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Old December 11th, 2008, 01:17 PM
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The peeing when people come over is a big flag for submissive peeing. A good way to help this is, when either you come home or a friend comes over (tell them in advance that you need them to do this), COMPLETELY ignore your dog. Don't talk to her, look at her, pet her, nothing. Come in, take off your coat, change, do what you normally do when you get home, and then once she's calm and relaxed, invite her over to say hello, and give her some nice loves and pats, but not excitedly. Keep the excitement of coming home to a minimum, and I bet you'll see less of those piddles by the door.

ETA: keep in mind that, if it IS a UTI, and you leave it for a month, it's liable to cost MUCH more than if you were to treat it now, not to mention cause of lot of discomfort in the meantime. I'm surprised at the cost. Did you ask the vet specifically if you could just drop off a free-flow urine sample for a basic urinalysis? If not, do, using those words. Sounds like they want to run a bigger workup than what's needed for an initial check.
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