My pup is nearly 9 months old now and often doesn't pee the 7 hours or so that I'm gone. (He is confined in my kitchen/laundry room area.)
Apparently my dog prefers going outside. Whenever we go outside, he just pees his little heart out. And - I take him out every two hours or so when I'm home.
Pee pads don't work - all he does with them is rip them up into a million pieces. To him, they are a toy. Very rarely, he'll pee on one or near one.
*** If I don't take him out every two hours or so when I'm home - if he has to go - he'll just pee anywhere.
He wears a belly band at night (but very rare pees during the night).
He wears belly bands when we go visiting......I don't want him having an accident on anyone else's carpet.
He doesn't pee often when he's wearing a belly band - almost every morning when we get up, it is completely dry.
So - the older my puppy has become, the less frequently he pees - and this is what is most responsible for him having fewer accidents in the house.
Carol Jean |