Puppies pee inside despite hourly potty breaks

“My pup is a Golden Retriever/Border Collie (maternal) and German Shepherd (paternal) mix, just turned 1 year on the 14th of July. Unfortunately I was not able to be present for most of her training for the first 7-ish months due to work. I had an agreement with my family about the training that they didn't meet and so I took some time away from work and worked with the puppy more. She has done much better since then and has become very strict about where she will and won't go. Gravel, di”

“Hi all, I need some help because I think I'm starting to lose my mind 😅 My 4-month-old Shiba is energetic and well socialized. We walk her several times a day, she plays with other dogs daily, and we take her to the dog park about 3 times a week. She also listens well and knows basic commands like sit, lay, stay still and comes when we call her. She was fully potty trained during the day and night, and we had no accidents for about 10 days. We adopted her a month ago and gradually increased”

“Our 10 week old golden retriever is a sweet little thing. She does amazing in her crate, sleeps through the night, and loves playing with the kids. We have never had a puppy before, and are doing our best to follow routines while managing sports schedules for three kids and our own work schedules. We are having trouble potty training. She will usually go outside when we take her, but also tends to go inside especially in the evenings. We take her out every hour unless he’s in her crate and give”

“My spaniel is almost 6 months old and has been pretty good with potty training. Accidents are pretty irregular and it had been about 3 weeks without one until today. The thing is she doesn’t really give us signs as to when she needs to go, we just take her out regularly to prevent accidents. When we’re outside, I say “go potty” and she’ll go almost instantly or whenever she needs to. Is there something we can do to train her to tell us when she needs to go? submitted by /u/jjjmi21 [l”

“Hi all so my pup is 4 months old and for at least a month I’ve let him have the option of sleeping with me or going to his own playpen bed area. He has been really good about going to his playpenn where his pee pad is to use the restroom when I let him sleep with me at night. But for 3 days in a row now i find that he went potty on my floor when i wake up in the morning. He’s never had that problem literally never so i wonder what going on? I’ll probably start making him sleep in his playpen aga”

“Have a new puppy who is 9 weeks old and been home for about 5 days. So far she has been great, loves her crate has some toys she likes and is very cuddly. She is nippy but I know that’s a part of being a puppy. Her only challenge is using the potty, she absolutely refuses to use the bathroom outside. It doesn’t matter how long we are out there 5 minutes or 20. The second she comes in side and is in her pen she is going to pee on the pad. In 5 days, she’s had 5 successful outdoor potty’s total an”

“Hi everyone! I recently just took in a new puppy, and he is currently 11 weeks old. I got him at 6 weeks, which I know is early, but there were extenuating circumstances which is why I took him in so young. He has picked up potty training very well, and obviously there are accidents, which I am okay with, but he knows he is supposed to go outside. He cues me he needs to go by whining. Recently, however, he has been having more frequent accidents. Specifically in the morning, and sometimes after”

“6 months ago brand new puppy peed on this rug. Rather than Google to find I needed Natures Miracle or whatever I panicked. I dragged it onto the driveway and squirted it down with Dawn. Took over an hour of blasting it with the hose before it stopped sudsing. Mistake #1 4 days later after leaving it to dry in the TX sun I brought it back inside. I guess it was still damp and I decided to sprinkle the crap out it with baking soda. Mistake #2. I vacuumed this SOB over and over and over until I cou”

“Hey everyone so I just got my 10 week pittie 2 weeks ago from the rescue and initially she was doing great with the potty training but I feel the last week it’s been rough with accidents. I’m doing every 30-45min before and after eating, before and after naps, maybe even after play and idk what to do anymore. I’ll take her out, she pees, she poos and I celebrate her every-time and I feel like she gets it. But just now we JUST came back from outside and she had an accident on the couch for the fi”

