Latest articles from Candid Canine (http://www.candidcanine.info) http://www.candidcanine.info 2012-05-23T02:31:39+01:00 text/html 2008-05-05T00:08:31+01:00 http://www.candidcanine.info http://www.candidcanine.info/shih-tzu-submissive-a195.html If your puppy gets excited and wets herself, especially when you have company or when you first arrived from being away from her, this is called "submissive urination." This kind of urination is different from breaks in house training. Puppies often outgrow the problem as they do not have good bladder control. The older dog that does this may be lacking self-esteem.