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My pup has gone crazy!

I have a 6 months old maltese called Terri. When I first brought him home when he was two months old, he learnt to pee on the paper the 2nd day he was home. I was so delighted and thought he was such an intelligent pup. However, about a month ago, he starts to pee everywhere. He could even pee when he is lying on his bed or on the carpet. I just don't understand why. I scolded him and even spank him, but few hours later, the habit just come back.

I've realised that whenever I'm around him, he will start to pee everywhere or even control himself from urine. Sometimes, he only pee twice a day or so, and yet he drinks a lot. When I'm not around, he will do all his business on the paper. Why is it so?

Moreover, I also noticed that he starts to pee on my guest whenever someone visit me. It's so embarrassing.Please help me!
Lynda

• While I am no expert or breeder or veterinarian, first I would say that a lot of puppies when they get excited, have trouble controlling their bladder and do urinate at inappropriate times. I am always surprised when people expect their dogs to be in TOTALLY control of their bladder then only 4 or 6 months old. Think about how old human babies are before they get out of diapers -- sometimes 3 years old.

  Second, if your pup sometimes urinates when just lying in his bed, with no sign of excitement to arouse him, I would be concerned and have a vet check him out that all organs are okay.

  If everything checks out okay. Then be patient and check out a book on training from the library.
  Rebecca

• I work at a vet's clinic and where I am no vet, I have seen cases like this before. If the puppy is doing it when he first sees you or when he is excited then I would say that is normal, but when he does it just while lying in his bed, then I think that is a more serious problem. When you have uncontrollable urinating like you are talking about, then you have to be concerned with more serious problems than just excitement; bladder, liver or other organ problems could be involved. Instead of scolding hi m, (if something is wrong then you are just sending him the message that when he pees, its bad) take him to the vets and have a urine analysis done on him. It is commonly known as a UA.
  Jessica