![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s also a good idea to ask your vet to check for any physical problems that could be making it hard for your pup to hold it.Ĭaution: It’s very important that your puppy is never forced to eliminate in their crate, since this can break their tendency to hold it when they’re confined, making housetraining much more difficult. MARK HADDON is a writer and illustrator of numerous award-winning children’s books and television screenplays, as well as the novels The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, A Spot of Bother, and The Red House, as well as a collection of poetry, The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea As a young man, Haddon worked with autistic individuals. Keep them in their puppy playroom, instead, and try again in a week or two. If they do it three nights in a row, abandon the crate confinement at night. If your dog soils their crate, set the alarm to get up an hour earlier the next night. Add More Potty Breaks If They Have Accidents If the pup doesn’t soil their crate for a few weeks straight, you can start setting the alarm for 15 minutes later the next night, and then repeat if they succeed again the following night.īy three or four months of age, most pups are physically capable of making it through the night - about seven or eight hours - without a bathroom trip. So for the first few weeks after your pup comes home, set the alarm to go off five to six hours after your puppy’s last bathroom break when you’ll take them to their outdoor toilet. ![]() Rush them outside so they learn to do it there, and not in your house!īear in mind, you’ll need to take puppies younger than three or four months outside at least once during the night. Get up first thing in the morning to let your dog out. ![]()
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