Does your dog pee when you return home or when they meet new people? Well, this is known as excitement urination or submissive urination...

Excitement urination - during play or greetings, younger dogs and females in particular, can pee when excited.

Submissive urination - occurs when a dog feels threatened, such as when it is being punished or verbally scolded, or when someone is reaching for it from a dominant posture (direct eye contact, leaning forward over the dog, etc.).

What can you do about it?

Do not punish the dog - this will make the problem worse especially if it is a submissive problem as you are reasserting your dominance.

Keep greetings low-key - as hard as it may be, when you get home, do not make a big fuss of your dog.

Change your body language and movements - avoid approaching your dog in a dominant posture by avoiding direct eye contact as they assume that direct eye contact is a challenge. Also, bend down to the dog's level rather than leaning over to pet from under the chin rather than on top of the head. When a human pats a dog on the head, a submissive dog perceives it as a display of dominance.

Distract them or ignore them! As soon as you return home, either of these may be enough for them to "forget" any routine or ritual that they've grown accustomed to.

Be calm - don't be too animated instead use quiet and calm words when greeting and gradually add physical affection over the next few minutes.

Be patient - it will disappear gradually as the dog gets older providing that you are dealing with it appropriately

On a practical note - When you arrive home, let your dog out so that you can make your initial greetings outside!

ALWAYS REMEMBER - It is not a house-training problem and an understanding of the underlying cause will help you in dealing with it.