We adopted her in November, she's a 6-year old chihuahua mix. I knew she was fearful when we adopted her and that's fine but her foster didn't disclose the peeing and now I feel like I'm stuck. Every time she gets slightly afraid, she pees. If we continue with what we were doing to trigger her she cowers and flattens and eventually rolls over to expose her belly. She pees if we pick her up (or even reach to pick her up), call her name, tell her she's a good girl, pet her too much, or use "baby voice" at her like you would a regular dog. Recently she's started peeing when she's happy, too, like when we come home after being away.
She was previously adopted as a stray at 8 weeks old, and then her new home had to give her up when they were moving out of state after 6 years of caring for her. I have no idea if there was trauma or abuse in either situation.
We've taken her to the vet. It is not a medical issue. She's been put on Zoloft and so far (after about a month) it's not doing anything to reduce her anxiety. She is also fully housebroken, as in, she is physically able to hold it and knows to potty outside when she's let out.
Aside from this she's a wonderful dog and so loving. We've been waiting for months for her to be more comfortable with us and she is, for the most part, but is not improving on this. She approaches us to be petted, runs to greet us when we get home, loves sleeping next to or on us on the couch and overnight, and gets jealous when our other dog is being petted. I just don't know that I can take 10 years of this and I have no idea of how to train her out of this if it's even possible.
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