Puppies pee inside despite hourly potty breaks

“I just started outdoor potty training my 4 month old puppy. She ate dinner and drank lots of water before I took her to her grated pee pad on my stoop (a recommendation from someone here!). We waited 7ish minutes while she just stood on the pad, then I held her in my arms for 5-10 minutes. Then back outside to try again. This went on for 2.5 hours until she finally started circling the pad and then peed. She got sooo many treats and verbal praise. Then she came in and got free roam time and fun”

“Hey everyone! We just got our mini bernadoodle last week. She is 9.5 weeks old right now and is having the worst time trying to potty train. Like keeps soiling her kennel level of hard time. Our other two boys never did this, she’s our first girl. If anyone has any tips or suggestions I would really appreciate it. We don’t feed her past 6pm to avoid pooping her kennel. We have moved her to a playpen by our bed at night which has helped the crying but not the soiling. We take her out often like e”

“We have had our pup for 14 days. She has had accidents in the house 9 or 10 of those days. Today we took her out, she went twice, brought her back in for playtime. In the middle of playtime, she peed. This was the first time that I was able to catch her doing it, so I picked her up mid-pee (but I think she was basically done), carried her outside, no shoes on, told her potty, and she just sat. Then tried to play with leaves. We went back in. I had to put her in her crate after that since I had t”

“Recently found a stray puppy outside and took him in(not sure of breed yet have a vet visit next week to figure out breed, est future size, and basic health check up we just did a basics checkup as non vets) but potty tracing has been soo hard. First we tried feeding him in the morning waiting 10 mins and taking him out but he would just take a sip of water pee and then continue to eat so I decided to take him out feed him and then take him back out but now it just seems like he’s holding it unt”

“12 wks Cavalier, we've had her for 6 nights. She's already doing 95% of her potty outside (only 2 accidents in the last 3 days), and she's got a handle on sit, down, come, and drop - and she's walking gently on leash for the most part as well. We have a pen for her, with her crate open inside of it. When we put her in, she'll go nap in her crate if she's tired, or just relax and chew if she's awake - only ever a few little cries if she didn't want to be alone, bef”

“We have a crate in our bedroom with a potty pad holder a few feet away and playpen in our living room where we currently usually are with the same potty pad holder as far as possible from his bed in there. In the middle of the night we take him out of his crate to let him potty on the pad, no treat, but I’ve noticed if we leave him in playpen, he avoids the potty pad holder. We will let him out and nearly immediately he’ll have an accident somewhere. I’ve noticed he will sometimes sit or lay on”

“Hi 😊 I have a 4,5 months old puppy who’s doing good with potty training, 80% potty trained during the day. We don’t use a puppy pad and I take him out every 2-3 hours. He is fully crate trained, loves napping there and we can leave him home at his crate for 1-2 hours. My problem is with night time, he doesn’t wake us up, but we always find potty when we wake up. We don’t lock him due to this. My problem is that the mornings are tough like this that we need to clean and take him out immediately.”

“I have an 8 week old golden retriever puppy and potty training on our apartment balcony has been a nightmare. Since he’s not fully vaccinated yet, we’ve been using a potty area on our balcony. We originally had artificial turf, but he was constantly chewing and pulling pieces of it out, so I ordered a Fresh Patch of real grass thinking that would help. Well, now all he wants to do is eat the grass. The second I put him down, he’s immediately trying to rip grass out and chew on it. He’ll sometime”

“I am in a bit of a pickle. My 8 week old golden retriever came home nearly fully potty trained and while staying at my boyfriend’s house only have 2 accidents. Since bring him back to my apartment potty training has been an absolute nightmare. I live in an apartment and he isn’t fully vaccinated yet(high dog traffic area so no outside potty) i dont have any sort of balcony. which leads us to his turf grass patch.. ive tried for 2 weeks to get him adjusted but it feels like for every 10 potties o”

