I'm trying to teach Layla that she needs to go to the bathroom OUTSIDE all the time. She really doesn't have much of a problem with it now, unless we aren't around to let her out she'll just do her thing on the floor
On Monday night, determined to let her out every time, I kept my bedroom door closed overnight so she wouldn't be able to pee on the living room floor like she has been doing. Well, I was up FOUR times overnight with her because she whined at my door. I let her out each time, and the first time (midnight) she just drank water from her bowl, the second time (2 am) she went outside and didn't do anything, the third time (3:30 am) she peed, and the last time (5 am) again she didn't do anything.
Last night I thought I'm going to take away her water so she won't need to pee! At about 8:30 she was drinking a lot of water, and I took it up and she peed at 10:00 and we went to bed. Again, my boyfriend and I took turns getting up all night because she just would not stop whining! Each time she went outside she didn't do anything! She would just come inside and stand where her water bowl used to be. Finally at 4 am I was fed up so I just put her water bowl down and she drank like she hadn't drank in days!
She will not pee in my room, so keeping her in there seems logical overnight, but the whining is terrible. I tried ignoring it for almost an hour before getting up last night. It just wouldn't stop and I'm losing sleep. I know a lot of people don't let their dogs have access to water after bedtime, so I don't understand why it's so hard for Layla! Last night she was SO thirsty!