Puppy still urinating in her bed at night

andipandi72

Hi I was just wondering if anyone had some suggestions as to why my puppy who is almost 9 months still urinates in her bed at night.

She is completely toilet trained throughout the day (she will bark and go to the door when she needs out) and can stay in her cage while I am at work in the morning without wetting. I have to cage her when I am out and at night as she is a real chewer (as most staffies are) and I would have no sofa or kitchen units left. The chewing usually lasts until 18 months I'm told and then I can decage her.


Sometimes she barks to get out to go to the toilet at 2.00 in the morning and then again at 4.00 etc or not bark and just goes in the cage. I thought at her age she would be able to hold on until at least 6 in the morning. I have started to lift her water about 7.00 pm and let her out for a last wee at 11.00pm but still no change. I am so exhausted with all the broken sleep, she is worse than my kids where! She is so good in every other way, so advice would be gratefully appreciated.

sarabe

First of all you must rule out a urinary tract infection. From what you say it doesn't sound like that is the problem but you must rule it out anyway.

Do not lift her water. She needs access to water all of the time.

If she is used to not having water available all of the time then she may greedily drink more than she really needs when it is available.

One of the problems with relying on a dog to ask when she needs out is that the house training breaks down when you are not there to ask and as you have discovered if she needs a wee she just shouts and you let her out. If you house train a pup by taking them out on your schedule, obviously very frequently to start with then they tend to learn to hold on because they have to wait for you.

You say that she would chew if left out of her crate. Do you mean at night also? This would indicate that she is not sleeping very well and if she is awake and active then she's going to need to pee.

How much exercise is she getting? Can I ask what you feed her on?

Oh, and don't be disappointed if she doesn't stop chewing at 18 months.

ash28

We have a staffy who is 2 and a half and she had the odd accident during the night as a pup - it did pass as she got a bit older. She wasn't caged though, she did chew a bit if she was left on her own for any length of time, fortunately not the furniture it was usually a skirting board, she never chewed during the night. But she seemed to sleep from about 6 in the evening - we used to wake her up and take her out into the garden around 9 or 10.

After she was speyed at 18 months she had accidents during the night for a couple of months - we put it down to the operation.

Fortunately she's never been a real chewer - but she has a particular penchant for stilletoes, the more expensive the better. It's taken longer to train my daughter not to leave her shoes in the hall than it did to train the dog!

Ours has quite a lot of toys, including a kong, a couple of soft toys, bones, a pair of boot socks, a couple of small footballs - they seem to keep her occupied.

On an aside my son and his partner's male staffy also 2 and half has discovered in the last week how to open their fridge and help himself (3 yoghurts, 3 packs of bacon, 2 in his bed and 1 buried in the garden, a pack of butter, a tub of soft cheese, cheese and chorizo sausage). They're off to buy child locks. He didn't eat anything - just hid it either inside or outside. He is a real sweetie and will do absolutely anything for a hobnob! But I'm glad he's not ours. They also had issues with him and accidents during the night when he was younger, but it did improve over time. He was about 18 months before they stopped getting up to presents on the kitchen floor. It wasn't every night but more often than not.

viktory

My in laws' staffies are about 9 or 10 and still 'wet the bed' pretty much every night.

andipandi72

sarabe wrote: »

First of all you must rule out a urinary tract infection. From what you say it doesn't sound like that is the problem but you must rule it out anyway.

Do not lift her water. She needs access to water all of the time.

If she is used to not having water available all of the time then she may greedily drink more than she really needs when it is available.

One of the problems with relying on a dog to ask when she needs out is that the house training breaks down when you are not there to ask and as you have discovered if she needs a wee she just shouts and you let her out. If you house train a pup by taking them out on your schedule, obviously very frequently to start with then they tend to learn to hold on because they have to wait for you.

You say that she would chew if left out of her crate. Do you mean at night also? This would indicate that she is not sleeping very well and if she is awake and active then she's going to need to pee.

How much exercise is she getting? Can I ask what you feed her on?