“6 month old cutie labradoodle. Puppy got Spayed yesterday. She’s been home 24 hours so far. Peed once at 8 am today, called vet, said that was fine. To keep making sure she’s drinking water and peeing once or twice a day. She’s so skittish. She’s on trazadone/gabapentin/rimadyl but she just seems to be spinning unable to get comfy. It’s day one and im so stressed im about to take her in again. Appetite is fine. I’m just worried about her incision site submitted by /u/wepartyandwepret”

“Hi everyone! My wife and I recently adopted a puppy and we have been struggling with potty training. He’s a 4 month old mixed breed from a shelter and seems rather pee shy. What I mean is that he seems rather comfortable peeing indoors specifically but struggles to pee when we bring him out to the streets. He does sniff a lot at where other dogs have gone but still refuses to go. We live in a high rise apartment in New York and it takes us ~5ish mins to get down to the street level from our apar”

“Hello, We got a puppy 8 days ago and he’s been a very good boy, settling in really nicely and mostly doing his business outside. Today at lunch his poo looked a little different though, and I was wondering if we had something to worry about? Image: Imgur Link It’s his first couple of days with us being back at work, so he’s been home alone for a couple of hours between breakfast and lunch, and lunch and finish time. Everything else seems fine though, eating and drinking, active and playful. It’s”

“In a past few days my puppy sometimes pees or poops when I either put him in his crate or today when I left for 5 minutes when we just came from a potty break. It's like he does it to get the attention. And right after I put him in his crate. Luckily he has pads there. Can puppies throw a temper tantrum? I think it's funny if it's true. submitted by /u/Practical-Witch1415 [link] [comments]”

“Adopted a young pup a few months ago at three months old. He is now pushing 8 months and has recently begun strictly pooping in his cage. For some background, there was a point where he was going on the puppy pads every morning, afternoon, and evening in which we rewarded him with treats. It seemed like he was developing quickly and getting with the program, then he suddenly began just doing whatever and going potty in his cage regardless. Even when he does potty on the pads, he still manages to”

“Hi, I hope this post is ok, I read the wiki and couldn’t find something that applies to my exact situation. Basically I have a 4 1/2 year old Great Pyrenees Aussie mix. Ever since we’ve adopted her (4mo old) she has had accidents in the house. Not every day but multiple times a week. She knows how to whine to go outside, we have a big fenced in yard that she runs around in multiple times a day AND I take her on long walks twice a day. No matter what we do she will not stop peeing and/or pooping”

“Hey all, We are about 3 weeks in with our newest pup, Chester, a 11 week old mini Aussie. So far, we have a fairly consistent scheduled potty/crate schedule for weekends and one for weekdays as I WFH and try to coordinate my meeting with letting him out to pee/poo. We have consistently trained him to hit the potty button which creates a sound and we say “go potty!” From 6am onwards, we let him out every 2 hours (after 1.5-2 hour crate naps) pending on what activity/state he may be in or every ho”

“I have a super sweet 8-month-old Lab/Golden Retriever mix, had her for about a month who I’m struggling to potty train in our new environment. When she stayed in a house with a quiet backyard outside the city, she was perfectly potty trained. She happily did her business outside and never had a single accident. We recently moved into a third-floor condo in the city, and it’s been a completely different story. I have a large patio where I’ve set up a real grass potty patch for her, and I take her”

“I got this wonderful little lab mix guy, he's an angel. We get him while he's ~10 weeks (he's a found puppy so that's an estimate) and he's an angel. Potty training takes a few days, he's not reacting, he's a calm, smart, trainable little angel puppy. We have three full weeks of this puppy bliss. Everything's going smoothly until he breaks his foot. He breaks his foot leaving his crate, he jammed it in the lower bars and then twists himself over it. I saw the whol”

“Hwllo! first post here. i have a 2 year old poodle mix. hes been sleeping in my room at night for the last month and its been going well until about 2 nights ago when he has decided to start peeing in my room. he never pees there during the day when im not working, and the rule was the same at night. he wouldnt go if i was in the room. However at work when alone he pees when he feels like it. hes neutered. hes kinda always been like this, but it was improving when his eldery sister who had that”

