If you tether her to you when you are there you will know exactly when she starts to pee and you can quickly take her out side.
When I catch one of mine peeing they get the automatic AKKKK!!!! and they are taken outside.

How much play time is your pup getting outside?

Mark,

You can't take a puppy out too much. You want to make a habit of her going outside, instead of inside. So when you can take her out every 30 min - 1 hr to pee. If she is whining, take her right out to pee then right back into the crate, all business.

Also, how long are you taking her out for each time? Some dogs need to pee 2-3 times before they are really empty. A short walk or play session may help to get her to pee more so she is empty when you leave her.

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Mark,

You can't take a puppy out too much. You want to make a habit of her going outside, instead of inside. So when you can take her out every 30 min - 1 hr to pee. If she is whining, take her right out to pee then right back into the crate, all business.

Also, how long are you taking her out for each time? Some dogs need to pee 2-3 times before they are really empty. A short walk or play session may help to get her to pee more so she is empty when you leave her.

Bingo.

And tethering is always useful, IMO.

I would take the weekend that you mentioned, taking her out all the time and really praising and rewarding for outdoor potty, but I would be taking her out more now, too.

And I would URGE you not to be discouraged. The dog who has a UTI is a special case, and even if she did not have one, this is not at all an extreme length of time spent on perfecting potty training.

You will learn so much when you tether her to you: how often she has to go, how many times she needs to squat on each occasion, what her signals are..... and you will enhance your bonding, too!

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If you tether her to you when you are there you will know exactly when she starts to pee and you can quickly take her out side.

I wish I had discovered tethering the dog to me years before I did.

It's up there almost with crates in my book.

And with my adopted adults, it was kind of an accelerated bonding.

Exercise depends on the day. Some mornings and evenings I am exausted and I only get to take her out for ten minutes. On the weekends and most days I take her for a half an hour walk, at the very least. I will walk her by the community pool so she can get used to people or by the elementary school where there are a lot of people watching their kids play baseball.

You know, after watching Ed's videos, reading books, and reading online, I have never heard about tethering until now. What is tethering? I mean, I use a leash everywhere with Emmy, whether it's in the house or outside.

OH! By the way, the test results for Emmy came back. The vet said that the test picked up on bacteria in her urine. They want us to come in tonight to stick a needle into Emmy's bladder to obtain more urine. Meanwhile, the vet wants me to continue the antibiotics to next week until the get the test results for the sample that they are getting tonight. Wish us luck!

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... You know, after watching Ed's videos, reading books, and reading online, I have never heard about tethering until now. What is tethering?

Tethering is attaching the dog to you. I use a piece of an old cotton line, but a 5-foot leash works, I'm sure. I hook one end to my jeans and the other end to the dog's collar.

I do this in two main situations: I have a new (adopted) dog, and don't yet know how s/he is in the house, around the other dogs, etc., or I have a dog who is in the process of being house-trained.

I didn't hear of this until I read it here a few years ago, either, and it sounded funny/odd.

HOWEVER, I now sing the praises of tethering. It speeds up house-training like crazy because there is no opportunity for the dog to make a mistake. I see the dog's signs, for one thing. And if I miss a signal I will see the beginning of a squat or leg-lift and I get the dog outside, marking/rewarding for outside potty. (I prefer to learn and see the dog's potty signals, of course, and IME, they all have them.)

Even a senior dog who was chained outside his whole life gave a signal. (It was sniffing the floor.)

The other huge benefit is bonding. IME, tethering speeds up the whole bonding process. Not that bonding is a timed process, but I find that this gives it a jump-start.

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OH! By the way, the test results for Emmy came back. The vet said that the test picked up on bacteria in her urine. They want us to come in tonight to stick a needle into Emmy's bladder to obtain more urine. Meanwhile, the vet wants me to continue the antibiotics to next week until the get the test results for the sample that they are getting tonight. Wish us luck!

Was this meant to say "picked up NO bacteria"?

Oh yes this sounds like alot of fun.
Why are you sticking needles into her bladder? If there is no bacteria in her urine, why needles? If there is bacteria in her urine, then you have it on the slide. Why are needles needed?

Arrange to get the pup out more often so she can learn outside is the place to go........ No matter how exhausted you are.

When you gotta to go, you gotta to go.
Poor pup.
Randy

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Why are you sticking needles into her bladder? If there is no bacteria in her urine, why needles?

I would ask this question of the vet, too. Why is cystocentesis necessary already?

Did the vet ask for a clean catch and you said you could not supply one? (That means a specimen caught mid-stream so that it is not contaminated by bacteria around the urethra/genitalia.) Was that what made the vet want to extract urine?

Cystocentesis is a procedure that I believe is used when the dog has recurring UTIs and antibiotic sensitivity.... complicated UTIs, that is.

But I'm not clear on this anyway because I'm not sure whether the test "picked up on bacteria" or "picked up no bacteria."

It turned out that it was not necessary. When I took her in, another vet helped me and opted to give her a shot of penicillen and a higher dose of antibiotics.

The original test detected bateria in the urine.

I can only hope beyond this point that this helps her.