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Originally Posted by HarleysMomma1  My new puppy harley is two months, could he be peeing in his crate at night because it's too big? I'm home all day accidents only happen inside rarely when I turn my back but for the most part he whines when he has to or shows other signs like whining and circling, he didn't start peeing in his crate until today, the first time I had to leave him in there at day time for over 20 minites. I only crate him at night right next to my bed, but Saturdays I have class for two hours. When I wake up I immediately take him out and he only stays in there for 6 hours at night. That's it unless I am taking a shower but that's only 30inites. Husband says his crate is too big for a small dog. But of course I can't listen to what he says, until I hear it from someone else! :-) |
Dogs that age cannot hold their pee for 6 hours. Getting a separator for the crate and making it smaller should help, but 6 hours is still too long. I believe 3 hours is the most they can hold it at that age. So as much as it sucks, set an alarm and wake up to let him out.
For the most part, I've stopped crate training and made a playpen big enough to fit his bed AND the pee pad and now I don't have to wake up every few hours. That's what worked for me.