“I have a 16 week old Aussie Collie named Milo He has been having some trouble with peeing when he gets too excited. Usually when people come over or when he first comes inside. I have tried ignoring him until his whole body stops wiggling and that has worked sometimes. Should I continue doing this or try something else? Thanks! submitted by /u/TurboTime77 [link] [comments]”

“13 week old mixed-breed puppy, from a shelter. We've had him for about 3.5 weeks so far. To date, he's fully potty trained and crate trained. I would like to eventually be able to say CRATE, and he returns but for now we're working on more important items, IMO. He does go in throughout the day to hang out on occasion with the door left open so he doesn't fear it at all. I also want to mention the puppy nipping is still a thing but lessening every day. SIT: A- Mostly does it on co”

“Hi I have 13 week old cockapoo. Had her for 5 weeks now. Regarding toilet training we have been popping her in the garden every 30 minutes in the day. Now in the evenings I take her outside especially when she is showing her signs of needing a bowel movement. She will generally appear to have a wee sometimes they are a ghost wee. I think she is very clever and she thinks she can fool us! Anyway in the evening even with loads of trips out she has taken to doing wees on the floor 3/4 times. I don&”

“So I picked up my male Aussie puppy on Saturday (two days ago). He settled well, handles being left alone for short times with minimal complaint, and sleeps fairly well. He’s still getting used to his crate but it’s early. The big issue I am having is, despite a diligent potty schedule, he doesn’t go when we go out, even if I wait, and will often go immediately after we get back inside. I’m in an apartment so the outside area, while I found a dog free spot, is still fairly distracting (lots of c”

“Hi guys, I’m really struggling and was just hoping someone may have some advice/tips to help! My puppy is currently 4.5 months old and we’ve been having issues with her weeing in the house. She understands to go outside for a poo but seems to be very confused when it comes to weeing. No matter how long I wait outside with her or how boring I make it (always take her out on a lead to prevent distractions), as soon as she comes back in the house she wees. I give her lots of praise on the occasions”

“Hello! I’m pretty desperate for some help with this issue. We adopted a 6 month old puppy (now 7 months old), from the shelter a little over a month ago. He’s a very sweet dog, but we’re struggling with house training. His DNA test shows he’s a 50:50 mix between a lab and a mini Australian Shepherd. He’s about 35 pounds. He can hold it in his crate during the day for hours. He doesn’t have accidents in his crate at night. He’s finally picking up that he should be going potty outside. But when he”

“We have just got a Jack Russel puppy who is about 5 months old, we’ve been trying to teach him how to pee outside by taking him to the same spot every time we leave and telling him to wee, he won’t. As soon as we step back through the door and take his lead off he will pee in doors. We’ve took him in long walks and he won’t pee on them either, only in doors. He’s only been in the house for nearly 2 days now, any advice. Thanks :) submitted by /u/Glittering-Maize-902 [link] [com”

“I recently brought home a 9-week-old female Doberman, and I’m looking for advice from anyone who’s experienced something similar with their puppy. My biggest concern is how frequently she’s urinating, both inside and outside. On her first day home, she had approximately 10 accidents inside, with at least 6 of those happening within a 30-minute period . She was also peeing outside throughout the day, so it wasn’t as though she was holding everything until she got inside. Yesterday was noticeably”

“5 month old puppy Cavapoo and this week she has wee’d in her crate every night in the night and then barked and today for the first time since we’ve had her (from 12 weeks) she pooed on the floor when we were in the room which we haven’t. Seems like shes regressed, is this a thing?! Any advice would be appreciated.. submitted by /u/lollipops987 [link] [comments]”

“This is a new problem. She’s almost 2 years old, and this has been happening for less than a month. She just can’t stop peeing in the house. She’s not asking to go out then peeing, just randomly. I made a post before about how she fully peed on my bed, but now it’s been little pees everywhere. She was waiting for me to make her breakfast and she just watched me and then squatted and peed. What is happening. I’m so frustrated. Do I just have to re train her? She doesn’t seem like she’s in pain. &”