Oh, and don't be disappointed if she doesn't stop chewing at 18 months.

Thank you for your advice. Shehas lots of exercise and I feed her Eukanuba. I don't know if she would chew at night, she has not been out, but Ive just had the kitchen and utility room refurbished so I'm scared to take that chance just at the minute! I've had her at the vet and she is fine, I did that first.

andipandi72

ash28 wrote: »

We have a staffy who is 2 and a half and she had the odd accident during the night as a pup - it did pass as she got a bit older. She wasn't caged though, she did chew a bit if she was left on her own for any length of time, fortunately not the furniture it was usually a skirting board, she never chewed during the night. But she seemed to sleep from about 6 in the evening - we used to wake her up and take her out into the garden around 9 or 10.

After she was speyed at 18 months she had accidents during the night for a couple of months - we put it down to the operation.

Fortunately she's never been a real chewer - but she has a particular penchant for stilletoes, the more expensive the better. It's taken longer to train my daughter not to leave her shoes in the hall than it did to train the dog!

Ours has quite a lot of toys, including a kong, a couple of soft toys, bones, a pair of boot socks, a couple of small footballs - they seem to keep her occupied.

On an aside my son and his partner's male staffy also 2 and half has discovered in the last week how to open their fridge and help himself (3 yoghurts, 3 packs of bacon, 2 in his bed and 1 buried in the garden, a pack of butter, a tub of soft cheese, cheese and chorizo sausage). They're off to buy child locks. He didn't eat anything - just hid it either inside or outside. He is a real sweetie and will do absolutely anything for a hobnob! But I'm glad he's not ours. They also had issues with him and accidents during the night when he was younger, but it did improve over time. He was about 18 months before they stopped getting up to presents on the kitchen floor. It wasn't every night but more often than not.

Thanks that made me laugh. I guess she will grow out of it, I have loads of toys for her as well and she is chewing slightly less, she is stuck to my side more than anything and loves playing with the kids. They her out yesterday and they were playing CSI games, they put notes in her collar and told her to go and deliver it, she would run off shake it out and then come back, they thought this was the best thing ever!!!!! she is such a sweetie and has been able to train so easily. Thanks again

elliesmemory1

You really should not take her water away. I know you say shes been to the vets but have they tested her urine? She could have a infection.

gratefulforhelp_2

sarabe wrote: »

Oh, and don't be disappointed if she doesn't stop chewing at 18 months.

Or 6 years:rotfl:

ash28

andipandi72 wrote: »

Thanks that made me laugh. I guess she will grow out of it, I have loads of toys for her as well and she is chewing slightly less, she is stuck to my side more than anything and loves playing with the kids. They her out yesterday and they were playing CSI games, they put notes in her collar and told her to go and deliver it, she would run off shake it out and then come back, they thought this was the best thing ever!!!!! she is such a sweetie and has been able to train so easily. Thanks again

I know what you mean about sticking to your side - ours is also welded - where ever I go in the house she's there - it's like having a toddler - and if she passes you on the stairs she's like a delicate little flower (not) as she barges past.

She has 2 particular soft toys - one is a shredded Scooby Doo and the other is stuffingless and eyeless Tigger - bad baby and good baby. Bad baby is not allowed in the kitchen and neither is she when we're cooking - 'cos she's like a second skin. Good baby is allowed in the kitchen when we're washing up or something. If you say "bad baby" to her she takes Scooby Doo to the kitchen doorway and shakes the living daylights out of him. But stays out of the kitchen. If you tell her "good baby" she goes and gets Tigger and brings him into the kitchen.

She's been playing football in the garden with the grandchildren this afternoon and is currently lying on her back on the sofa, legs akimbo sunning herself. Life's hard!

I have a friend with 2 staffies and she went out for an hour and came back to her kitchen cupboards open and her pans all over the kitchen.

andipandi72

Hardupandfedup wrote: »

You really should not take her water away. I know you say shes been to the vets but have they tested her urine? She could have a infection.

Thanks, yes the vet tested her. I lifted her water late at night as recommended that but have stopped it now.