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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Frankly, I shocked at your reply. Who told you this was the best way? I think puppies need access to food and water at all times. Small dogs under 4 pounds can develop hypoglycemia, if they go too long a period without eating. Joey's breeder recommended free feeding until the age of 7 months. If you are leaving for long periods of time, where are they going to the bathroom? Do you expect a small puppy to hold it all day? Most puppies even have to get up during the night at least once, and at night bladder output is reduced making urination less frequent. Most people put their dogs in an x-pen with a crate or bed in it, water and food, and a pee pad. If you have no x-pen you can do the same thing in a bathroom. Water should be available all the time. |
Well I have had Ben since he was 12 weeks and he has never peed in the bed. If I get up in the middle of the night then I will take him outside to go but If I dont get up, he dosent pee in the bed. I guess all puppies are different. I chose not to free feed because Ben eats everything in his bowl as soon as I put it in there so free feeding really wouldnt work for me. I leave Ben in his crate while I am at work and he dosent poop in the crate, and once in awhile does pee, but I he wears in belly band while in his crate. I just think it is harder to potty training when you have water available at all times, but that is JMO. I can assure you that my puppy is healthy, and the way I do things isnt the way that everybody does things. But I know that I have read other posts about this topic and everybody does it their own way