Puppies pee inside despite hourly potty breaks

“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”

“i am about to rip my hair out over this dog. she is a 7 month old FS hound mix. we’ve been doing potty training since i got her at 10 weeks and at first, she got it really well. very few accidents if i took her out every hour or two. but the last month or two, she’s gotten worse about holding it. we have checked her for a UTI, came back clear, the vet thinks it’s behavioral. with peeing: she will not hold it. she asks to go outside every hour still and if it’s more than two or three hours, she p”

“I have a 5.5 month old lab mix and she’s been great for potting outside But a few days ago and tonight, she peed in the same bathroom and a same spot She didn’t ask me to let her out and I didn’t teach her pee inside either Also I take her out a lot before/after nap or sleep or walk And our yard is right there open it and boom! Any advices? FYI, my trainer told me no need to teach her indoor potty submitted by /u/Spirited_Question995 [link] [comments]”

“We rescued our male puppy, a primarily boxer mix, at 3 months old. He was already neutered when we brought him home. He has always been a bit harder to house train, but never the less, he is house trained. Atleast a handful of times since we brought him home, he’s peed through his sleep. Doesn’t even get up and wakes up in a puddle. So we learned to make sure he empties for bed. Then, when my husband brings the leash to walk outside, he starts peeing everywhere. This happens almost everytime wit”

“I have a six month old , male , Shih Tzu. At first, he was peeing and pooping on the training pads, but in the recent weeks he’s started peeing and pooping wherever he wants. We walk him regularly so that isn’t the issue and we know it’s not a UTI. How do we combat this? submitted by /u/datfanman [link] [comments]”

“I have an English Springer Spaniel who just turned 5 and he pees every time he’s excited. We went to the vet when it first started, and they said it’s common in puppies and that he’ll grow out of it. Long story short he did not. We’ve tried various things like; not petting/greeting him when we get home, greeting him outside, trying to keep calm all the time. However it’s escalated to the point I’ll pet him mid day when he’s calm, and he’ll still pee himself. We never scolded him for this, as he”

“I adopted a rescue dog about 5 months ago. She's a medium sized, mixed breed dog (maybe healer?) about a year and a half old who used to only live outside. I've never had to potty train a dog before and I'm at my wit's end trying to stop her from peeing inside. I make sure that she's let out on a predictable schedule, at least 3 to 4 times a day, but I know she's still peeing inside because the smell is horrendous (of course, only on the carpet and never on the tile). The”

“I have a 10-week-old Havanese/Maltese mix and I knew getting a puppy would be work, but OMG I did not realize potty training would be THIS exhausting. I’ve been really consistent about taking him outside, rewarding him immediately when he pees/poops outside, watching for his signals, taking him out after eating/playing/waking up, etc. And the frustrating part is that I can tell he’s actually learning. He follows me outside, pees pretty quickly, and will literally come looking for his treat after”

“Hello guys, So over the past week or two I've noticed my girl started peeing outside her training pads, she's border collie around 5-6 moths old and picked up potty training on her pads really quick to the point where she would go on the pad in the night and I didn't have to keep waking up in the middle of the night to take her outside, she was even starting to go potty outside, I'd take her out first thing when we woke up and she was even going before bed. Recently she's bee”

“I just brought home a 10 week old boston terrier. She is amazing to sleep in the crate but potty has been weird. At first she would just sit or lay on my feet. Then another time she did pee and poo after a long time of sniffing. But since then I will plop her down at the same spot and she will just pull in the leash to go back inside. I try to not let her go but she will whine and cry. One time she did pee fast and then pulled to go in again.... what should I do? submitted by /u/Work”

“I have a 12 week old golden/aussie mix. We have had him since 8 weeks and he potty trained really quickly with going to the door and ringing the bell. However, when we take him out and he doesn't have to go right away, he starts sprinting away from us and yanks on his collar. I am worried about his little neck as ik that pulling can harm their trachea. I am reluctant to get a harness as I have heard they can encourage pulling instead of fixing it. We have tried taking treats with us to do re”

