Excitement Peeing

[littleredbarn]

Hi Everyone,
Digby will be 1 year in just a few weeks. While housetraining took a while, I would say that he now trained. He knows that we go outside 4 times a day, and has a particular spot on the curb that he immediately walks towards each time. Our only concern is when we are playing with him for a long time inside our apartment, he tends to get excited, pee, and then put himself in his bed. He almost seems ashamed of himself when it happens.
We were away this weekend and had him stay at an in-apartment doggy boarding facility. The place is in someone's apartment, quite homey with lots of doggy beds, toys, and typically 6 total dogs. The owner mentioned to me that since they do a lot of indoor, and outdoor play, that they noticed that Digby seems to do a lot of excitement peeing in the house. They remedied it with a belly band for his in-door time.
Does anyone have suggestions on how I can help Digby train his bladder more so that he can enjoy more inhouse play time without excitedly peeing?
Thank you so much for your stories and suggestions!
Heather

[bulldoggin30]

Well, you may not want to hear this, but Dutchie will be 3 this month and he STILL has excitement pee! He has his when someone new or different comes to the house and starts to talk to and pet him. What I do is if I know someone is coming, I take him out to potty right before they get there so I know his bladder is not full. This helps alot. Maybe you could initiate play right after potty time until he learns to potty on demand. Work around his schedule if possible at first. Good luck!

[littleredbarn]

Hi Amy, Dutchie and Family,

Thanks for the reply! I was happy to hear from our boarder that Digby did not have any trouble with excitement/play peeing on his last stay at their house. Yay! We'll continue to work with him on this, and with a lot of patience and love we'll hopefully be all happy. Thanks for the suggestions.

Heather, Digby and the gang