I can tell you that Millie is 2 1/2 years old and still wakes up in the middle of the night to be taken out. She sleeps with my husband and I and she will climb on me and whimper/chirp until I wake up to take her out. I know she can hold it for much longer, because when we have take her to the boarders, she stays in her cage from 10pm to 7am. and she never wets the cage. (So I think she prefers to empty her bladder but won't if she is in a situation where she cannot).
I think that before I try the house thing, I would try him in the crate for 10 hours for a couple of days and see if he can hold it for that long. Or keep him in a confined area (very small, but bigger than the crate) and see if he holds it that way. Then I would make the space bigger and bigger and if he continues to do good, I would try one room of the house and work my way up to the whole house. |