“Looking for some potty-training guidance because I’m not sure if we’re confusing our puppy or just expecting too much too soon. We have a 11-week-old, 3-lb Yorkie and live in an apartment. Since she’s so tiny and isn’t fully vaccinated yet, we bought a Fresh Patch (real grass) for our patio with the hope of teaching her that grass = potty. The problem: she thinks the Fresh Patch is for playing, digging, sniffing, and generally having a great time, but definitely not for going potty. During the d”

“Looking for assistance on potty training regression. submitted by /u/Pleasant3 [link] [comments]”

“Hello! My puppy is still peeing when he’s excited and/or meets a new person (on the street or in my home) Any body have any experience with this and when does it stop? Does he just “grow out” of it? He’s about 14 lbs now. submitted by /u/JustaNewbie2322 [link] [comments]”

“Our six month lab mix has been great for the month we've had her. She is amazing with the kids, chill in the crate, and for the most part potty trained. Where we're running into a problem is at nighttime. This is only since the last week or so. By 7pm she tends to just shut down. she just curls up either on the sofa or on our son's bed and rocks out. She'll come upstairs to our room to sleep, and that's about all/ This makes it impossible to get her out for one last potty. Sh”

“Preparing for being a 1st time puppy owner! Some questions I have: Do I set an alarm during the night to let him go potty? Do I wait until he cries? (He will be in a crate in our room). Do I wake him up to go potty? Do you let the 8 week old puppy out to go potty every time it whines during the night? Say you take it out at 12:30 to go potty, he doesn’t go. Whines at 1:00, do you take him out? Hopefully this ? Makes sense. How often should I be physically initiating potty time during the day? Ta”

“We have just got our double doodle 9 weeks old puppy and this is our 3rd day with her. We didn’t want her to potty on a pad so we decided we will take her out every time. We live in an apartment buildings with a lot of dogs around. We have read that grass is quite dangerous for her since she only got her 1 vaccine so we decided to let her potty on the pavement/concrete around the building. The concrete has some gaps and some plants/weed grow between them with little/small leaves, but it does get”

“So I have a 7 month old Boston terrier girl. She has been super good with potty training and going outside and letting us know when she has to go. I’d say she’s completely potty trained. Well tonight she went into my bedroom and pooped on the bed, stepped in it then came out and jumped on the couch. I’m not sure why she would have done this I feel like we are back tracking. She has a very very consistent schedule. She goes at 5 am and at 7pm. But she went at 4:30 and didn’t even show us any sign”

“My pup is about 8 months old and has grasped the concepts of going outside a little too well. He knows if he knocks on the back door that someone gets up and lets him outside. He also knows he gets a treat every time he comes in when called, but he just waits on the steps to hear us call and see us grab a treat. This power has gone to his head. He goes pee on about 50% of the trips, but the other half is him eating grass and digging holes. Someone always goes out with him and stops him, but I wo”

“We have had puppies before, so not our first rodeo. We have tried all the usual tips/tricks and I guess I am just looking for reassurance that this happens sometimes and it will eventually click. He is a very smart and sweet boy. Absolutely no other problem behaviors and he has picked up literally everything else so fast. Going to take him to the vet to ensure no UTI. Anyone else experience this? submitted by /u/TBJ56 [link] [comments]”

“Looking for some advice, guidance, or support from people who have been through this. Apologies in advance for the long post. We’re currently on night 3 with our puppy. Brought him home at 8-weeks old & i know it’s extremely early, but we’re having a really hard time with the settling/nighttime aspect and would really appreciate advice from people who have been through something similar. We currently have a 5-year-old dog that we rescued at 5 months old. When we got him, he was so well-behav”

“I’m having a heck of a time getting my 8 month old Shih Tzu house trained. We have had him since 8 weeks old. We tried crate training him for 4 months (in a VERY small crate only big enough for him to stand and lay down in as per advice from dog experts) and he would constantly poop and pee in it and happily lay in it. After bathing him 2-4 times a day for 4 months I gave up on the crate. I just couldn’t do it anymore. I was woken up every morning by him covered in poop and often was sobbing giv”

“hi all, we got out boy Rem, almost 11 week Welsh Corgi almost two weeks ago. this is my first puppy and it's been a lot. we have had kittens and we had a dog before this but adopted her when she was about 5 years old. i am so incredibly anxious about training wrong. i am constantly scared i am creating bad habits and im just doing my best to do what's right but i also don't know what's right because everyone has different opinions. to try and work on training i have been watching”

