Comments on: Why Is My 6 Month Old Puppy Peeing In The House Again?

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 04:26:41 +0000

Hi we have a 5 and a half month old Goldendoodle. He goes through the day fine telling us if he needs a wee by scratching at the back door. He is crated at night and if I go out. In the night he goes only about 5 hours then needs to pee, he barks I get up and he has already peed. Then I let him out he wee’s a bit more in the garden while I change out his mattress for a clean one. 2 hours later he will do the same. During the day I can leave him 2 hours in the crate no accidents. I take him for a walk an hour before bedtime an he must do 2 big wees and 5 little ones on our walk. He has very little interest in water in the evenings and chooses not to go to his bowl much so I don’t think he is over drinking. After 3 months of broken sleep I’m getting tired of this.

By: Fran

Fran — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 15:23:45 +0000

My pomeranian has constant access to our backyard through a doggie door and seemed potty trained at 6 months going through the doggie door whenever needed. He sleeps in a crate each night and holds it throughout the night just fine. About 1 month ago he started peeing and pooping in our house again, maybe once every few days with it progressing to approximately once each day. It’s been very hot outside most of this time period, so I was thinking he doesn’t want to go outside because of the heat, but this morning it’s cool, 71 degrees, and he just pooped in the house. We are unsure what the issue is. Help!

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 17:07:01 +0000

Hi Colby! Our lab puppy is 7 months old, and we thought she was potty trained…at night she can hold it for 8-9 hours, but when she’s in her crate for 2-3 hours, and we get home, we take her out to potty first thing, and sometimes she just pees as we’re putting her leash on. We can’t get her out the door any faster. We don’t know what to do in these scenarios. We always make sure she goes out and does her business before going into her crate. Getting frustrated that she can’t seem to hold it during the day, but does fine at night. We’ve had other instances where she will have just gone out 1.5 hours prior, and then will just squat right in front of us and pee…without warning. She’ll go weeks without any accidents and then does something like that. We’ve never had these issues while potty training! She was just fixed a few weeks ago, any chance it could be linked to that?

By: Corgi Corgi

Corgi Corgi — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:07:26 +0000

My Corgi was potty-trained as young as 12 weeks (or so I thought), he is now 5 months old but suddenly having pee accidents 4 times a day in the house… Though we thought he was potty trained, his pattern is that he goes to potty himself almost every hour. He can’t hold his pee long… When playing freely around the house, he even pees 30 minutes after play. He has no poo accidents, goes 3 times a day. He holds his pee overnight. My questions are: 1. Should I re-train him again? Like taking him to potty every 1.5 hours? And try prolonging it? 2. We leave the water free for him… should I restrict that and give him specific time for drinking, like feeding? 3. Are there symptoms/ signs that I can spot if he got UTI? I want to try the previous 2 methods first before bringing him to the vet. (Well, he can hold his pee overnight…) Many thanks for your help

By: Colby

Colby — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:59:23 +0000

In reply to Judy. Every puppy is different. I can tell you I do the exact same thing when I raise a puppy. At some point, you have to give them more freedom to see if they can hold it and also alert you that they have to potty. We started doing the same thing with our 4-month-old puppy and while she did well to go to the door and alert us she needed to go outside she still ended up having accidents in the house. So we're taking a step back and keeping a closer eye on her when she's in the house to make sure we catch her before she has accidents. Good luck with your puppy!

By: Judy

Judy — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:24:28 +0000

Hello, Our 4 month old Cavapoo pup has done well with potty training, and we have not had any accidents inside for 3 weeks. we take him out often to potty on our patio and garden.
So we gave him more freedom in the house. Then out of the blue, he peed inside twice on the carpet, and poo’d in the upstairs office over 3 days. When he wants to go out he stands at the back door and hits a bell we have there, so we know when he wants to go out. We are with him all day and watch him. At nighttime he is restricted to the kitchen and has a puppy pad that he uses by the back door. He can hold his bladder for 3 hours, but often goes every 3 hours. We thought we had got to the point we could relax a little, but obviously not. Were we expecting too much of a 4 month old?

By: Colby

Colby — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 02:10:55 +0000

In reply to Kim. I'm sorry to hear about your dog's traumatic and abusive background. It's tough to assess a dog without seeing her in person. If you can you should have a local certified professional dog trainer evaluate your dog and set up a program for you and your dog to follow. That being said if your puppy is still having accidents in the house then I'd limit her freedom in the house. If you minimize the number of accidents in the house she will learn that she's not to potty in the house much quicker. Hopefully, that helps. Good luck with your training!

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 02:13:14 +0000

My 9 month old mixed breed (likely a pitt mix) Rougarou came from a traumatic and abusive background. I have had her for roughly 3.5 months. She is on a regular walking schedule and uses the bathroom whenever we go out for the most part. However, if I do not walk her every 1.5-2 hours she will pee in the house if she is given any freedom at all. Walks every 1.5-2 hours seems excessive to me, and my neighbors are starting to ask why I walk my dog so often. Is this normal? She has seen the vet but no physical issues were found. How can I decrease the frequency of our walks and of her accidents in the house?

By: Colby

Colby — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 23:03:28 +0000

In reply to Susasn.

I’m sorry to hear about the horse accident. I hope you are feeling better now.

As for Elsa, what ended up working best for us was setting up baby gates to keep her from venturing into other rooms. I think this did two things for us. First, it allowed us to keep a more watchful eye on her. Second, the barriers kept her away from areas she previously had accidents.

I haven’t taken down the barriers but I think if we did Elsa would be fine. However, another problem arose. My older dog, Raven who hasn’t had accidents since she was a puppy started having accidents in the house. This one I think is age-related and hopefully something I’ll resolve in the coming weeks/months.

Good luck with your puppy!

By: Susasn

Susasn — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 23:53:23 +0000

Hi. My dog feels like Elsa. I’ve had 4 excellent dogs in my life. 2 for 17years (separately)and the same with our chocolate labs, 13yrs each. Never an issue w/’going’ in the house. However when my breeding lab would go in heat – she would find and eat the butter!?
Una, my goldendoodle girl, 5mo.1wk,. has peed in the house yesterday and today.While I am here. She has been house-trained for 2.5 months. Thank goodness not on the bed as Elsa, but I’m flummoxed. The bell doesn’t work – she eats them. Una is soooo subtle re: needing to go out. Yes, after play, meals, upon rising – she goes out. I have her trained to whistle to wee & poopitos – but when she needs to go out in between those times, like Elsa, she walks back and forth, empties her toy box and gets jacked up. I have observed/learned these signals, but I can’t take her anywhere or leave her w/ someone because of these subtle signals. I would be grateful for your sage advice, Always thought I was pretty good at this but clearly…I just cant seem to expand Her communication! Though she knows lots of words and their meanings…I’m totally and completely flummoxed and need help about this issue! please and thank you! Did I mention I just had major oral surgery from a horse accident – and pup just doesn’t understand, I can’t play today,…. thanks for you time, Susan and Una