[chloesMama]

She may not understand you don't want her to wake you up. You want her to tell you she has to go during the day, so she can be let out ... she probably just assumes it's still O.K. to tell you , sleeping or not. When she is sleeping soundly for those 7 or so hours she may not feel the urge to go , but then if she gets awakened , she will have to go. she doesn't have any concept of time.

Sydney is 3 yrs. and the longest I make her wait is during the night ( last out at 9 p.m) until around 7/8 a.m. but she can and has held it for much longer. When she was a pup I took her out every two/three hours round the clock for almost six months till she could hold it longer.

Chloe is only 2.5 lbs. so we pee-pad train her. One night I forgot to put a pad in her pen, It had been 6 hours and she was sound asleep , with no accidents , so she can hold it if needed ( she is 8 months)