“Hi! We got a rescue puppy back in March and she’s about 9mo now. We have reached a point where we feel good about her house potty training, but we noticed she will not potty on walks or with her harness on in general. We went on an overnight trip and she essentially refused to poop the whole time. She will pee with the harness and with a leash to her collar if forced but she also doesn’t like that much either. Any suggestions? We have a fenced in yard and that’s where she learned to potty withou”

“Does anyone actually pee pad train their dog? Is it possible to train them to do both? We’re working on transitioning our 4 month old bichapoo from the pee pad to outside… our back yard just isn’t the greatest and he comes inside a mess and bugs get inside the house every time …I know, first world problems. Anyways… he’ll go potty outside when we take him but he’s still not signaling the bell to let us know he has to go and will just go on the pad by the back door. Other than that he hasn’t had”

“My puppy is about 4 and a half months old. When we got her it was already a struggle to get her to pee and poop. She's pretty good about peeing now on command. She won't go on walks. Either too distracted, maybe scared? Pooping is pretty hard to gauge. She'll definitely go in the morning but it HAS to be in our back yard in specific places. Again, distractions. A dog barking, an interesting leaf/bug. I work from home so usually someone is home. She used to be good about not peeing/po”

“My puppy (4.5 month yorkie) is doing ok with toilet training, but it often takes him ages to go outside. I’m trying to do it without pee pads, which is a tedious process as I live in a 2nd floor flat. The problem is there is no where I can take him that’s really “boring”. Even the quiet side street I take him to has people passing by, delivery vans pulling up, etc, and he gets so distracted. I also can’t not watch him every minute because he wants to eat EVERYTHING on the ground, so I can’t real”

“I have a 5-month-old Cavapoo and live on the 30th floor of a condo. There’s no grassy/green area within a 10-minute walk, so I initially trained him on pee pads and later transitioned him to a real grass patch on our balcony. He is now very reliable with the balcony. When he needs to go, he sits by the door and waits for me to let him out. I also use the cue “pee” and give him a high-value treat every time. Recently, I started taking him downstairs to teach him to potty outside. Even when I take”

“so basically i have a four month old golden , we recently started talking her outside after all her meals , sleep and she plays outside so outside after play sessions too. when she was not vaccinated she just peed and pooped (she peed on a pee pad but pooped anywhere) so we cleaned it up everytime and now when we take her out, she does not do her business even for like 15-20 mins after her play sessions, only does it when we bring her into our apartment!! so we thought for familiarity lets make”

“Hi everyone, I’m not really one to post my struggles on Reddit but I genuinely don’t know what to do and just need to rant. I have a 13 week border collie mix. (Please don’t give me any judgement about raising a BC in an apartment trust me I’ve already gone through all the guilt, but he needed to be rehomed). This is my 5th week with him and the first three weeks he was showing so many good signs of potty training. He would be able to hold it all night and since I live in an apartment on a highe”

“Hey everyone! Our 15-week-old Cavapoo was doing amazingly well with her potty training, but over the last week or so, she’s had a total regression. Instead of going inside her potty tray like she used to, she’s now constantly going right outside or next to it. For context: She’s 15 weeks today and starting to chew/teeth more. She is brilliant inside otherwise (great with naps, crate/pen, and self-soothing). We clean the surrounding floor thoroughly, but she keeps choosing the edge/floor right ne”

“My fiance and I adopted a puppy back in July, at 5 months. The first week he seemed to be fine following the bathroom schedule as well as training cues. He is a Labrador retriever and is just at 30 lb. After the first two or three weeks of us having him, that's when the accidents started to happen. He is fixed. At first I thought it may have been irritation from our other dog licking his penis, as it did seem like it was irritated but we brought the dog to our vet and they ran blood work and”

“Hello! We’d love any training advice to help potty train our newly adopted dog! Short version : Our dog seems to be traumatized from only living outside before we adopted her. Now that she’s learned the comforts of our house, she refuses to go outside. We thought we made huge progress in potty training by getting her to come outside with treats and fetch. But suddenly that excitement has worn off and she refuses to stay outside long enough to potty. Long Version : Two weeks ago we adopted a 7 mo”