“My 12 week old puppy keeps peeing and pooping in her playpen even after she has gone outside multiple times and completely relieved herself. She has no issues keeping her crate clean, so I’m confused about why the playpen seems to be different. We do not use the playpen for sleeping or long periods of confinement. It is literally just there for very brief moments when I need to step away for 10 seconds or a minute to do something in the kitchen or bathroom. It is in an open, connected room, so s”

“My 7mo small breed dog has been giving me a run for my money when it comes to potty training. I’ve always had large dogs who get it right away, but this puppy is still having accidents despite kennel training and being taken out regularly. She can hold it for 8 hours at night, so I know it’s nothing medical. She is prone to submissive peeing with my other dogs. Sometimes I’ll take her out and she’ll pee, but come in and pee again minutes later. Not necessarily droplets, but a decent amount. We w”

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“Hi! We brought home our 9-week-old Golden Retriever 3 days ago and could use some potty training advice. We take him out after waking, meals, playtime, before bed, etc., but during the day he often just won’t go. Once outside, he gets distracted and wants to sniff, chew grass/leaves, and play instead. He sleeps through the night in his crate and does well during enforced naps, so he seems able to hold it. But we’ve had 2 accidents in his playpen where he peed only a few minutes after we had just”

“I just got a 3 month old king charles cavalier puppy yesterday and he is going to the bathroom everywhere in my apartment. I have a balcony that is wrapped in chicken wire for my cats, and I set up a potty station for him there along with a toy gym. I live in san diego downtown so until he gets his final shots I dont really want to take him outside at a risk for him picking up something. There is a doggy door I installed leading him outside and for now we have it propped open so he has free acce”

“Need help! My almost 4 month old puppy KEEPS PEEING INSIDE. Now yes, if it was a matter of me being lazy or just taking too long to take her out then fine, thats on me. But i simply can not understand what is happening. My puppy goes outside right after sleeping, napping, 10 min or so after eating and just about every hr to 1 hr and a half. And she continues to have about 5-8 accidents a day. She will go out, pee 2-3 times, come inside and about 15 min later pee again!! And this is a viscous cyc”

“So I’ve just gotten my puppy who is male and just 13 weeks, he’s so amazing and I love him to bits already! But I can’t seem to get him to pee on the puppy pads and I don’t know what to do, I have carpet in my room which doesn’t help but I which he would just wee on them instead of everything else, even in his crate when I put his puppy pads in there he will still wee on his blankets I did want to try and get him to pee outside but I’ve heard mixed reviews on toilet training outside because of t”

“Hey all, I got a puppy a month ago (she is now eighteen weeks, alaskan malamute) and we began potty training her since. She was fairly good for a solid few weeks, only going in the house sometimes, but she'd mainly wait until we took her outside. The problem is now she refuses to do anything out there and she actively holds it until she can get back inside. She'll start peeing somewhere, we grab her to take her out, and she stares at us for 30+ minutes outside with no stimulation and the”

“Female Puppy, 8 months old, american bully. We have had our puppy since april when she was 2 months old. she was already spayed by the shelter when adopted. she really struggled with signaling to us when she needed to go potty until about the 6 month old mark. now she lets us know by scratching at the door. we bought a new mattress in july and the next day she peed on it. we assumed it was because it smelled different. but she did it again a few weeks later and now about a month later she just d”

“Our puppy is 5 months and has been with us about 3 weeks. Some inside accidents are to be expected, and I was prepared for that. The issue we are running into is that she rarely pees inside when I take her out, but my husband who she seems to have no issues with she pees every time he harnesses her for a walk. Do you have any insight on this behavior? We are pretty good about taking her out every 2ish hours, she has open access to water and I give treats and reinforce her pee command “go piss gi”

“Strange question and probably nothing to it, 8 week old pup. Crate training couldn’t be going better so makes no odds to me as long as the pup is happy. In his crate he has a big bed with scent blanket, soft blanket and one teddy only which he tends to rest his head on. There is a gap to the side of it which is just plastic crate floor Seems to be splitting between the bed and the plastic floor, not sure if maybe he gets too hot as it’s fluffy but curious if it’s worth removing the bed? su”

