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Originally Posted by hmartelly  I would say about about 9 and a half hours. But I figure he should be able to hold it, considering this rule of thumb thing I've been reading about puppies/dog, being able to hold there urine in hours for as old as they are in months. 12/10/2010 made him 10 months old.
I only have a 30 minute lunch, so I don't have enough time to come home and take him out around noon or 1. =/
It was working perfect for a couple weeks before the last, because my wife would come home from work at 2 or 3pm (due to training for a new position). However she is now on a set schedule till 5. She gets home right after me. |
You are expecting too much from him, 9 ½ hours is way too long. Dogs can hold it overnight longer than they can hold it during the day because urine production slows down. I'm afraid you made mistakes that might be difficult to untrain. If you are leaving your dog that long you need to put him in an x-pen with a pee pad on one side. I think the rule of thumb you are using is for overnight training, during the early months. For example, a 12 week dog is 3 months old, and some can hold it 3 hours overnight, but this is too long for the daytime. At that age you would take out every hour during the daytime, and gradually increase by 15 minutes or so. The "rule of thumb" was never meant to be used for a dog 10 months old, or older; in your way of thinking a two-year-old dog could hold it 24 hours. If I were you, I'd crate train overnight, and place on a pee pad in the mourning, and then when you leave put him in an x-pen with a pee pad.