Is he neutered? If he has nobody to let him out when he has to go, you can’t really blame him. It really isn't a good idea to make them hold their pee/poo. These little guys have small bladders and having them hold it can cause major health issues down the road. Can you make him an area at night where he can sleep and get up to pee if need be?
From experience, I use to crate Peanut at night. He loves his crate, but obviously if he needed to go he would have to hold it, once in a while he would whine if he had to go, but that was hardly. Now we just put the gate up in our doorway so he has our room to roam, we leave a pad for him. I have noticed he does get up in the middle of the night to pee- he will even drink water in the middle of the night. Now that I think of it I would hate to hold my bathroom breaks for 8- 10 hours.. could you imagine?? That would be painful, so I don’t think we should make our pets hold it that long.. a hour-2 hour Ok, but even then I wouldn't make that a habit. They should have an option to go, if they have to.
Can you put a doggy door in? That way he can go when he needs to? We finally put a doggy door in. DH bought a dog run and connected it to the house, so when he goes out of his doggy door ( with a top) he is enclosed. We have tons of hawks, and coyotes so he has to be protected. When we are at work he is locked in our room, with a pee pad. So no matter what he has the option to potty.
Maybe put a pad out for him.. if you are not around and he has to go he can use his pad? Peanut is a rug marker. I heard if they are pad trained they will not know the difference between a pad and a bathroom rug.. if this is true, I don’t really know. However we do have to keep the bathroom doors shut bc he will pee on the rugs!
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