Hey, my brother has a rescue red nose pitbull.
He's alittle over 2 years old.

He was mistreated when he was a puppy, he has knife scars on his side etc.

He will pee if you pet him while hes in certain positions or certain ways you pet him.
I read that it's called submissive peeing but I am unable to figure out how to stop him from doing it.
He also pees when I pick the leash up (we live upstairs so we have to put him on the leash to take him outside).

But if he is outside he won't pee while doing these things.

Is it a form of claustrophobia?

He might be getting too much excitement and stimulation that he cannot control his pee. Maybe over time he will manage this better. Those times under abusive environment has left him mentally sensitive. Give him time and patience and most of all, love.

from my experience with dealing with mistreated dogs that piddle when you reach towards them, it's more than likely a sign of fear that they're gonna get abused again.

it's like PTSD for the little guy.

the best thing your brother can do is show him love everyday and take him on walks in a routine manner.

slowly socialize him to other people that will treat him kindly too.

he might have been abused by the leash in some way so talk happy and in a high pitched voice while putting on the leash too.

it takes time for a dog to get over a bad past (if they ever get over it at all)

worried about the carpet?

i had a dog that piddled when i reached towards her so instead of reaching to put the leash on i would call her to the door first and let her outside the door to put her leash on and it really helped her to not piddle on the carpet.

Luckily we have hard wood floor so it's not that bad but sometimes his peeing is annoying.
I usually put him in his crate to put the leash on so if he does pee its in his crate lol.

I get what yall are saying though, it'll be awhile before he stops this i'm sure lol

My dog piddles often when I get home from work or when I have company over. I've stopped acknowledging her until she calms down and that seems to help.

My dog used to do this too because she was wayyyyyy too excited to see new people or see us when we got home. She doesn't do it anymore, just jumps and whines like crazy. Huge golden retriever. She saw my old roommate from college the other day after 2 years and we thought she was going to piddle lol!

will he run away if you just let him out the front door to put his leash on him?

if you trust that he would wait for you at the front door, you should just open the door to let him out. (that is leading him in the right direction for where his pee needs to be.

(consistency is the key bro)



this is really good advice too!

just walk in your house and completely ignore that he is so happy to see you. (it might be hard to do at first because you are happy to see him)

it's better in the long run and praise him when he goes pee outside!

(consistency is the key bro)

keep doing this every time you come home and take him outside to use the restroom a lot!

(consistency is the key bro)

My boxer was abused before we got her, She did the same thing for almost 3 years and we just dealt with it.

It passes with time.

Hey guy, this is my dog.

You can see him in my profile.

When i goto put his leash on he's fine and doesn't pee at all.

I've had him since the start of February, and he pee here and there when i goto pet him but most of the time hes very good.

He gets very excited when people come over but i tell them not to pet/acknowledge Mickey(my dog) and he just grabs a toy and likes to let you know hes here and he has his fuckin toy lol.

Hes very well trained for being a past abused pitbull.
He comes right to me, both paws, down, he knows chill, and goes straight to his crate.

When I was a child we adopted an abused cocker spaniel who did this aswell and there is no real "cure". It is a life long struggle that he may or may not get over.

We got her at ~2yrs and she piddled every time you said her name/came home/pet her/got the leash/feeding time ect. We had to put her down at ~14yrs and she never fully got over it. (she'd piddle from time to time, but just a few drops instead of a flood)

My advice is just to be as nice as possible and never get angry (walk away if you have to).

A couple things to try:
*Get low, put yourself on or just barely above his level so you're not too intimidating.
*Do NOT stand over him while petting/getting the leash (it's a dominant stance). Instead invite him to you that way he has to approach, you might need treats to lure him in at first.
*Try petting the areas where he's not sensative, work that while relaxing him then slowly and gently pet into the sensative areas. (this should help to de-sensitize those areas, at least with you which is a start)
*CUDDLE: a dog has to trust to be able to cuddle, and more trust in people is exactly what he needs.
*If he's a mischief maker while nobody is home, walk him alot more in the morning. This should help him with pent up energy and then he won't be scared of being told "bad boy" when you get home because he's done nothing wrong.

I'll stand by what wraps said aswell.

good luck and iso pics

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no it's not claustrophobia, if anything along those lines he's associated being abused with being at home so he doesn't have an automatic negative association outdoors.

This post was edited by oBlUWUlFo on Oct 22 2015 04:16am