“This puppy I’m watching has peed on the bed and mattress, on the carpet thrice, on the kitchen floor, and now IN MY BAG. This is the second day I’ve been here. I put her in her crate so I can take a nap. I can’t even have her on the bed with me to nap because she will just pee on the bed. And this is all after I’ve taken her out many times and watched her pee outside. Never watching her again unfortunately. I’ve spent so much time and my own cleaning products trying to scrub pee out of a mattres”

“so i have a 4+ month old golden, shes very cute and obv we take care of her very nice and train her and everything. Up until a few days ago , she used to be calm , not have pee accidents inside , didnt jump on people etc but recently she started having accidents , jumping on people despite me saying sit and even pulling the leash a little. She also started barking at night that wakes everyone up , which was solved a long time ago. EVEN LEASH PULLING SOMETIMES IDK?! I mean shes not even an adoles”

“When we first got our lab puppy she peed ALL the time even after going outside, in crate etc. I suspected a uti so when she had her first vet appointment I asked if we could test her. She told me it was normal at that age and not to worry. Well she continued to pee despite our best efforts. (Mind you we've had many dogs and trained them all). At her next appointment I demanded a test (they were rude about it but did it). Lo and behold she had a uti. After her round of antibiotics, that was c”

“It’s been 12 days since I got my micro Goldendoodle and he took to potty training very quickly and consistently. I was amazed! But, four days ago he began to pee and poop on the floor. It’s now like 70% floor and 30% wee wee pad (in a large 24”x24” holder). Today, he almost dropped a deuce on one of his bed pads that I had freshly laundered and did not yet put away. I noticed the squat and quickly picked him and placed him on the pad holder to finish—but not before a piece of turd fell from mid-”

“When we first got our lab puppy she peed ALL the time even after going outside, in crate etc. I suspected a uti so when she had her first vet appointment I asked if we could test her. She told me it was normal at that age and not to worry. Well she continued to pee despite our best efforts. (Mind you we’ve had many dogs and trained them all). At her next appointment I demanded a test (they were rude about it but did it). Lo and behold she had a uti. After her round of antibiotics, that was cured”

“Hi guys! I recently brought home(4 days ago) an 8 week old Aussie, he came from a respectable breeder, who helps me along the way, but nonetheless i want to share my experience, to maybe catch an advice or two, maybe i am missing something? I live in an appartment , on the third floor of a busy street, potty training is very hard, since in some cases we cant seem to make it down the street, and even if we do, he is not too keen on doing his business on a busy street. I understand that this is th”

“I cannot take it another night. It’s been every night for four weeks this puppy is a fucking disaster. Maybe I’m delusional but I think he has learned to shit on the floor/ in his crate to get attention. He ONLY does it very late at night when he knows it’s bed time, even AFTER he has just pooped, or if I just get in the shower or start eating dinner. It has become insufferable. I literally cannot take care of myself without him doing it to any capacity. I’ve tried re arranging feeding and play”

“My Staffy girl is 4 months old and entirely awesome, but I’m a bit stuck with one aspect of housetraining. I mostly work from home at my desk in the bedroom, which opens directly onto our terrace, where she has her grass patch. She is used to free roam the bedroom and terrace, and when it's warm I keep the door open so she has constant access outside and that set up works super well. She just chills in her crate, on my bed, or outside in the sun, and when the door is closed, she lets me know”

“Hello all, I have a 9mo GSD puppy and we are having trouble stopping him from peeing in the cage. We feed him in the cage either in a bowl or scattered across the cage floor. We stoped giving water 4-6 hours before bedtime, we constantly let him outside to use. He does not have any accidents outside of the cage so im starting to suspect he’s doing this to get out of the cage. I’m looking for anytips to train him to stop this. And he also doesn’t pee in the cage if we are near him only when he kn”

