I have a mixed breed female dog, Kodie, who is excellent at letting us know when she needs to 'go'. The only problem is that she pees about 11 pm before bed and seems to always need out again between 3-4 am to go. She's never been crate trained and has free run of house (with very few accidents).....I'm at my wits end, please help!!!!!!!
Aki Yoshikawa Webboard User Reg: 12-22-2004
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I’m not a big fan of dog doors, but if she’s not crate trained, it may be your best option. My puppy at 5 months was completely house broken and out of the crate at that time. When he started that crap at 3am I just put him in the crate and waited until I was ready to let him out. I never showed him that I was upset, because the crate was not a place for punishment. I just threw a littler treat in and said see ya later. He learned quickly that if I go and wake him up, he’s going to put me in the crate. It only took a couple times. As for suggesting to pick up the water it may work. The only suggestion is that I would have you dump the water and leave the bowl on the ground. Reasons being that I wouldn’t want your dog to gulp all the water down because she doesn’t know when the bowl will reappear. As it applies to set time feedings.
Since it sounds like you're up til at least 11, you could take her for a walk right before YOUR bedtime. It's healthy, there are less people out, and it'll get her system moving. She'll probably have a bowel movement, as well as urinate, before you get home. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I'm sure that I'm preaching to the choir on this one, BUT.... Just make sure you pick up after her! (I hate it when some irresponsible dog owners let their dogs crap on the sidewalk or in people's YARDS!!...makes everyone who owns a dog look bad!)
Also, if this isn't possible for you, you might make sure she's not getting a drink when you let her out at 11 to pee. We have a pond in the back yard, so I have to take them out to the side yard! Just a couple of thoughts.
Well, in our household, this behavior wasn't a problem when our pup was young enough to be getting up in the middle of the night. I always have to get up around 2:30 or 3:00 anyway and we sort of worked this out as a team effort! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Now that the pup sleeps through the night, he sighs and stretches/repositions in his crate as I walk past him to the bathroom! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Living proof that there is always more than one answer to a perceived problem! :rolleyes:
Amy. Have you tried ignoring her? Either putting her into a crate or kicking her out of your bedroom and shutting the door could be used to "ignore" her.
I went through that with Roxy a couple of months ago and discovered that she really didn't need to go out in the middle of the night, she was just awake and wanted me to be awake as well. :rolleyes:
Of course, you should make sure that she doesn't have a UTI or bladder infection first. If there are no health problems causing her to urinate frequently, then she's probably just got your number. Smart little critters, aren't they? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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