Stevethecab
Member
Hi, does anyone have any ideas why my 2 year old male keeps urinating on peoples leg while out running in park.!! ?
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Urinating on people
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It can be caused from social excitement and or anxiety in social settings.
The smells of other dogs on people and the ground can trigger it as well. Most dogs grow out of it while others will stop after being neutered.
The smells of other dogs on people and the ground can trigger it as well. Most dogs grow out of it while others will stop after being neutered.
Oji is infamous for doing this! He also pees on other dogs 
Territorial / dominant behavior.
Territorial / dominant behavior.
The short answer is because you let him. This is totally fixable by discipline and training.
For now I would use a longline on him. You can correct him from a distance. Use a harness with the longline and not a flat collar. Sounds like he shouldn't have off leash privileges until you have taught him NOT to lift his leg on people. I'd be pretty ticked off about some dog walking up and peeing on me.
Yes, I remember one young woman at the dog park a few years ago seemed just flabbergasted that Oji had peed on the leg of her jeans. I said "sorry," but I should have been more apologetic. It would suck if you were not going directly home from the dog park, but were going somewhere else and had to deal with some foreign dog's pee on your jeans leg.
Did I mention he sometimes pees on other dogs though?
It really stands out against a nice white coat.
Regardless if it’s social, excitement, anxiety, dominance or territorial, it’s a habit that needs to be corrected by daily training.
Watch his body language and figure out if it’s social excitement, anxiety or territorial and then use training methods accordingly.
I can guarantee if a dog pees on me and the owner is aware of this unacceptable habit and allows it anyway, there will be an in-depth conversation of respect and training.
It reflects poorly on the owner’s training and lack of respect for others.
My first male back in the 70’s did this to my neighbor’s white poodle and the owner came unglued on me.
I explained there wasn’t much I could do when my dobe was in my fenced yard and her dog had free reign in their unfenced back yard.
Her dog always came to the fence to see my boy and he lifted his leg.
To keep the peace I put in the privacy strips in the chain link fence and that prevented a direct blast of urine. This was the only dog he did that to and he never urinated on people.
Watch his body language and figure out if it’s social excitement, anxiety or territorial and then use training methods accordingly.
I can guarantee if a dog pees on me and the owner is aware of this unacceptable habit and allows it anyway, there will be an in-depth conversation of respect and training.
It reflects poorly on the owner’s training and lack of respect for others.
My first male back in the 70’s did this to my neighbor’s white poodle and the owner came unglued on me.
I explained there wasn’t much I could do when my dobe was in my fenced yard and her dog had free reign in their unfenced back yard.
Her dog always came to the fence to see my boy and he lifted his leg.
To keep the peace I put in the privacy strips in the chain link fence and that prevented a direct blast of urine. This was the only dog he did that to and he never urinated on people.
TYSONtheDoberman
Novitiate
Hello all,
Tyson is having this problem. He’s almost 9 months old now and he’s done it to two people he knows and sees regularly at the park in the last month. He’s also pee’d on the same backpack twice in two days. He’ll pee on the water fountain after he’s finished on the rare occasion that I take him to a dog park. I believe it to be a dominant thing with him… how do I stop it effectively? It’s so embarrassing. Thanks in advance…
He pees on lots of trees. Hell’s also been tasting pee on the grass. And also smells females over and over… even when they don’t like it. I feel like it’s all related.
Obviously when I’m close by, I correct him verbally and touch but I’m not always right by him to reinforce it every time.
Just searching through information so I’m sorry if I’m bringing up an old post.
Tyson is having this problem. He’s almost 9 months old now and he’s done it to two people he knows and sees regularly at the park in the last month. He’s also pee’d on the same backpack twice in two days. He’ll pee on the water fountain after he’s finished on the rare occasion that I take him to a dog park. I believe it to be a dominant thing with him… how do I stop it effectively? It’s so embarrassing. Thanks in advance…
He pees on lots of trees. Hell’s also been tasting pee on the grass. And also smells females over and over… even when they don’t like it. I feel like it’s all related.
Obviously when I’m close by, I correct him verbally and touch but I’m not always right by him to reinforce it every time.
Just searching through information so I’m sorry if I’m bringing up an old post.
I sure wish I could help with something definitive but I could only suggest that it’s a marking territorial issue. This is behavioral and needs to be reprimanded split second before and during the act.