“Has anyone else experienced regression with their potty training? My puppy (shepherd mix, 13 weeks old) had been doing fantastic with his potty training - we went a whole week consistently with no accidents, he was going one hour+ between bathroom breaks and doing great with that. Suddenly he's having a ton of accidents though. I just took him out 30 minutes ago and he's already peed inside again. What could be happening? Do I need to just increase our potty break frequency again? Did I”

“I have a 9 week old GSP puppy that we have had for a week. She is so cute and smart and has already picked up on so many things during training. But I can not get through to her with potty training. She seemed to have learned potty equals treat and around day 2 would try to squeeze anything out for a treat outside. She would come inside and pee again soon after. It went this way for a while trying to take her out after eating, after crating, before crating and after play. Just peeing inside with”

“I adopted a 4 mo old terrier mix puppy from the shelter, and we are NOT doing well with potty training. She came from a house with 6+ dogs, so I know she was holding it/hiding to potty while she was there. We have only been together 6, going on 7, days and she has yet to potty outside at my apartment. Unfortunately, I am second floor, but I am trying to train her on a grass pad in the meantime. I have noticed that she only goes (inside on the floor or on my patio by pad) when I’m not looking. My”

“Hello! I’ve posted a few times before on this sub and it was really helpful! If you guys don’t mind, I’d like to ask for your opinions once more. My girl pup is now 8 months old. We’ve had issues with potty training, but it seems to be getting better. However, one thing that’s been persistent since I first brought her is the fact that she will have excitement/submissive pees. At least that’s what I (and vet) think it is. The thing is, she knows potty inside is not good. She’s definitely not full”

“So I got a puppy when he was 10 weeks old. He is a potential collie, lab or Aussie mix. Ever since I got him until about 4 days ago (he is now 16 weeks and about 27lbs) he would sleep in my bathroom (I have a master bedroom so the bathroom is inside the room) I’m assuming because he likes the tile floor instead of carpet floor in the bedroom. Took a few days to potty train him but he has been great at sleeping throughout the night with no accidents, so far he is not destructive besides I have to”

“Recently adopted a 6 month old pit mix. He is a great dog on most accounts. But he is still peeing inside. No matter how often we bring him outside to pee. He will pee outside and still come in and pee within minutes. He doesn’t like to pee much on walks. He has a designated spot outside which he uses. But still does it inside. It is worse in the evening once I get home from work. But my lady and the kids have minimal issues during the day. It’s driving me mad and I don’t know what to do anymore”

“Hi everyone, before you read- My previous dog is from a shelter so I realize that buying from pet stores is not right and I should have known they were probably pressuring me:/ I can’t do anything about it now so just asking for advice please. here’s a little bit of backstory- I bought a puppy from a pet store- she had been there for 3 months, employees said people barely played with her and they needed her gone or they’d return her to the “breeder” which immediately set off alarms in my head th”

“I’m wanting to open up my house a bit more to my puppy. She is a 12 week puppy and when she first came home we gave her too much freedom. In that time, she chose the passage towards the door, the landing and bedroom upstairs and the dining room as perfect places to go potty rather than outside. So, we blocked her off from going to those places and had her sleep in her crate. Now, about 4 weeks later, she’s going poo outside and somewhat reliably going outside with one or two accidents but it’s s”

“7-month-old Schnoodle struggling with potty training after coming from breeder — need advice ❤️ Hi everyone! I’m hoping some experienced Schnoodle owners can give me some advice because I’m honestly getting nervous and could really use some reassurance. I got my Schnoodle, Axele, from a breeder when he was 7 months old, and I’ve had him for about two weeks now. He is a Schnoodle (Schnauzer/Poodle mix). The breeder told me that he trained Axele as an ESA dog and that he had trained him to use pup”

“I have a puppy Shihpoo, he is 11 weeks old. He doesn't go to the toilet outside. I would sit with him for hours outside, and when we go back inside he does his business inside, either on the puppy pad or the carpet. Ive tried to put the pads outside in the garden, however he just plays with them. I havent walked him yet as hes recently had his vaccination, and I wont be able to take him for a walk until tomorrow. I need advice on how to teach him to go do his business outside. Any help would”

