I think maybe you didn't read my post clearly. My in-laws are taking care of him while my wife is gone from 7:30 to 1:30. That's 6 hours. They are taking him out to go to the bathroom, playing with him and so forth so that he's not in the crate that whole time. I can have them do this until mid-June if necessary when school let out and my wife will be off for the summer. My question is at what age should I expect him to be able to stay in the crate for those 6 hours comfortably. I understand every dog's different, just looking for a rule of thumb.
I am religiously taking him out a couple times an hour and he almost always pees really quickly. Pooping is a little more infrequent but hopefully he's starting to get that that's where he's supposed to go. He one accident yesterday. He'd been out 15 minutes earlier and peed, came back in, had a few sips of water in between playing with me and just stopped running and started peeing before I could catch him.
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I think maybe you didn't read my post clearly. My in-laws are taking care of him while my wife is gone from 7:30 to 1:30. That's 6 hours. They are taking him out to go to the bathroom, playing with him and so forth so that he's not in the crate that whole time.
You are 100% correct. I skimmed and I COMPLETELY missed that!
I can have them do this until mid-June if necessary when school let out and my wife will be off for the summer. My question is at what age should I expect him to be able to stay in the crate for those 6 hours comfortably. I understand every dog's different, just looking for a rule of thumb.
Well, as Ann said, 5 months can equal 5 hours. My big adult dog is OK for 6 hours, or maybe more, but one of the small adults would not be (for pee). For poop, that can pretty much be manipulated if the dog is regular and not on a grain-heavy commercial food (which can cause many dogs to have multiple poops a day), by manipulating mealtimes.
I'm thinking that you will want the until-mid-June help, and that you will know better in a month or so. Especially about his poop schedule.
I am religiously taking him out a couple times an hour and he almost always pees really quickly. Pooping is a little more infrequent but hopefully he's starting to get that that's where he's supposed to go. He one accident yesterday. He'd been out 15 minutes earlier and peed, came back in, had a few sips of water in between playing with me and just stopped running and started peeing before I could catch him.
At this age, every eat, drink, or play event ideally gets a pee-trip follow-up.
But also, especially with a male, I'd stay out long enough for two pees; that is, until I know the dog better, I don't assume that the first pee was it.
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Also, a bit of reassurance about the quick accident: With any age dog, you'll find that after a couple of weeks (especially with tethering to you), you'll know his body language around potty (and also his schedule) MUCH better.
This is one of my biggest pluses for tethering the dog to me. Even a new foster senior is tethered to me at first. Very quickly, I learn his body's schedules and his posture, etc., when he needs to or is about to pee.
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