Question
Dayla
I have a female husky wolf cross that is seven months old. She is responding well to training except I don't know how to address her submissive urination. She mostly does it when greeting a person new to the situation. She does it quite regularly with myself. Do I ignore the behavior? What is the proper way to correct this.
AnswerSubmissive urination is problematic, and the biggest thing is that it can be very difficult to correct. There are a few things to do:
1) You probably already can identify when it's going to happen, or at least most likely to happen, therefore try to reduce stimuli around those events. If the dog does it on greeting new people, try to make those introductions as calm and peaceful as possible. In fact, the new person should pretty much just ignore the dog. After a few minutes, letting the dog sniff a hand or something while avoiding eye contact can further reduce the stimuli of the event, and then, eventually, a soft pat and moving on will help. Another thing that can help around greetings is most people like to pet the head of the dog. Instead, have them turn their hand palm up and go under the dog's chin to the chest. This is less dominating, and often will help reduce submissive urination issues.
Other times that it is common is around obedience work, and really, you should follow the same method. Try to keep things calm, reduce any distractions and make things as "zen-like" as possible. I also encourage with these dogs more positive reinforcement and play time around training sessions. As the dog develops more confidence, you will often see that the urination decreases significantly. You didn't mention the age of the dog, but females are more likely to do this, as are puppies for about the first year. Also, females that have been fixed may suffer from urinary incontinence, so you may want to speak to your vet about it if she is older and has been spayed.
Hope that helps some, and if you keep things calm and otherwise ignore the problem, you should be able to correct it over time.
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