Hello,
she is in the age when she would live under a lot of pressure as a pack member. She therefor is extremly submissive against the - in her eyes - most important pack leaders. I don´t know how you live but if your husband is off working the whole day and you are at home, it seems extremly important to her to be very submissive to the homecoming alpha. The other reason may be that most dogs find males more dangerous and react more defensive because their voices are deeper - that means in the acustic range of offensive aggression. The most critical moment when it comes to getting in trouble is when the pack leaders return to the pack or the lower ranking dogs return to home with the leaders staying there. When the leaders come back they normally don´t react at all on this submissive behaviour, they just walk straight through all these "slimers" and greet the other high ranks. If you follow this behaviour and don´t greet her as long as she isn´t quiet she will calm down after a while. The urinating stops as soon as she feels more grown up because its normally only shown this way by puppies or youngsters and it means exactly this: I am still a small puppy. Our one year old female now only shows it after she was away for a longer time and has to explain this to her growling mother or if she knows we are really angry with her (because she was chasing the sheeps again). That doesn´t mean that she really thinks she will experience physical harm, she just feels it will minimice the possibility. So to make a long story short, I wouldn´t change the carpet before she has mentally grown up.
Regards Ina
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