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Why does my puppy pee from excitement during playtime? How to stop?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Samoyed | Male | unneutered | 2 months and 3 days old | 6 lbs

My puppy pees everytime during playtime. Despite the fact that i take him outside to pee right before playtime. I read somewhere that it might be because of excitement. How can i train him to stop? I don't want to prevent him from fun.

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Answered By Dr. Elizabeth

Veterinarian

Published on February 4th, 2019

This is normal puppy behavior and Oli will out grow it eventually. The main thing you can do is try to keep him more calm when he is in areas you don’t want him to urinate. Pets especially urinate when we get home after being gone, try to ignore him when you come home until you get him outside. Then you can greet him. Also having a vigorous play session outside before bringing him inside can help make him more tired and he may not be as excitable later in the evening. I hope this is helpful and please feel free to post any additional questions.

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