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Bianca1013 · 02-13-2014, 11:40 AM

I got my little girl just a month ago and we're having some trouble with her peeing in the crate. She turns 4 months in just a couple of days. I leave her in the crate for no more than 4.5 hours during the day. At night I feed her around 5:30 and then remove water. I put her in her crate around 10:30 or 11 and get her up promptly at 5:00 AM. I initially was getting her up around 3:00 AM to potty but then she would cry for three hours until I got up for the day. So taking away water and getting her up at 5:00 was working pretty well. Each and every time I take her out of her crate we go straight outside to potty. For the first couple of weeks that I had her this worked pretty well (outside of the yelping, crying and barking that comes along with crate training) and she never peed in her crate.

However, in the past two weeks she's started sporadically going potty in her crate. I can't figure out a pattern of when or why she does it. At four months I thought she'd be able to go four hours and most days she does but she has an accident once or twice a week. I work full time so even getting home every four hours is tough so I'm frantically trying to figure out what to do.

Some things I've tried:

-taking out all the blankets and just putting a thin towel on the bottom
-I initially fed her in her crate but had stopped once she was no longer scared to go in it....I've once again started feeding her in her crate
-She has toys in her crate
-I took out the stuffed animal because she often went potty on just that
-She gets a little puppy kong with frozen peanut butter in it when she goes in. Some sites suggest putting a longer lasting treat in with her (like a bone) but I'm scared she'll choke on it while I'm gone.

I can handle this if it's something she'll grow out of but I'm nervous that it's becoming more frequent and becoming a habit. Any ideas how I can break her of this?

02-13-2014, 11:40 AM	#1
Bianca1013 YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Eden Prairie, MN, USA Posts: 6	Puppy Going Potty In Her Crate I got my little girl just a month ago and we're having some trouble with her peeing in the crate. She turns 4 months in just a couple of days. I leave her in the crate for no more than 4.5 hours during the day. At night I feed her around 5:30 and then remove water. I put her in her crate around 10:30 or 11 and get her up promptly at 5:00 AM. I initially was getting her up around 3:00 AM to potty but then she would cry for three hours until I got up for the day. So taking away water and getting her up at 5:00 was working pretty well. Each and every time I take her out of her crate we go straight outside to potty. For the first couple of weeks that I had her this worked pretty well (outside of the yelping, crying and barking that comes along with crate training) and she never peed in her crate. However, in the past two weeks she's started sporadically going potty in her crate. I can't figure out a pattern of when or why she does it. At four months I thought she'd be able to go four hours and most days she does but she has an accident once or twice a week. I work full time so even getting home every four hours is tough so I'm frantically trying to figure out what to do. Some things I've tried: -taking out all the blankets and just putting a thin towel on the bottom -I initially fed her in her crate but had stopped once she was no longer scared to go in it....I've once again started feeding her in her crate -She has toys in her crate -I took out the stuffed animal because she often went potty on just that -She gets a little puppy kong with frozen peanut butter in it when she goes in. Some sites suggest putting a longer lasting treat in with her (like a bone) but I'm scared she'll choke on it while I'm gone. I can handle this if it's something she'll grow out of but I'm nervous that it's becoming more frequent and becoming a habit. Any ideas how I can break her of this?