Lady Lavendar........
Not to start an argument, but you said that your dogs cannot hold it all night and you need to get up in the night. then you said they should be able to hold it 8 to 9 yours during the day.
Not quite sure I understand the reasoning behind that.
My two will run and chase and wrestle for about an hour or more, then fall asleep on our laps at about 9 at night, sometimes earlier, then I put them in their crates around 10:30 and don't let them out till 7:30 and sometimes even then they run around for a while before going out to potty.
I tried making them go out before I crated them for the night and they ran right back inside.
Ollie just turned one year and Chachi is 11 months. This has been our schedule since they were about 6 months old. |