I know some of you don't crate your pups at night but maybe you have a suggestion or two.
Abbey is 8 months old and I have been putting a pee pad in her crate at night time. She is trained to potty outside during the day. When do you think I should remove the pee pad at nighttime? She poos and pees during the night every night still. I take her outside before bed at 9:00 pm and she is taken outside again at 7:00am. (most of the time I have to wake her up then). She's 4 lbs now. Can she hold it all night? or should I just keep a pee pad in there? Thanks!
I guess I'm still alittle confused as where to begin.
I took Abbey out to potty until 10:30 the past 2 nights with no success.
We normally go to bed around 9:00 or 9:30. Anyways, my question is Do I take away the pee pad in her crate? or wait until one morning that the pee pad is unused and know she can hold it all night? Thanks!
Originally posted by msmagnolia@Aug 22 2005, 01:33 AM How big is the crate? If there is room for a pee pad it must be pretty big. We got Sadie when she was 14 weeks and she slept through the night from the beginning. Both Sadie and Sassy sleep in their own individual small crate. Lately we've been leaving the doors open but they don't come out. They like their little crates. Maybe your pup has too much room. Try removing the pad and if your malt still "goes" during the night then you might try a smaller crate or a partition in the larger one.
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She is in a larger crate. I could try removing pee pad and smaller crate but I was just worrying about forcing her to hold it. But I guess if some of your puppies can do it she should be able to too, right? The thing is that she won't poo before going to bed. We've even been staying up until 10:30 lately for her and still she doesn't go.
We feed her last at 5:00 pm(when we eat) and she does go after this. I guess I'm going to just have to make her hold it until she gets it and then maybe she'll make sure she "empties" before bedtime. Thanks for all your suggestions.
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