peeing in crate
My little baby, Winnie, Is about 12 weeks old now. Ive had her since 8 weeks and as much as I read and try to be persistent her behavior has gotten progressively worse. Im not sure if it was just her getting used to her new home and her feeling like she owns the place now or what but i need to learn how to correct her! Due to her being so young and not having her shots my vet advised me to keep Winnie inside as much as possible so i started her by pad training. This had been going really well and she hadnt peed inside her crate ever until three days ago. Since then any time i leave the house or go to bed and shes in the crate she pees a little puddle. for the past month she has held her pee for a few hours at a time so i know she has no problem holding it, and when im home she doesnt even run to the pad like she has to pee really bad. I feel like shes trying to tell me something. Any idea what? Also, when shes runnning around the apt playing, usually when she would have to go she would walk over to the pad, circle a few times and pee a big puddle on the pad. Recently she walks over to a run and just pees a tiny bit and walks away. Any advice?
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Timing her meals and her water intake with the play times and exercise times is important and will assist you in potty training her. I personally would find it to be more work to use wee pads because then you have to retrain the dog later to pee off the pads so it's confusing for them, and I would rather cut out the middle man so to speak.
Proper crate size is important, too large a crate will give the pup room to wee in a corner and then go to a clean corner to sleep. Activity will stimulate the need to wee, so a good play session while not allowing her to guzzle water just before crating may help curb any accidents for a few hours. Also, at 12 weeks old she should have at least 1 or even 2 sets of shots by that age. They can be given 2-4 weeks apart depending on the Vet, and some breeders may give them as early as 6 weeks, most starting at 8-9 weeks. She should be able to go outside in your yard or in front of your house, in a friends yard, but do avoid areas where many dogs visit or where sick dogs may potty/play such as dog parks until you have the 2 boosters. The benefits outweigh the risks.
Thanks for your help! Ill keep on it
Here is a quick link to get you started. (Great org. and has tons of other tips too!)
http://www.diamondsintheruff.com/
Snf
Toby is never satisfied with his meal. If we left food out all day ... well. There would be no food. It would be gone in seconds.
To chime in to what everyone else has said, I hope you are using some strong (yet safe) cleaners to get rid of the pee in the crate once she does have an accident inside.
Jesse
She does not have health problems, but we concluded she had to have something to do. Therefore, we give her cash pots for breakfast, such as hidden kongs, suffed dices and suffed jaxs to keep her occupied. This seems to work as a good alternative to bust boredom and random sampling of goods (mainly paper) when we leave for work etc.
Snf