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Originally Posted by viviansnickers  Hello All..
I am having a similar problem. My Snickers can't/won't seem to hold it sometimes while he is crated while we are at work. Mind you, he is 8 months old and is never in his crate for more than 3.5 hours intervals. We just don't get it, he can hold it while we are home and all night (8 hours!) We know he might have some seperation anxoety. A few months back, Snick developed a UTI and we had to buy a diaper for him (he was going all day, every 5 min). Well he would NOT go pee in the diaper. He would hold it and would only go when we took it off and took him out. I am thinking this might be a solution for me and his crate problem. I hope!! The diaper I have is easy to wiggle out of, I think I might make some with my husbands old t shirts and velcro. Hmph!! |
The reason dogs and humans can hold it longer at night is because urine production is cut way down. Urine becomes much more concentrated than during the day. After a UTI the bladder may experience discomfort when holding much urine, and may need more time to grow and stretch comfortably. Have you thought of using a pee pad, and allowing him to pee on the pad? Also, it's possible an infection is still present.