“Bear is a German Shepherd, he is 5 months old, and we have had him for about a month and a half now. We are using puppy pads right now since his his body isn't big enough to hold it for long, we have tried rewarding him when we see him using it and getting on to him when he doesn't use it. For now we are letting him outside about every hour except at night time when we are asleep. He's getting better at using the puppy pads to pee but it isn't consistent yet as he goes in random”

“To preface this, I want to acknowledge that I have essentially no experience with dog training, and I realize I messed up by not learning more and trying more when I first got my dog. She was a gift to me as a puppy, and at the time I was not in a place in my life where I could properly educate myself about training or even have the time to practice it. I’m trying to fix that now, so please bear with me. My dog is 3 years old, and we’ve had her since she was a puppy. She has a horrible habit of”

“Yesterday was a busy day for Kylo he had his 12 weeks vaccinations and we went to meet a dog sitter. Got home by 7:30pm and he slept in crate until 8:45. He got up went outside for a wee then gave him a lock mat of yogurt and his favourite chicken treats, about 30 mins later he started doing zoomies and then drank a lot of water. We put him in his crate around 10:30pm and he was up my midnight and when my husband went to let him out he had done a wee in the crate on his bed. Took him out and he”

“I have recently adopted a Havanese puppy who is almost 4 months and I am struggling with it all. The toileting inside is driving me nuts! She has access to an open balcony all day and a front garden I take her to several times a day and we go for walks 2/3 times a day and she still toilets inside 90% of the time. I have worked out her routine of needing the toilet as soon as she wakes up so I take her out as soon as I get up (about 7am) and walk her to the balcony. She will have a wee. I then ta”

“Hi! I have a 13 week old Bernese Mountain Dog puppy. For context, I work from home (very blessed) and I feel that I am quite consistent with his potty schedule. We started with every 1.5 hrs + after nap or playtime + 30 mins after eating. Now we have moved up to every 2 hrs + after nap or playtime + 1 hr after eating. He tends to have accidents during playtime or while he is wound up with us moving around the house, like someone getting ready for work in the morning or cooking dinner. For the fi”

“I have a 10 week old girl puppy that we got just over two weeks ago. I’ve had to leave her alone only 3 times so far in a crate but 2 of the times she poops and gets it every where in the crate. I have to bath her. I do leave the tv on with the relaxation channel on DogTV. I know it has to be separation anxiety. She has a7 year old beagle sister here with her. But when I view through the camera I have set on her she barks the whole time and when I get home I can hear her barking. I take her out”

“I got my 7mo Aussie 3mo ago and he was pretty immediately excellent at not having nighttime accidents in the crate. The first month I took him out every hour, and he always peed and pooped outside, no issues. Eventually we lowered it down to two bedtime potty breaks and within the last couple weeks, none at all. This has been just fine for us up until a week ago when he started having diarrhea, so naturally he was unable to hold it. So I began taking him out every hour again. His poop has been c”

“My wife and I got her at 7 weeks and I have a couple of questions - Is it too soon to start potty training the pup? Since the puppy's arrival our other adult male Indie is not feeling comfortable. He has been avoiding our room, we have to carry him in. Is it because the puppy has accidents all over our bedroom? Can I start to feed them together in the same room. Since the adult dog feels comfortable that way? Should I stop feeding meals to the puppy in the crate? But the puppy eats 4 times a”

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“My puppy is 4 months now and he’s always been a pretty good boy. He’s struggling with potty training still, he’s fine on pee pads but when outside will fight to hold it until back inside, not sure if that’s normal? But the main issue I’ve got is that he won’t listen to commands at all any more and has started growing at me if I physically block him from running out the door. He’s also started barking a LOT!! And won’t listen when I tell him to stop or try to distract him. Just not sure what norm”

