Mike Kramer wrote 02/28/2008 04:51 PM how do you handel an accident? #183096 - 02/28/2008 04:51 PM
Mike Kramer Webboard User Reg: 08-20-2007 Posts: 45 Loc: PA Offline	my 13 week old pup had a UTI which was causing him to wet his crate. I took care of the Uti and BAMM no more crate wetting...until today I left him out at 12:45 and he went outside. When I came home at 5 he went pee in his crate. What should I do???
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Carol Boche wrote 02/28/2008 04:56 PM Re: how do you handel an accident? [Re: Mike Kramer ] #183097 - 02/28/2008 04:56 PM
Carol Boche Webboard User Reg: 10-30-2005 Posts: 4531 Loc: South Dakota, USA Offline	Did you make sure he pottied good before you left? And, at 13 wks, almost 5 hours is a bit of a stretch for a young pup like that. General rule of thumb is that puppies can "hold it" for 1 hour for every month old they are..... EX: 3 months=3 hours (although I would do 2 hours and gradually build on that) 4 months=4 hours..... and so on..... Are you positive the UTI is taken care of as well? How did you take care of it? Until The Tale of the Lioness is told, the Story will Always Glorfy the Hunter
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Connie Sutherland wrote 02/28/2008 05:51 PM Re: how do you handel an accident? [Re: Carol Boche ] #183109 - 02/28/2008 05:51 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	There is nothing to do after you find it.... There is something to do only when you catch him in the act and can take him out, to praise him for finishing outdoors. I remember this pup's UTI..... I would suggest that a new urine spec be collected and checked, because it does sometimes happen that the antibiotic protocol did not really completely wipe out the infection, which gets going again after the regimen. But as Carol says, it also could easily have just been too long for his bladder. You are making a lot of progress. You kept a log and discovered the frequency that made you think UTI. You addressed that. A tiny setback at this age, whether it's just a step back in the frequancy of taking him out and praising, or a recurring infection, or just overestimating his bladder size -- these can all be fixed. I am not sure why vets don't routinely do a second urinalysis after the med protocol to find out whether the infection was really gone.
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Mike Kramer wrote 02/29/2008 04:47 PM Re: how do you handel an accident? [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #183304 - 02/29/2008 04:47 PM
Mike Kramer Webboard User Reg: 08-20-2007 Posts: 45 Loc: PA Offline	you guys are both right I found out today that someone was knocking on my door for about five mins. I was also told that both of my dogs were barking like crazy.I wonder if he just got excited!!!!!
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