How can I properly crate train her so she doesn’t go in the crate? She will pee in the crate overnight every 2-4 hours I’m constantly getting up and taking her out when she cries for it I’ve set alarms to wake myself up so I can catch it before she pees.
I feel like I have spent AMPLE time taking her to a specific spot praising and keeping her close while out of the crate. I have a leash that goes around my waist and she stays close to me and there typically are no accidents while I’m doing this but I notice her cues and let her out almost every hour sometimes more frequently. I will schedule an appointment with the vet to see if she has a UTI as it states above.

I’d like to avoid paying for in house potty training with a local trainer but I’m desperate at this point.

Thanks for sharing your experience with your toy Aussie.

#1. Sounds like you’re doing about the same we would do when our puppies dribble. We’ve had several pups do this and they all eventually outgrew it.
#2. At this point, your puppy probably is still unsure as to the proper potty spot. I’d make sure any area she’s had an accident is thoroughly cleaned with an enzymatic cleaner. You can try making her confinement area smaller so it’s only large enough for her to lay down and sleep. Most puppies will not potty where they sleep. We use a crate with our puppies but a smaller fenced area would work too.

We have an article on potty training that also might be helpful. Take a look at: https://puppyintraining.com/how-to-potty-train-a-puppy/

Hi Ripley! I’d take your pup for a vet appointment to make sure she doesn’t have a UTI. Our baby seemed like she got the hang but kept having random accidents and was peeing frequently like that. She did have a UTI and we discovered that her anatomy made her prone to them. She’s had several now, but seems to have a better time handling them and I have a supplement that seems to reduce the pain and any issues. I’d definitely work on the crate training, but I understand your frustration. I was miserable for the first few months until we figured out what was causing the issue. NOTE: there was no blood and it wasn’t detected the first time we took her but the second time we asked them to check again and there was blood in the urine.

It’s been several months, I wonder if you would update your tables with the dogs and how long it took them to get trained. I got a 12 week pup from the humane society a week ago. We are no where near potty trained. Usually she won’t even show any signs that she has to pee, she will just get up and immediately crouch down. And that could be 5 minutes after the last time she peed. I took her out today, good timing with a pee and a poop. We came back in the house and I thought well it should be about an hour or so until I need to take her out again. 15 minutes later she had peed 3 times on the rug. Sometimes I’m really at my wits end and think if I can’t predict when she needs to go or she is going to randomly pee 3 times in 15 minutes, how the heck are we ever going to get through this. Working on crate training also isn’t going great because she immediately starts yelping as soon as I close the door and we had a few pretty nightmarish nights of yelping and freaking out for hours on end. I’m just so frazzled and I try not to let her see it but I’m not perfect. I feel like this is never going to end and she will just keep randomly peeing several times after just literally going out and peeing in the right spot. I’m definitely never getting a puppy again, this is way too stressful, especially trying to keep other family members doing the same thing and in a timely manner.

Yes, they do, but you also need to take your dog go out regularly. Then he will have a chance to learn how to adapt to live in different weather. The first time it could be hard but you can take him to go out every day, then the weather is not a big deal anymore.

We finally trained her with bells attached to the door, worked like a charm.

We now have a black lab/ collie cross, I hope this goes easier. We got him at approximately 4 months old and have had him for one week.