Just wondering at what age can pups hold it more than 20-30min when awake indoors? Luna is 12 weeks and as long as we go out about every 20 mins there are no accidents (can stretch it longer if she distracted with something) she definitly can't last much longer. What age generally does their bladder control get better? She does have a dog door to get outside which she uses at night time, not so much in the daytime yet
It depends on the dog. 12-13 weeks was the magic age for my dog. She went from 20 mins to 1 hour, practically overnight. She wasn't the type of puppy to tell me that she needed to go out, so I was taking her out at regular 1 hour intervals, and just gradually extended from there. I have no experience with dog doors, I don't know if it's reasonable to expect a young dog to take themselves outside of their own volition. She'll probably need your guidance for a while longer. I was outside rewarding every wee and poo for months!
Thanks for your reply! Hopefully the 1 hour is coming soon! Or at least 40 minutes! My pup gives no warning either, she won't be sniffing she will just stop and wee. She does go out the dog door sometimes during the day but I think she goes out more for a timeout, cause when I check on her she is happily playing by herself outside sometimes.
One day it will all just "click" and she'll realise she has to hold it, but in the meantime be as consistent as possible - frequent trips out, make a big fuss and give plenty of treats for wees/poos outside, and ignore all accidents inside
They are usually widdle monsters at they age! I use puppy pads cut into four for mopping up - much quicker and easier
Are you crate training? As we extended the time that our puppy was in the crate, up to a max of 4 hours when we had to go somewhere like the movies, she got better and better at holding it in the house. Now at 13 weeks, she gets to racing all over as wild dog when she has to go, and eventually she will sit and bark at us. Every puppy is different, so this might not work for you.
Ella my 15 week old is asking to go out have not had a wee or a poo in the house for near on 3 weeks she goes out at around 9pm and I normally get her up to toilet around 11pm then she sleeps through to 6am a few times this last week I've got up in the early hours and tried to get her up to toilet have to near drag her out lol
Our baby sleeps from about 11:45 to 6:45. He eats at 5:00 PM and is encouraged to drink water at 8:00 PM when the water is removed. He usually has five or six POO's a day, and either goes out or asks to go out to PEE about 9 times a day. We hand feed him three times(at 7, 12, and 5). We have a dmall white bord near the door to keep tabs on his potty behavior so we know what is next. We had him on a "for all dogs" kibble recipe, but switched to a high quality Puppy Only Formula. Oddly, a whole bunch of positive maturity growth behaviors happened right after the food switch. We don't know if it was food related or just a coincidence.
I took Xena's water away when she was a pup too, just because I didn't want her pre-loading before bed and risking an accident.
I'm intrigued to know what you mean by positive growth behaviours . Also with @selina27 . Leaving your puppy or dog without access to water for around 11hours risks dehydration as the weather warms.
I feel like I am just now getting to the point where I can not freak out to rush outside every 20 minutes. My pup turns 5 months this week. Around 16 weeks I thought we were there but then a random accident would happen. I am VERY slowly starting to trust him for longer than 20 min at a time. Usually at 30-45 I am bringing him outside anyway because I am just too afraid to wait. Like pp said, he will never sniff or squat its like he will literally just be walking or doing something and just starts peeing out of nowhere with no warning sign.
During waking hours Caspar goes out for a wee at about 7.00am, a poo after breakfast, and otherwise mainly goes on his walks or when he asks, which he does by heading for the door and batting the dangling key. He doesn't do this so very often, but I do let him outside for a general mooch when I want to do things like sweep, vacuum or wash floors - impossible to do with a pup hanging on the relevant implement. I take him out for a last wee at about 10.45pm. He is nearly 14 weeks. He hasn't had an accident in the house for about 2 weeks, a tiny wee only. I do have a mental tally of when he last went outside, but certainly do not take/send him out every 20 mins, more like 1-2 hours. He sleeps in a closed crate, which I know has helped him to learn to hold.
Understood. However, where I live, the weather never warms. Night time temperatures never rise above 50 degrees F.
Our pup is now 13 weeks old. He has never had an accident in the house that wasn't caused by us waiting too long(one poo, and three pees: such as not taking him out for 45 min when he was 8 wk old after he ate, or playing with him and not taking him out before and after). Now when he has to go, and we are not listening, and he has failed to get it across by standing near the door, he will suddenly start barking at us. And then we know, SINCE HE ONLY BARKS when he has to go really bad, or is very hungry or very thirsty. We have a white board next to the door where we mark when he ate, and when he poos and pees as to the time. By now he is sleeping for 8 hours after his last night time Poo. He can go 2-3 hours when not crated before he starts stand next to the door and whining. We did this by crate training for practice at holding it longer(he has never made a mistake in his crate), and consistently taking him out EVERY TIME after meals, after coming out of a nap, after Play, and before play. The key that we found was robotic like consistency, and gradual extending of times in his crate. BTW, he always get a Peanut Butter covered toy when he goes int he crate, and sometimes a kong with food in it. We have now started Gentle Leader training by having him with the leader during his meal(put on right before, and take off right after). Next week he starts clicker training.
Your climate may be cool but it is not advisable to leave a dog without water for 11 hours . How often do you go 11 hours without a drink, and you are able to get one anytime you wish - and that's before considering the impact of feeding a dry kibble.
Just wanted to check that you are introducing a Gentle Leader head harness, and if so the reason why. You gave a 13 week old puppy that is just beginning to go out on lead walks and training for loose lead walking should have started at around 8 weeks of age - there is no reason to wait. The Gentle Leader is really designed for use with very strong pullers where there is a risk to the owner - not a young puppy eithout a history of pulling.
I have never used puppy pads. just wondering how it works: do they get used to them and think it is ok to go inside if they go on them? do you have a hard time training them not to go inside if you remove the pads?
I don’t use them for the pups to wee on - just for mopping up purposes. So I’m not sure what the idea is, mine would just rip them up anyway.
