Jack Russell dribbling pee

BOBS

Advice please - we have a two year old Jack Russell terrier. He always has been an excitable dog when anyone comes into the house and usually manages to leave a small puddle with excitement.
This last couple of months it has got worse - to the extent that if he comes in and I go to pet him he lowers his body and leaves a trail of pee - I dont think he does it intentionally but it is starting to get beyond a joke .... I have small children in the house and although the dog isnt in most of the time he does get a run through here and there - so I spend my time disinfecting the floor where he has peed.
Any suggestions as to what I can do would be most welcome.
Incidentally he has been neutered.
Thanks

chris_n_tj

If it was my dog I would get him checked out by a Vet. He could have a deep seated water infection which needs ruling out. Dogs are good at hiding illness. I cant think of anything esle sorry.
Chris n TJ

nonnatus

Hmm. Perhaps it's a vet thing but could also be a "little dog full of excitement" thing. Both of mine did this until they were about a year old. I took lots of advice and tried loads of things but the one that worked was to ignore them completely! It's a pack animal thing, your dog is showing you total surrender etc. You have to practice ignoring them. Come in a room and walk straight past, make no eye contact, say nothing, just get on with stuff. (you must tell the kids to do the same). The dog will eventually learn it has nothing to be deferrential to (hopefully). Practice, practice, practice. Keep giong out the room for a time and coming back in. It will work

BOBS

Thanks for your advice - will maybe try the ignoring him 1st (although he is 2) and see how it goes. Funds not great at the moment for a vets bill with nearing Santa time and all that!

foreign_correspondent

ok, firstly, if you are struggling with vets bills even for a routine check up, maybe get him insured now - if he gets diagnosed with anything at all, that condition will not be covered under any insurance taken out after that...

You never know when you may face a hefty vets bill - my dog is fit and healthy, but managed to eat jam from a broken jar a few months ago - she also ate a shard of glass in the jam - cue emergency op at a cost of over £500... thank goodness I was insured!

If you need a budget "for life" pet insurance option, Halifax offer a lower level of insurance which will pay up to £1000 per annum, and will most likely cost less than a tenner a month for your dog.

It sounds to me though like your dog is either very exciteable, or submissive - has he been chastised a lot in the past? Does he spend a lot of time alone? How do you greet him when you come in?

You say the dog is not in much - is he an outdoors dog? If so it may just be that he is very lonely, and is so delighted and relieved to be let in that he wees himself... dogs are pack animals and crave company.

BitterAndTwisted

That's very perceptive about that being let in thing, Foreign Correspondent, I'd completely overlooked that part of the OP's post. Very submissive doggy sees being not given free access to the home as some kind of ostracism, so obviously grateful and over-excited about being allowed indoors to join his pack. Not so difficult to change this behaviour, I would have thought

BeenieCat

My Springer does the same, i'm told it's just an excitement thing, which does nothing to stop it being highly irritating and inconvenient. I have to make sure she's out of the way when i'm expecting people. She does it when she's scared too, as i discovered when the gale force winds rattled the letterbox quite abruptly last night :rolleyes:

Frugalista

BOBS wrote: »

Funds not great at the moment for a vets bill with nearing Santa time and all that!

I'm sorry but that is just outrageous :mad::mad:!!

I would have thought that the dogs health is far more important than anything you could buy for Christmas and a perfect opportunity to teach your children about responsibility for other living things!!

Get your priorities right :mad:!!

BOBS

Sorry Frugalista but my children are my priority - my husband has been out of work for 6 months of this year and the children have gone without over the summer - along with loosing my brother / their Uncle it has been a rather rough year - so I really feel they deserve to be spoilt a little this Christmas. This is an ongoing problem with my dog and I just wanted a little advice. I dont think it is an acute problem that needs immediate vetinary attention as it has been ongoing. I am very grateful to all those who have posted with advice on behaviour etc which I feel deep down is the problem - I just dont know how to deal with it but the folks on here are great.
Foreign Correspondent - thanks for the advice on insurance - it seems it is not as expensive as I thought and I am definitely going to look into.
Bitterand twisted - he is kept out of the main house for most of the day and has the run of utility room and outside as I look after other folks kids. As soon as they go he gets the run of the house and full attention from my children.
Beeniecat - he is easily frightened to the extent when the oil burner comes on in the morning before we get up he whines to get out as the noise scares him. But then he goes out and proceeds to chase aircraft ..lol.. we have a parachute centre near us so plenty of low flying planes etc.

BeenieCat

I agree with it being an ongoing problem linked to behaviour rather than something requiring a vet.

My springer actually did have a water infection at one stage and while i was there i asked the vet about her dribbling and she did it in front of him when she was excited, at which point he just shrugged it off and said it's nothing to worry about. It is seriously annoying though, and i hope she grows out of it soon.

chris_n_tj

BOBS wrote: »

Sorry Frugalista but my children are my priority - my husband has been out of work for 6 months of this year and the children have gone without over the summer - along with loosing my brother / their Uncle it has been a rather rough year - so I really feel they deserve to be spoilt a little this Christmas. This is an ongoing problem with my dog and I just wanted a little advice. I dont think it is an acute problem that needs immediate vetinary attention as it has been ongoing. I am very grateful to all those who have posted with advice on behaviour etc which I feel deep down is the problem - I just dont know how to deal with it but the folks on here are great.
Foreign Correspondent - thanks for the advice on insurance - it seems it is not as expensive as I thought and I am definitely going to look into.
Bitterand twisted - he is kept out of the main house for most of the day and has the run of utility room and outside as I look after other folks kids. As soon as they go he gets the run of the house and full attention from my children.
Beeniecat - he is easily frightened to the extent when the oil burner comes on in the morning before we get up he whines to get out as the noise scares him. But then he goes out and proceeds to chase aircraft ..lol.. we have a parachute centre near us so plenty of low flying planes etc.

Bobs firstly i hope your luck changes soon, its been a bad year for many. Have you aplied for PDSA, its quck and easy to sort out, and wil save you the added worry on top of everything else. I hope things improve for yo usoon. Chris n TJ x