors that you don't like?
Had her from 8 weeks old there is on other behavior issue its been going on for about two months
Do you recall any changes in the pup's life when the weeing started?Quote:
Originally Posted by steven1979
Had two people been arguing loudly or kids yelling at each other that got her upset the first time?
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Originally Posted by Wondergirl
The dog is acting submissively...
Hate to say it, but if you and our wife are "raising" your voices so much to cause the dog to submissively pee, than maybe your wife and yourself need to go to marriage counseling.. especially since you've had the dog since a puppy.
There really is no other reason a dog, that has been apart of the pack for so long, would pee when people start fighting or yelling if something traumatic hasn't happened. Typically something bad happens to the dog or someone else and the dog is telling you that it is being submissive and is asking for you not to hurt it.
This is not a good sign. Sorry to break it to you. But your family needs some help or at least sit down and figure out who was mean to the dog.
I agree 100% with Lucky. A 5 year old dog that's been with a family since 8 weeks of age, suddenly peeing whenever voices are raised, is a sign that there's more going on than just a bit of yelling. This dog has been traumatized, hurt, and is now peeing submissively hoping that the members of her pack won't hurt her again if she submits.
There are issues in this household, and it's more than just a bit of yelling, a dog wouldn't react to that the way your dog is reacting. There's more to this.
As far as I know no one has hurt her
Concentrate on your anger issues, all of you and your pet will stop urinating this way. I agree with other posters, one of you has abused this dog to the point, and probably during an argument amongst you, where he has been traumatized him into doing this.
Basically he is scared to death. Same as a human would be afraid for their life, only this is 100x worse for an animal !
Could be this will be a deterrent knowing you are basically abusing a dog that you have had for such a long time as a pet.Quote:
Originally Posted by tickle
Do you not know that they 'feel' too, but cannot communicate and only in the most basic of ways?
It may not be that anyone actually physically hurt her. It could just be an event that scared the crap out of her, likely an event where there was yelling, or raised voices, and now every time you raise your voices she's afraid because of that remembered event. You may likely never know what caused this.Quote:
Originally Posted by steven1979
First step is to stop yelling, calm voices around her. Second step is to work on the fear she's exhibiting, which will likely take a professional. Sadly she can't tell you why she's afraid, what's scaring her, so a professional working with her, and with you, will really help.
We thought it was happen when there was rise voice but over the last couple of days she has been peeing without knowing could it be that she is incontinence
Oh and the house has been calm
She is only five you say, but it could be a medical issue. Perhaps a vet visit is in order to check for any urinary problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by steven1979
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