I would watch his mannerisms and catch it right when his pattern starts. He needs to know this is not acceptable behavior and you just won’t have it.
It is doable if you catch it and communicate to him- but he has to understand what is undesirable.
Must stay consistent and persistent.
Good luck and keep us updated.
I would watch his mannerisms and catch it right when his pattern starts. He needs to know this is not acceptable behavior and you just won’t have it.
It is doable if you catch it and communicate to him- but he has to understand what is undesirable.
Must stay consistent and persistent.
Good luck and keep us updated.
Rits
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Are you at a dog park? I would stop going to these. He is becoming mature and dobermans don't do well at dog parks. They already have a presence of "big ego" and add in an intact male, its a recipe for disaster. Ripley simply exists and it pisses other dogs off, she's a female. I get it, its how she carries herself...she is very sure of herself, her ears, her intense stare, her erect tail.
Keep him on leash until he has a better recall. I would recall him off of these things. Correct when you are close by.
If he pees on someone, he needs to be leashed up and leave. Fun time is over.
Kswoodssue
Hot Topics Subscriber
I am very thankful that we have a large yard, so that we don’t need a dog park for exercise. Perhaps you could try a flirt pole or other means of exercise you could do with him in a small space, since dogs don’t really need playtime with each other. I am also a fan of e-collars for our girl. It helps protect your dog, and I believe would be a good way to stop that nasty habit.
The answers are all here, written out for you. Train & play with your dog, be your dogs best friend. NIX the dog park! Dog parks are a bad idea. You don't have control over him or any of the other dogs. Obnoxious behavior by a 9 month old puppy is not to be tolerated by you, by other people or by other dogs. He only does this because you allow it. The first step is prevention - don't go anywhere that he is off leash so you can correct him BEFORE it starts. If he leans in to sniff pull his head up and keep walking. Don't do "sniff walks" where he marks every tree every 3 feet. He doesn't need to pee, he's just wanting to mark every step he takes. Find one remote place where you let him sniff and mark a couple of times then move on and don't allow it again. Make it YOUR idea where he's allowed to sniff! Dobermans especially need to bond and find importance of being with their person and through this bond will respect you. Your pup is learning that disrespect for you (no reliable recall) for other people or other dogs is the way he should live. If he gets away with this, he can develop aggression to keep himself at the top of "showing everyone who's boss".
Welcome to Doberman Chat. I wish you best of luck and if you begin work on some of these suggestions and they aren't working, come back and ask specific questions. We're here to help.
Welcome to Doberman Chat. I wish you best of luck and if you begin work on some of these suggestions and they aren't working, come back and ask specific questions. We're here to help.
Then there is this quote which probably says it more eloquently than I did. And I might add how the Doberman breed seems extremely sensitive to their relationship with their person/family than other breeds and will adjust accordingly.
This is from trainer Sean O'Shea:
So many miss how many layers are involved in this dog training thing. Most humans only see the obvious, practical benefits and value of enforcing a rule or command. The thing is, dogs don’t.
Dogs not only are learning the rules you desire and how to properly perform obedience commands, they’re also, and most importantly, learning you.
Are you a presence to be respected and deferred to, or are you a presence to be pushed against and challenged?
You think you’re doing some simple dog training, your dog thinks you’re exposing precisely who you are. And guess who’s right?
The thing is, once you are able to see all the layers for their true value and benefits, you’ll realize there’s far more at stake than your dog simply bending a rule or breaking a command—there’s a much deeper conversation about your relationship being discussed, you just haven’t realized it.
This is from trainer Sean O'Shea:
So many miss how many layers are involved in this dog training thing. Most humans only see the obvious, practical benefits and value of enforcing a rule or command. The thing is, dogs don’t.
Dogs not only are learning the rules you desire and how to properly perform obedience commands, they’re also, and most importantly, learning you.
Are you a presence to be respected and deferred to, or are you a presence to be pushed against and challenged?
You think you’re doing some simple dog training, your dog thinks you’re exposing precisely who you are. And guess who’s right?
The thing is, once you are able to see all the layers for their true value and benefits, you’ll realize there’s far more at stake than your dog simply bending a rule or breaking a command—there’s a much deeper conversation about your relationship being discussed, you just haven’t realized it.