“Hi! First time dog owner and we already love our dog. She is a year old rescue, super sweet, and even quiet. We adopted her 24 hours ago. Since then she has had to pee every 20 minutes like clockwork or she has an accident unless she’s crated. They said she’s house trained, and I believe them, I just maybe didn’t expect this and am hoping it’s normal. Sometimes she goes to the door and lets me know, but sometimes she just paces and I have to catch her. Again, I want to reiterate that this is oka”

“My puppy is 6 months old, and I've been toilet training her for 4 months. It's been a long, dry, warm summer here in the UK, and the back door has been open just about all day in the time we've had her. We're now at the stage where she will go outdoors to wee/poo by herself when she feels the need, without being told or without me taking her. Yay! But, it's getting colder, and I want the back door to be closed after 7pm or so, and before 10am ish. And soon enough I'll wan”

“I got a rescue dog in May and she’s doing great in a lot of ways. One issue we are having is house training. We were told by the foster that she was house trained, but I expected there would of course be hiccups when she arrived at a new place, but it’s really been difficult. She has been peeing on all the soft surfaces in the house, we ended up getting rid of all our carpets and rugs for the time being. Once we took away the rugs, she would pee on the hardwood but not as often as the rugs. Now”

“My Australian labradoodle is now 17 weeks old and has been with me for five weeks. Potty training has been extremely difficult with my puppy and sometimes I will take him out for potty breaks 15 minutes every hour and as soon as we come inside he pees I use an ammonium free cleaner spray cleaner to get rid of the smell after he does it inside and we have concrete floors so it’s not carpet. I have tried many ways with my friends who have the same dogs saying I should give his nose a smack and mak”

“Has anyone else had a puppy who genuinely doesn’t seem to recognize the urge to pee? My Goldendoodle is almost a year old and is house-trained, but only because I take him outside at timed intervals throughout the day. If I didn’t, I honestly think he would still have accidents. He can hold it but doesn’t know how to signal when he actual has to go. We’ve already ruled out a UTI, and we’ve tried bells, rewards, taking him to the door, all of the usual potty-training methods. The strange thing is”

“we got this puppy 2 days ago, her dad is border collie and mom a mix of amstaff and bulldog we think anyway i take her out frequently in our yard, after sleep, after playing, after eating like everyone said but she pees and poops so infrequently.. like how am i supposed to teach her potty with rewards outside if she doesnt do it enough... in two days she pooped 3 times and peed 5 she has water available at all times and she eats 4 times a day like the vet told me.. how often should they go potty”

“I got a 7.5 week old golden a few weeks back. Now 11 weeks old. He is regressing in his potty training seemingly and i can’t understand why. I don’t know if this is normal so please tell me if the following things are normal for puppies or if mine is a nightmare lol. He shits in his crate more and more every day. No matter what. The worst part is he DOESNT BARK to let me know but he barks when he’s perfectly fine so I waste so much time taking him out for nothing. The first couple weeks he learn”

“Hello everyone, I have a 4 and a half month old mixed breed puppy (staffie and malinois) and I'm struggling with potty training. I've had her for nearly two months, my technique has been rewarding her when she goes outside. I was very very very focused on the first few days, let's say the first 3 weeks. There were accidents daily but we were down to one a day when I was taking too long to take her out after a nap, play time, meal... She sleeps in the bed with me and sleeps through th”

“Hi. First time puppy mother. One week in. I would never have imagined how much I’d obsess over poop. 😆 Any advice about potty training is welcome. Thanks! Mini pooodle, 12 weeks, likes to poop inside. submitted by /u/teasomelover [link] [comments]”

“I brought home my 9 week old chihuahua a few days ago, and everything has been amazing - as expected with a new puppy. However, one obstacle I am coming across that I did not expect is with toileting. The breeder used puppy pads for the first nine weeks of my puppy’s life, and now she has a very hard time using the bathroom outside. Urinating is fine (we have accidents right after waking up, I still have a puppy pad down and she will go right to those to pee when she gets up), and she will pee a”