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My dog pees when excited and jumps on guests. How can I stop it?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Golden Retriever | Female | unspayed | 5 months and 6 days old

hello, my dog is welcoming neighbours with an over-reaction till she jumps over them and awkwardly she makes pee,, I don't know why.. what could I do?

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Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on May 18th, 2018

Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! This is a common behavior in puppies. This should subside over time but one thing that may help is having any friends or family that are over to the house completely ignore Pinky until she calms down. You can even have them offer a treat and make her sit and stay to get her to calm down. This will help with the spontaneous urination due to excitation. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further. Please take the time to mark this question as helpful or not as it helps us to improve on the quality of our answers to other pet owners. Thank you kindly!

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