April 19, 2011
Our pup is 5 weeks old and will pee in the crate after one hour if we are in the room. She normally holds her pee all night. Why is she doing this?
Full Question:
We have a 5 1/2 week old American Eskimo who we are trying to house train. The problem is, she won't hold her bladder when we are around. We know she is able to, because we've left her for several hours and she holds it and she also holds it at night. But when we are in the room and she is in her crate, she will often pee in the crate after less than an hour of being in there, despite the fact that we walked her right before. Also, when we let her out to play, she will need to go out several times in a half hour. Yesterday, she held it over 5 hours while we were out, then we walked her, played with her, walked her again and put her in the crate. WE went in the next room and the next thing you know, she had peed in her crate less than 10 minutes later. So it definitely is behavioral (she was checked out and nothing was wrong with her), but what can we do??? HELP, she is driving us crazy!!! 
Ed's Answer:
It is not behavioral, it is being a puppy.
If you know she goes after an hour - why don't you let her out every hour so she learns that if she holds it she will be let outside.
Puppies usually cannot hold their pee overnight until they are 12 to 16 weeks old. So if this dog is doing it now - you have a very nice pup.
I would recommend the video I produced titled Your Puppy 8 Weeks to 8 Months. I give this video to all of my puppy customers and never get questions on how to raise a pup. Read the description of the tape on my web site. It has almost 2 hours of solid information and does not cost a lot of money.
Taking a dog from a litter at 5 weeks is terrible. This dog obviously did not come from any kind of a reputable breeder.
My advice is to either find another home for the dog or spend some time learning about dogs and training them. I have an extensive article and Q&A section on house training puppies and dogs on my web site. It is obvious you have not read it. Look in the list of training articles on my web site for more information.
If you know she goes after an hour - why don't you let her out every hour so she learns that if she holds it she will be let outside.
Puppies usually cannot hold their pee overnight until they are 12 to 16 weeks old. So if this dog is doing it now - you have a very nice pup.
I would recommend the video I produced titled Your Puppy 8 Weeks to 8 Months. I give this video to all of my puppy customers and never get questions on how to raise a pup. Read the description of the tape on my web site. It has almost 2 hours of solid information and does not cost a lot of money.
Taking a dog from a litter at 5 weeks is terrible. This dog obviously did not come from any kind of a reputable breeder.
My advice is to either find another home for the dog or spend some time learning about dogs and training them. I have an extensive article and Q&A section on house training puppies and dogs on my web site. It is obvious you have not read it. Look in the list of training articles on my web site for more information.
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