Nikole Gipps
Posted : 1/21/2007 1:44:16 AM
Before guests come over, I would first take the dog out and run her around a lot. A tired dog is a good dog ... and exercise in the yard encourages pups to pee.
Secondly, 10 weeks is really young. I've seen lots of pups not have great bladder control at this age.
Thirdly, I would teach some deference exercises so your pup can learn self control. For example, have her in a sit. Have someone go towards her. If she remains calm, praise and person comes closer. If she's excited, you turn and walk away and then put her in a sit again.
When she learns self-control and her attention span gets better, you can use sit-stays and down-stays to encourage calmness. Basically the dog equates calm/sit/down with being able to meet someone, and excited/jump/pee with walking away from the situation.
(If this doesn't make sense, please let me know.)