Hi, I'm new to the forum and I wanted to see if I could get some advice. My wife and I recently adopted a miniature 2 year old long-haired daschund, the little guy is very sweet and loving but I have the feeling he was abused by the previous family.
Every time I firm up my voice to tell him to do something (off the couch, wait, stop, etc) he will get extremely nervous and crunch down and wag his tail and then, he just pees himself, sometimes it'll be a couple drops, sometimes it'll be a lot. Sometimes when I'm going to pick him up or try to pet him, the same thing will happen, very rarely my wife and I will raise our voice to yell at the dogs, but you can just imagine that if we do that, that will also be another cause for him to have an accident.
We are not sure as to what the cause of the problem is, but we have been trying to reaffirm good behaviors and we don't really reprimend him when the accident happens we try to calm him down.
Is this something that can be corrected? What should we be looking for and be aware of when trying to fix this problem?
For what is worth, this is our second daschund, he gets along very well with our other dog and there's no issues on that area. We are very familiar with their characters and attitudes, but this is just not normal.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Every time I firm up my voice to tell him to do something (off the couch, wait, stop, etc) he will get extremely nervous and crunch down and wag his tail and then, he just pees himself, sometimes it'll be a couple drops, sometimes it'll be a lot. Sometimes when I'm going to pick him up or try to pet him, the same thing will happen, very rarely my wife and I will raise our voice to yell at the dogs, but you can just imagine that if we do that, that will also be another cause for him to have an accident.
We are not sure as to what the cause of the problem is, but we have been trying to reaffirm good behaviors and we don't really reprimend him when the accident happens we try to calm him down.
Is this something that can be corrected? What should we be looking for and be aware of when trying to fix this problem?
For what is worth, this is our second daschund, he gets along very well with our other dog and there's no issues on that area. We are very familiar with their characters and attitudes, but this is just not normal.
Thanks in advance for your help!