“American Bulldog, 4 months. Have had him since 3 months. He is good in every other regard. Good on leash, listens to commands, social, trainable. He has learnt to not pee or poo in his crate, however thats it. When I take him outside, he pees automatically. Pooping takes a few more minutes but he's okay. He seems to understand to go potty outside. However, he either dosent understand to not go inside, or he just dosent communicate. We've been doing the take him out every 30 minutes for t”

“The wife was home all day, kids got home 4ish. Puppy was good, only peed outside. I get home about 5:30, I take him out to pee before getting undressed. He peed for me right away (he gets excited and leaks a little when I get home, so he knows to come out when I get here). Since then, I'm the last 90 mins or so, he's peed and on the floor three times. And even pooped. What gives? Does the little dude just rebel because I was at work all day or what? We're lost. Also, we don't get”

“So I have a 14 week old black labrador, my problem is that I cant get her to empty her bladder fully, she pees so frequently and doesnt empty and got a uti which im treating now, i just want ideas to help her live the fullest and happiest life I can give her. Help and advice for this would be awesome. Thanks. submitted by /u/JonLigma [link] [comments]”

“I have just started more seriously potty training my puppy, he is about 6 months old and has just always refused to go outside. Im not sure what it is but he will go inside on the pee pad no problem and i used to take him out every day at least once, it was hard before he had all his shots i didnt want him getting sick, but now that he is getting bigger we need him to go outside and he just refuses. I live in a apartment so its hard, i don't have a yard i can just bring him out to, but i tak”

“My puppy is now 15 weeks old, I adopted her at 10 weeks. The potty training phase hasn’t been amazing but that’s expected with a puppy. Recently, this week, it seems like she is going through a regression. We do not crate train, she has been sleeping in our bed from day 1 with no issues but now she no longer is making it through the night without an accident. I wake up to poop / pee on the floor every morning. When I take her outside to go to the bathroom, she lays down / eats sticks for 10 minu”

“My puppy is a 3 month old Cavelier. She was sleeping in her crate all night, tended to whine for us to take her out, and assuming we woke up in time no accidents happened.* My partner decided to create steps to and from the bed and said he’d like her to sleep in bed. She is no longer sleeping in the crate. More importantly (…well, to me), it’s like we’re back at step one on the potty training front. It’s like she’s trying to make sure she has weed and/or pooed in every piece of floor we have at”

“Rescued an 8-month old puppy who was use to pooping/peeing in his crate for the majority of his life (yes, there was abuse). We've had him for about 5-months now (he's one year now) and he still goes in his crate. He does really well for about a week and then bam, he'll poop all over it and walk through it/lay in it while we are at work. His crate is on the bigger side, so he can stand up, and pace back & forth a bit. He's not left longer than 6hrs (we have to work and he&#39”

“I brought my Bernese puppy home exactly one month ago when she was just 2 months old . Now she’s 3 months and looking back at that first month… WOW. Living in an apartment made the puppy stage feel especially exhausting. For the first few weeks, I felt like I was going outside every hour . I was constantly watching her, waiting for signs she needed to go, rushing downstairs, getting up during the night for potty breaks and basically planning my entire day around a tiny puppy bladder. The sleeple”

“Hi all! I have a 5 month old puppy who is doing I think good on potty training. The most he’s in his crate is for a couple of hours while I’m working short shifts. If I’m working longer he’s being watched by my friend. I wanted to get a play pen to block off some of my room so he’s able to at least leave the crate and move. He does super good supervised and maybe when I go out to the kitchen for short periods but I’m worried if he has full room access while I’m at work he will get into something”

“Hello! First time posting, we have had our Toller for a week now and we believe the breeder kept her inside in the garage or basement due to how hot it was outside, resulting in her using the bathroom inside more. We take her outside a lot but it’s pretty rare for her to go pee outside or poop. She just wants to sniff and lay down. We’re in the Midwest so we’re anxious to break this habit and teach her to go outside before it starts getting really cold. submitted by /u/MoneyMan810 [l”