“12 week old maltitzu x bichon. Okay, what am I doing wrong? I take him out every hour I'm home saying "outside" when I open the door, on a leash, stand very still, treat if he potties while saying "potty, potty", and I keep him in the same spot (patch of artificial grass in my courtyard). But mostly he just sits and looks at me, and then stealth pees or poops in the house. And then when i next take him out, he doesn't need to go because he's already done it. Am I”

“I have a wonderful puppy! He’s so chill, super smart, friendly to humans and other dogs. He just turned 6 months. Rarely makes accidents.He’s literally the dream puppy. He’s a companion/ terrier mix (silky, Maltese, shitzu), about 10 lbs. I’m a teacher and spent 2 months training him. It was bliss. School is in session and now I have to leave him about 6-7 hours at home. My aunty checks on him twice a week. I leave him on my outdoor patio that’s enclosed and he has about 500 square feet of space”

“I have a 12 week old munsterlander. I've had her for 2 weeks. She doesn't have any accidents in the crate. When we take her for a walk, and play outside she'll still pee inside after the walk. With no peeing during the walk. It's so confusing. Obviously we do treats and praise when it works. She'll pee right in front of you inside. It makes absolutely no sense. If we were to crate her the entire day and only have small supervised plays she'd have no accidents at all. In m”

“This is my first puppy- I’ve always had older adult rescues but decided to have something that (hopefully) will be with me for years to come after so many losses close together. Had her 6 weeks so far. Generally there are positives I think but I have nothing to compare it to. Many of my adult rescues had behavioural issues or had to managed around other dogs but never had to toilet train. Also they always knew how to chill out or lie down and relax if j was doing something and did not need const”

“1 year 2 months to be exact. Lf advice regarding potty regression at this age. I’ve been extremely consistent about bathroom breaks. Do a walk every 3-5 hours but walk no later than 12pm. Has been sleeping with crate door open for past several months, has full range of house. The accidents exclusively happen at night (1am-8am), will have accidents as early as 1 hour after going outside. It started immediately after leaving her at a doggy boarding hotel for 4 days (first overnight away). It has b”

“So my puppy has just hit 6 months old, he is great generally but we have a major issue with distractions that I am working through, but which I am at a loss for when we are going out to toilet. He is pretty much fully toilet trained and I have almost completely transitioned him from using the grass patch on the balcony to going outside. However, I live on a busy street (literally no where quiet to go to anywhere near me) and he has a massive issue with each time a person walks past, or a bird fl”

“Good evening! Puppy is 6 months, lab-hound mix, we’ve had her for 3 weeks. Our puppy is great in her crate at night and when we are around. Shes even getting better when we leave her. The issue is, every time we release her post being away (longest has been 3 hours at this point) she potties from over excitement as soon as we open the crate. We come in very calmly, we have her settle before we open the crate, but she gets so excited and whimpery and then she potties. We have a strict routine tha”

“How do I go about potty training a 6 month old rescue dog that doesnt go to the bathroom when im near. submitted by /u/hulk59193 [link] [comments]”

“Hi all, I have a 12 week old mini dachshund and only recently got through the vaccines so started taking him out a week ago. He hated it at first but he’s getting better. We live in a flat so we had to resort to pee pads which he’s gotten used to but now he refuses to go to the toilet outside at all. I know this is a common subject but this morning at 9am we took him straight out and he whined constantly about being outside and didn’t pee at all, we took him back in, crated for 10 min for a rese”

“Hi everyone! My 6 month old male shih tzu has been overall doing pretty well with potty training. We started with an indoor turf system (which is what he had learned when before I picked him up), and transitioned to outdoor potty trips once he was fully vaccinated, as I live in a complex without a controlled backyard. I’ve taught him to ring a bell when he wants to go outside for potty, which he took to remarkably fast. The thing is… the little guy uses it OFTEN. Particularly in the evenings, he”

