Our new puppy has a bladder infection. We don't want him to think it's ok to go potty in the house but we understand his situation right now. What should we do?

Good Morning!

We have just ordered the "8 weeks to 8 month" training tape to help us in training our 11 week old male Yorkie. We have read many of the free eBooks on your site and are very pleased with the progress we have made as trainers! We had a puppy two years ago and failed miserably as handlers. That puppy went to live and be well trained by a woman who knew her stuff. The obvious issue there was our poor training. We certainly don't want history to repeat itself here.

We are currently struggling with the fact that our puppy has a bladder infection. He is taking antibiotics and the vet is well aware of the situation. (He is about 2 days into a 10-12 day dose of medicine.)

Due to this, the pup pees frequently wherever he may be. When we are outside and he pees we praise him; however, when he is in the crate or under our watchful eye and he goes we do not know how to handle that. Sometimes he goes when he is walking without squatting at all.

We know this is a temporary situation, and he can't help it. I have read that these infections can be painful. We have only had him in our home for 1 week and do not want to encourage any bad behaviors. We certainly don't want the puppy to think, "hey, in my new home these people let me go wherever I want!"

Please help!

Thank you,
Lindy and Mike