My GSD has been waking me up during the night for water. I get up everytime under the assumption he has to go potty. As soon as I let him out, he runs straight to his water bowl and sits. I usually empty his water bowl around 930 PM til the next morning to keep me from getting up 3 or 4 times a night. As of right now, I'm getting up 2 or 3 times anyway for him to sit in front of the water bowl. Am I doing something wrong, is he not geeting enough water? I let him sleep in the same room as me, inside crate.
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I can see a 13 week old waking up to pee in the night but waking up several times asking for water seems a little unusual. And you are picking up the water later in the evening.
Does he have plenty of access to water during the day and is he drinking a healthy amount? If not, that could be the reason he's asking for it in the middle of the night.
Any problems with urination? Drinking a lot, peeing frequently and in small quantities...straining to pee...can be signs of a urinary tract infection which needs a vet's diagnosis and care. You could drop off a fresh sample of urine at your vet's office for testing if these symptoms are present.
He does have access to water during morning, lunch, and evening (get home around 4 PM). During hours of work, he is in his crate. He does pee several times in small amounts. This has also made house breaking hard also. IMO, It does seem when he does pee that it is not coming out full stream. It doesn't look like he is straining though.
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You may only have the normal housebreaking/adjustment issues that come up with pups but to rule it out completely I would probably just drop some urine off for analysis since there seems to be a question.
In my own VERY limited experience with puppies, my pup would wake up at night to pee or poop...and then he wanted to hang out and play. He didn't make a beeline for the empty water bowl. My pup had access to water probably as much as yours does now.
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My pup likes to drink water during the night ... or actually until recently just eat the snow and ice off the ground while going outside to go to the bathroom.
I no longer pick the water up at night, so after coming back in from a potty visit, if he really wants his water, so be it.
But I digress ... what I wanted to say is this. I have a One Strike Policy with my pup. When I put him in the crate, if he cries or whines for more than a little bit, I assume that he has unfinished business ... to go pee or poop, some more. If he doesn't go, then that's it... he just struck out and now he is in that crate, and he needs to just settle down and go to sleep.
I would say that if he isn't leaving the crate to actually do his business, then you need to leave him in the crate and let him fuss and realize that your the boss and not him. Just my opinion.
When he is let out of crate, no leash. I leave the leash by the door. It is kind of funny because first he goes to the toilet. I get this look, Ah man it's closed. The he looks in the bathtub, no water there. The he makes a B line straight for his water bowl. Obviously I am not giving him enough water. I would say his pee color is between.
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