[Erin]

Originally Posted by puppy_Love08

Just a little background for those who have not read the other threads: Logan is 9 months old. We've had him for 6 months. We were crate training him, but he kept waking me up in the middle of the night, at least once or twice, to go outside. I was not getting any sleep. We thought about rehoming him (for several reasons) but changed our minds last weekend. We decided to put him in our tiny laundry room with a pee pad at night. For three nights, the floor AND pee pad stayed dry. He slept through the night. I thought we were home free.

Then the past two nights he started peeing on the floor several times at night (he did not have any water in the room) instead of the pee pad AND he has started barking in the middle of the night. Last night, he was up barking at 1 a.m. and again around 5 a.m. Both times I went to check on him, he had peed on the floor. There is not enough room in the laundry room to put down another pee pad without blocking the entrance to the laundry room, which would make it impossible for someone to step into the laundry room without walking on the pee pad.

So now Logan is not only peeing on the floor but he's barking constantly when he's in the room and now in the middle of the night. I have tried ignoring him as the advice said to do. I tried putting some of his urine on the pee pad, but he still peed on the floor.

He has no idea what the pad is for, seriously. You've been taking him outside and then all of the sudden you want him to go on a pad. It's not like a littler box - they don't take to the pads. My dogs go outside and if I put a pad down in front of it they would probably either shred it or sleep on it but they sure wouldn't pee on it! If he needs to go out in the middle of the night, then he needs to go out! Yes, it sucks. No, you don't get any sleep. It's part of having a puppy (yes he is still a puppy) This may go on for quite a while. I don't get this - if he needs to go out LET HIM OUT. Loki used to have accidents in his crate (not his fault, he has medical issues he is now on medication for) and we would have to SET AN ALARM and wake up and take him out or he would pee in his crate at night. You do what you have to do! I don't want to come off as harsh, but I believe I've already given this advice to you. It's JUST like having a baby that needs to eat every few hours.

Originally Posted by puppy_Love08

I am going out of town in two days and taking him with me. I cannot put other families through this each night! I don't know what to do. I'm about to call the breeder to see if he wants Logan back. In the meantime, Logan is on medication for possible liver shunt, including an antibiotic. This is just too overwhelming for us right now, especially with all that is going on in our lives (helping my aging in-laws with a move, two kids in college, etc.).

Have you contacted a trainer who will help you? You need a positive reinforcement trainer who will teach you to communicate with him. He's probably very smart and trying to tell you something. If he's barking all night (after he's relieved himself and therefore not barking to go out) he is probably BORED and not tired. Take him to doggy daycare for one day and I promise you he will sleep through the night. If he's barking during the day, then yes ignoring him is the right approach but there is a way to do it that a trainer can teach you. You ignore him until he stops and THEN you go acknowledge him. It also helps to teach him commands so he learns to listen to you. He is just barking because he doesn't want to be in there and he is bored. Sammy barks in her crate when she doesn't want to be in there, but when she is tired she will just sleep in it. We try to only put her in there when she is tired. You can also give him Kongs and other frozen stuffed toys to keep him busy while he is in there.