“Our puppy is almost five months, she’s a poodle something we rescued her and what we think she is changed every day. we’ve had her for like two months, at first we weren’t really following any routine, other than she sleeps in her crate and when we are at work. We’ve been trying to follow the two hours asleep one hour awake. and her behaviour i think is much calmer, she must have been over tired alll the time before. She is having way less accidents inside and overall is a better listener. but i”

“I’ve had this 8 month old pup for about a month now, he’s mostly potty trained and will go out when we open the back door for him, but if someone isn’t by the back door to let him out he goes inside no warning signs. So I’m wondering how I can fully potty train him so that he won’t go inside and let us know and to hold it until he’s let out. He gets praise and treats when he does go outside. Any advice is appreciated! I am also trying to start crate training soon! submitted by /u/Jum”

“We rescued our sweet sweet 5lb 7 month old chi at 10 weeks. We live in an apartment complex so there is so much going on but we don’t have another option for where to take him to potty. He is so small and so new to the big world that he is scared of outside and will usually just stand there until we carry him to a potty spot, even then he will be pulling trying to go back inside. I know it’s not his fault, his foster home/rescue was big on not having paws on the ground before shots but I don’t t”

“Update she peed but on the weewee pad inside :/ I'm babysitting this puppy she's about 3 months old and idk what else to try. I want her to associate outside with pee and poo because the owners haven't trained her at all... I wake up at 7:30 I take her out and walk her up and down the block. If she does nothing I put her in the crate and try again in like 15 minutes. But Ive been doing this for so long from 7:30am to 12pm.... And she hasn't peed yet. And no, she didn't pee in”

“I get my 8 week old puppy today. And starting Tuesday he will have to be home in his create 9-11:30am with a sitter coming to let him out for an hour to play, eat, and use the bathroom a few times. After that back in his create for 12:30-2:00pm is that a good idea? Is it possible? What would you guys recommend to get it into the routine and comfortable with the crate in 3 days? submitted by /u/Muted_Fee4034 [link] [comments]”

“Hey guys I have a now 9 month old amstaff pup who I’ve had since he was 6 months old. In the past few days almost like 2 weeks I’ve been having issues with him peeing in the house. So the other day he pooped all over his playpen like an hour after I took him outside. I usually keep him in his playpen for breakfast because he has the tendency to run around and throw up after eating and it reduce that all of his meals are in his playpen/crate. I cleaned it up which was no problem and I thought may”

“Not sure if this fits in crate training, sorry in advance. 14 week old basset hound that I’ve posted about before! I was fed up with constant biting and accidents in the house, so I got the play pen that everyone recommended. This has worked amazing!!! We put his food in there for every meal and leave the door open, so that he can come and go while eating. He is only ever now allowed in his play pen or on the couch if he isn’t biting. I think this is where the problem is starting? I notice that”

“I’ve got a 7 month old mix (shihtzu/maltese/poodle maybe). I discovered that he had peed in his crate at some point but I didn’t notice it right away because his bed was dry when I would check it every day, but I found the towel underneath had a stain on it. Washed the bed and towel but put nothing back in the crate. At first I sprayed it with Lysol to clean it up. Washed the towel with some other hand towels. And then I learned about the enzyme spray and got one of those, but I’ve already washe”

“Hello! this is my first post here because we just got our puppy six days ago. He is a 14 week old cairn terrier and the sweetest boy ever. He settled in really well, took right to his crate and is happy to meet anyone and everyone in the neighbourhood. I have never potty trained a dog before, so I started trying to use the method in Sophia Yin’s books: take him out every 20 minutes to the Pee Spot, wait five minutes, go back inside. We live in an apartment, so have to take him downstairs and out”

