nervous peeing?

[AllyCakes]

My Dane is 8 months old and she is a VERY nervous peer. Whenever you get too harsh to her like speaking in a stern voice she cowers and pees... is this a Dane thing or is it just her personality? Am I the only person getting tired of her ruining my comforters when I yell at her to get off the bed????

[Selestine]

I don't have anything in the way of the nervous peeing.. but, why not try to make getting off the bed fun?

Maybe show her a tasty treat and toss it on the floor (with an exaggerated motion) and when she goes for it, say "Off" or whatever word you're going to use. But say it happily. And tell her how amazing and smart and good she is and pet and love on her on the floor. Then invite her up onto the bed and don't pay her any special attention up there, rinse and repeat.

Then (hopefully) you won't have to yell at her to get off the bed.. she'll just get off when you tell her to without her being frightened.

[Mirababy]

Work with her on the OFF command in different set up situations using something she really loves, and a quiet voice since a loud one makes her pee when scared. Guide her to the floor with the treat and say OFF. Be low key and praise her for a job well done
Do sessions of training a few minutes everyday until she knows what you want, then add a hand signal meaning OFF. For myself I snap my fingers and point in the direction I want the dog to go saying OFF. After a while I don't have to say the word anymore.
If she knows what's expected of her she'll hopefully be more confident and less likely to pee. Try not to yell at her if you can help it, I know it's frustrating, but it's not helping.
Someone with more experience may have a better plan.

Dawne

[ouesi]

Um.... Then don't yell at her to get off the bed.

Several choices here.
Toss a treat and make it fun as already suggested, though if she's a submissive pee-er, she's probably an excited one too and you may get dribble if you make it *too* fun.

Close the bedroom door or gate the bedroom and make the bed off limits.

Put a leash on her and calmly walk her off the bed. You may want to teach her that you approaching her with a leash is a good thing, and you may want to work on this outside or on a non-porous inside surface.

[AshieLu]

No, you are not the only one! My Tia Maria, was a pee-er when she was a puppy. She peed when I scolded her, she peed when she was excited, she peed when she was nervous, she peed whenever she saw my best friend Diana - every. single. time. It was really frustrating! She just peed to pee, I swear! Sometimes she would just jump up on my bed and pee. I don't know how she has lived to be 2 years old. She did finally outgrow it.

Like the others have said, I would calmly pull her off the bed and not yell at her. That is what I had to do with Tia. I could not excite her at all in the house or else she would pee. She finally outgrew it around a year old. There is hope! Don't give up!

[AllyCakes]

thank you for the replies! i'm so glad i'm not the only one. i have no problem with her on the bed it's just, she's ruined three of my comforters and i'm getting tired of spending the money on it! we did all of her training in a good sweet loving voice and that worked, but i don't even have to scold her for her to pee i'll just give her the off motion and say "off" in a normal speaking tone and she pees... she gets on the bed TO pee... it's like it's her favorite potty spot or something. she knows the command "go potty" and does it on command, she just doesn't get WHERE to pee. i have tried the treat thing and she understands what "off" means but she'll get on the bed when i'm LAYING THERE squat and pee... i just don't understand. thank you for the hope that she'll grow out of it though! i think the breeder we got her from had a guy there that didn't treat her so well because she was VERY male shy and has bonded to me way more than my boyfriend who lives with us. she has warmed up to him, but new males she still worries about... i don't know. but thank you all the same!

[ASIA]

Some time's you just get a dog that get's nervous and pee's. I had this with my smaller dog's. Will your pup pee if some one comes in the house and walk's over to greet her and then she will pee? I know this is a long shot but have you had her urine tested to see if maybe she has a urine infection? About the comforter if she likes going on the bed could you put another top layer on the comforter so this way when she pee's she will damage the good one. Good luck she is a sweetie!!!

[AllyCakes]

no she doesn't pee when she meets other people it's only when van, my boyfriend, and i scold her or tell her not to do something she knew she wasn't supposed to do in the first place. it always happens when she KNOWS she shouldn't be doing it but does it anyway...

[ouesi]

Originally Posted by AllyCakes

Whenever you get too harsh to her like speaking in a stern voice she cowers and pees...

Originally Posted by AllyCakes

i don't even have to scold her for her to pee i'll just give her the off motion and say "off" in a normal speaking tone and she pees...

Originally Posted by AllyCakes

it's only when van, my boyfriend, and i scold her or tell her not to do something

You're answering your own question. You just don't want to admit it

By scolding her and being harsh, you have created this. Don't blame the dog. She's not doing it because she KNOWS she's not supposed to be doing something and does it anyway. She's doing it because for her its the ultimate sign of submission, and she feels the need to submit to you. YOU created that. Not her.

Show her that you understand her communications to you and communicate clearly to her (by teaching her off), and this will eventually go away on its own. Management is keeping her out of your bedroom.

[3XDaneMom]

Originally Posted by AllyCakes

. it always happens when she KNOWS she shouldn't be doing it but does it anyway...

Clearly she does NOT KNOW or it would not be an issue. Your dog sounds nervous because you and the boyfriend are not predictable. I'm willing to bet one or both of you allow her on the bed sometimes to cuddle and then yell when she is up there alone. Your post screams little to no training has been done with this dog, inconsistancy in human interaction, and a dog that is not comfortable with her owners beacuse of it.

Submissive/nervous peeing is a big red flag that you need to get a professional trainer and learn how to teach your dog what you expect of her insted of running around yelling at her for things she "knows" she should not do.

Good dogs arn't born, they are made by dedicated owners. Hire a trainer before she goes full into her teen years and she shows you everything she "knows" is wrong.