My dog pees on the floor whenever I attach a leash to take her for a walk.

[robomagon]

What do?

[robomagon]

Fear does seem likely since she runs all over and into other rooms when she knows it's time for a walk. But I have no idea what she could be afraid of.

[Jonathan Sensei]

Originally posted by robomagon:

Fear does seem likely since she runs all over and into other rooms when she knows it's time for a walk. But I have no idea what she could be afraid of.

Is your dog a rescue? If so, it might be that her previous owner made going for a walk a negative thing; hence the peeing on the floor in fear & running away. If not, do what Simon suggested.

[Azza ☠]

It's either fear (submissive) or over-excitement.

Unless you drag her around, bump into other strangers, and have other big dogs roaming the neighbourhood... I'm going to assume it's over-excitement.

She's keen for the walk... but a little too keen.

If she's only a year old and quite young, she will simply grow out of it. No worries.

Don't make a big deal. Just clean it up and wait a while, ignoring her. When she's calm, take her for the walk.

When the dog pees while out on walks, give it praise and treats. Enforce the positive.

[robomagon]

Originally posted by Killua #99:

is there a dog on your walk route that barks at her

There's plenty, but they're all fenced in. There's not really a way to avoid going by at least one group of dogs, and once one starts barking several other groups will join in. Sometimes there's a little yappy one that follows us for a block or so, but she barely reacts to it unless it gets really close and then all they do is sniff each other. Plus it's barely 1/4 her size.

Originally posted by Coffin:

Is your dog a rescue? If so, it might be that her previous owner made going for a walk a negative thing; hence the peeing on the floor in fear & running away. If not, do what Simon suggested.

Not technically a rescue, but the husband in the previous family did abuse her. She does do better if there's a female around to put her on a leash for me, but if I do it myself she'll always pee. Thankfully the floor is tile so it's not a huge issue.

[josseriot]

It's defnintely an axiety issue. I've worked with rehabbing abused dogs, mostly herding and hunting types of dogs (very intellegent and bonds closely to their owners, and therefore extremely senstive to human actions, both kind and cruel). You need to work out a plan with her to untrain her of this fear. There are many humane approaches--do your research online. Different dogs need different approachs. But the key is consistancy. Abuse causes anxiety in that the dog never knows what to expect fromt heir human--whethr they will be nice or mean to them. Dogs looks to their humans the way they look to a canine pack leader--for a source of secruity and consistancy. Their psyches needs that (humans aren't much different BTW). She needs to learn that when you do X she does not need to be afraid, that ou will always be kind to her and make her feel safe and that taking her outside isn't going to result in something terrifying for her.

And why in the world are you asking about this on a gaming forum? Go to Dogster or another dog-realted site. There is no overnight fix for something like this and you wll likely need to ask additonal questions after doing your research or if your first approach does work.

And I stress, choose an approach that is humane. Causing this dog any more anxiety would be sheer cruelty, not to mention uneffective.

[Sparse Dunes]

How old is the dog? It could be excitment as well. Puppies tend to do this.

[James Bond]

Did it pee on your rug!

[#LiftThatArmUp]

Pee on your dog to show dominance.

[C4Warr10r]

The dog isn't afraid of anything, it doesn't have anxiety issues, this is clear from the fact that the behavior is repeatable under the same stimulus, and only under those conditions. It obviously trusts you enough to not pee at any other time.

Excitement is the base cause, the dogs pees because it thinks it is going somewhere with its pack. While dogs do urinate and defecate to mark territory, this is more a matter of convenince than anything else. They have urethral and anal glands which serve the purpose.

The problem here is that your dog is untrained, or worse, poorly-trained. What do you do when this happens? How do you assert that you are in charge and that peeing before a little pack hunt is NOT okay?

[😼Studio Cat😼]

Walk it out the door and then try the leash, then reply with a yay or nay on the peeing.