“Got a new puppy for the first time by myself. ive been training for pee and poop outside gets a treat, if she walks down the stairs she gets hugs and praise and when she goes back up to get back to the apartment she gets half a treat. If she pees on a pad she gets praise and the other half of the treat. Ive had her since sunday now and Sunday she was to scared to walk down and up the stairs and I get it there alittle tall so of course I pick her up each time but before I do I always make sure i”

“We adopted our shelter dog (2 years, 3 months old) July 21st. First two weeks were great, now he’s peeing in the house everyday. It’s always in the evenings. He’s free range in the apartment while I’m at work (6:30-2:30), no accidents. I take him out at 3pm when I get home, we usually go on a walk and he pees like 3 times and poops. by 5/5:30 he pees all over the living room floor. I’m not sure what to do, he has a vet appointment Tuesday (August 11th), has anyone else experienced this with a sh”

“I noticed when I go to the bathroom and close the door, puppy might cry or not and go potty inside pretty consistently. I applied this when taking her outside the yard, I’ll open the sliding door, she runs out and I stay inside and close the glass sliding door. She looks at me confused but goes immediately than I open the door and give treats and praise. Is puppy going from like fear or anxiety that I’m not out there with her? Should I continue doing it like this? submitted by /u/Ric”

“Hi everyone! My partner and I brought home our Bernedoodle two weeks ago when he was 8 weeks old (so he is 10 weeks old currently). Before we started the process of adopting him, we both had WFH schedules such that there would only be one day each week where he would be left alone. However, during the process of adoption, my partner received a promotion, and she is now unable to WFH at all until September. So, our boy is home alone currently 3 out of the 5 days of the work week, until September.”

“Our 7 month old sheltie has started peeing a lot over the last day. I noticed she had a couple accidents which is unusual, but then we left for 2 hours and came back to at least half a dozen pee puddles. Pretty decent amount in each. My dad was left in charge of watching her and apparently didn’t see it occur once 🙄 I’m going to call her vet when they open in 40 minutes, but freaking out a bit. She does have a recessed or inverted vulva that the vet is hoping she outgrows.. I forget the exact t”

“I have a 5 month puppy, had him since 8 weeks, (mix staffy sort) and he’s had a couple setbacks with potty training recently. I expected this to happen but not quite as soon? Is it his potty skills aren’t as good as I thought they were? Or is he just testing it? submitted by /u/snortingatlas [link] [comments]”

“my 4 month old puppy has been home for about a month now and can’t go in the crate for 20 mins without pooping and peeing. doesn’t stop crying and barking, biting the crate, climbing, or jumping and hitting her head on the top of the crate. I don’t trust her to be home alone outside of the crate even if I were to give up on crate training. I need all of your craziest ideas of things that have worked. we’ve done every classic training idea you can think of and worked with two top ranked trainers”

“Help! I feel like my plan has been smashed to smithereens. I’m getting an 8-week-old 3- lb puppy this weekend. My plan was/is to crate train her to go outside (breeder has her trained to pee pads) and to feed her twice a day (I’ll be home with her for the first week, however). The breeder has just told me the puppy needs access to food & water 24/7 (they will come up at 8-9 pm, however). Now, I can leave food & water in the crate the way I did with my late shih tzu (OR should I do a slow”

“My 1 year old dog, I’ve had for over 4 months now, is still struggling to totally understand potty training. I’ve been trying to bell train her, which she understands, but only if I’m in the same room as the bell. If I’m not in there, she won’t ring it to get me know she needs to go potty, she’ll just go wherever. I always take her out really often, like every hour and heavily praise and give her a treat when she goes outside. The accidents have been really minimal because I take her out so ofte”

“I recently moved to a new home (3 weeks ago), in the 2nd week I had a friend stay at my home and dog sit. During week 1 and 2 my dog only marked inside the home once on a cardboard box that I assumed smelled of our old home where he marked a lot. He has been on a temporary castration pill for a few months, specifically to help him stop marking when adjusting to a new home. I clean throughly with Enzyme cleaner, but today was my first day back at work. And I came home to a small dry puddle along”

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