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Moodle, male, 10 - 11
I have a two question.
I have a Moodle his still only young, about 10 - 11 months,
and he is a male.
My first problem is my Moodle tends to wee when ever he
see's me or my partner, when we come home from work, when we
leave for 10 minutes and come back... etc, we are always
around him, but he still "gets excited" every time and also
wee's everywhere and its really annoying even though its not
much wee, but it goes everywhere as he can't stop onces he
is excited. I have been told he will grow out of it, but it
does not look like he will. We try not speaking to him in an
exciting way with our voice, even ignoring him for a minute
or so until he calms down but... still doesn't work.
How am i going to stop him from doing this ?
My 2nd Problem is him licking, i have searched around and
have seen that moodles are very affectionate, and yes he is
very much.. you could pretty much say he sucks up all the
time, he is like a teddy bear wants to always be on u and
snuggle and follow you around. But while doing that he licks
the whole time feet, arms, hands, face. And every time we
say "stop" or "No" or "No licking" he sucks up even more and
rolls around on his back with his feet up and licks more...
like its a game or that he knows his in trouble so he does
it more to suck up.
my partner and I are not the one to smack or yell, and we
have no idea how to stop him from licking or weeing, we have
tryed time out were he goes outside and he dislikes it but 5
minutes later he does it again... he is like a little child
that ignores you. There are other things he does we can't
stop like chasing his tail, but atm these 2 things are the
main things we want to stop atm.
Please Help me, Thank you very much.
AnswerThe reason your Maltese/Poodle mix is urinating, licking, and tail chasing is that he is an anxious dog. Here's a good article on "submissive urination" and how to deal with it: http://www.ddfl.org/behavior/submissive-uri.pdf
Ignore the licking and turn your face away, do not make eye contact. When you scold or tell him "No" he does it more because he understands you are upset, and licking is a dog's way to try to reduce a threat, or appease a more powerful being. So, try to make your greetings very calm, ignore or turn away from the appeasement behaviors, and reward him quietly and gently when he is calm. This is a process that takes time and is best accomplished when the dog is still a puppy, but you can still do it - just don't give up.
Also, please become educated about puppy mills, pet stores and Internet breeders, if that's where you purchased this dog. Frequently, we see problems of this kind in dogs that are raised in chaotic environments such as puppy mills. Not saying yours was, but it's common for the "designer mixes" to be from those environments. Responsible breeders rarely breed mixes unless they are sincerely trying to create a new breed, and that isn't usually true of breeders who just take your credit card and give you a 72 hour guarantee on a puppy that they stuff on a plane and send you: Read: http://www.canismajor.com/dog/puppymil.html
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