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helpppp So im taking my yorkie to peepee every 2 hours from 5:30 morning till 9:30 evening, she is 4 months old and I got her a week ago. I started the 2 hour training today After how many days do I extend the time to 3 hours in between What do I do at night ? Do I leavr her water or do I just leave her in her crate if I can't wake up in between. Or should I open the divider and leave one side for her to pee on |
yes i suggest that opening the divider so she can pee on a pee pad is best. she needs to still have water thru the night if she gets thursty.....and maybe start in 15 min of extending the time so say 6:30 pm...then stretch it to 845 pm and then before bed and then the next day keep bumping up till you get to three hour periods.. just a thought im sure others will chime in with more advice. good luck and welcome to yt!! |
I actually would have answered pretty much exactly as posted above. I did want to say Welcome to YT! Great to have you here! |
Me too! Welcome to YT!! There will probably be others with advice coming by shortly. Good luck and again welcome!! |
I think the formula for how long a puppy can hold his urine is her age plus 1 so if she's 4 mos., should be able to go 5 hours in a pinch. And that is if she isn't playing hard, drank extra water or has a lot of fluid in her meal or just got up from a nap, etc. But for housebreaking imprinting and early training, I would keep taking her out every two hours for the first 2 or 3 weeks of training and then try to extend it to two hours + 15 minutes for a couple of days and very, very slowly go up from there. If she pees in the house when you are extending, go back to the former schedule for another weeks. Don't hurry this - the time you put in now getting her outside frequently will help imprint the idea on her brain that you will be taking her out frequently so the incentive will be to start to hold it since she knows that soon after she feels that feeling in her bladder, outside seems to come up right after and waiting for the outside site, the praise and the treat is the thing to do over going inside and hearing the "uh oh" from mommie, being snatched up quickly and rushed outside. |
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