Jack Russell dribbling pee

foreign_correspondent

please do look into insurance - if his dribbling turned out to be a sympton of, for example, diabetes (unlikely) it would be a case of find the money for the rest of his life or have him put down. (Sadly, PDSA do not cover all areas though - I dont know if they cover NI at all? - but do look into it - however, if your OH then started working, and you insured the dog at a later date, no conditions diagnosed in the meantime - i.e under PDSA - would be covered)

I wonder if a dap diffuser or collar may help him be calmer? And some addition training to occupy his brain?

sprocker1

My Spaniel does this too, and she is 3 now.......

It is pure excitment, if we have been out for a few hours even so much as a stroke causes a small puddle, which she then wags her tail through ........... (I have yet to see poppys tail not wagging!, sometimes its so vigerous her whole back end wags too!!!)

The solution, we walk straight into the house, and straight out of the back door... with poppy following, she can then puddle to her hearts content!

I just love having my friend waiting for me whenever I get in, i'm at work now, but my partner is at home, i'm on the night shift, this means she gets another 8 hours on the bed, before her long walk this afternoon (Partner does a shorter one in the morning) anyway I drone on.....

For those interested she is a cross between a Springer and a Cocker spaniel, and is totally mad! She is also the most Beautiful and Gentle girl in the world!

So there is where my username comes from SPR(inger)(c)OCKER

foreign_correspondent

In the time he is in the utility room does he have aything to do to occupy his brain? - it may well be that if he barks at aircraft etc that he gets himself quite worked up - it sounds like he feels he is guarding your home from them, and sees them as a threat (I had a little terrier who used to do the same - hot air baloons and thunder were the only two things in the world that used to scare her).

He may actually be calmer and feel more secure if confined to the utility room, rather than having the run of the garden too - he may currently feel he has quite a big area to patrol and guard, and that despite his best efforts he cannot get these horrible noisy things to go away....

I would perhaps exercise him first thing, then pop him in the utility room with a filled kong toy to work on, let him out at lunchtime for a pee and a play, then when you let him in the house later in the day, do not make a big deal of it - let him come in and be ignored for a good five/ten minutes before you and your kids start giving him attention!

hethmar

He does sound a very nervy little dog - do you walk him much to socialise him? If he is alone a lot and then overwhelmed by children and noise may be he is just frightened of the whole house situation.

BOBS

Foreign Correspondent - yeah he has plenty that should occupy him in the utility room but all he ever plays with is a small hard tennis size ball. But maybe he should have more structure from what you are saying as he gets in and out the house during day here and there when I go into utility room and same with outside though he is out a lot more in nice weather - I think because his bed is beside a radiator he has an aversion to the cold!!!!
Hethmar - yes he can sometimes be a nervy little dog but others not - the vet called him a mini rotweiller the last time he was in as he was so 'bold' with her!!
He does get out to socialise but has never learned any manners - he tugs the lead even when we keep it short and have on a harness - we keep stopping and trying to get him to keep the lead loose but he never learns - he is unbelieveably stubborn!! When he sees another dogs he goes mad until he meets it and would bark the place down - but is happy as larry when he gets to say hello!!!!
The children and noise thing is the 'normal' for my house and not a new factor - it is what he has been used to since a tiny puppy.

From all the great comments on here I feel it is something we just have to work along with - hopefully ignoring him until the excitement wears off a bit will help,,,, who knows whats going on in his doggy mind!!!

foreign_correspondent

are the toys that he has interactive in any way? They can get boring pretty quickly if they don't do anything - a kong is hollow, so you can shove biscuits and treats in it - the dog then has to work at it to get at the treats, lots of dogs love this and it occupies their brain - in general, dogs are happier when busy and stimulated, and terriers are quite an energetic 'worky' breed.

It sounds a little to me that he is directing his energy at guarding the garden from planes, which he is not having much sucess with, and is perhaps feeling a bit stessed as a result!

His "rottweiler-ness" at the vets may well be a sign of fear too - a dog who barks and growls is often nervous rather than bold!