QUESTION
My dog becomes very nervous of my partner and goes all submissive and wees on his bed or wherever he is. He never does this with me is there anything we can do obviously this is embarrassing for my partner and if he goes to stroke him to try to calm him down it makes him wee more. Although when my partner goes to take him for a walk or a biscuit he becomes his best friend. Could you please give me some advice because I don't understand?
Michelle
ANSWER
Dear Michelle,
Problems with submissive behavious like this as you describe often needs a lot of coaxing,and help. We work here with an animal psychologist/behaviourist to help cases like this. As vets we have training in this, but tend to be multi-taskers. These other people work exclusively on these cases, so, may be able to offer more one-to-one help. ask your vets for the one they work with. If no joy, come back to me and I will try to find your nearest.
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