how can i stop my puppy from peeing in her crate overnight?

Answer 1

Try to move her crate in your room so she doesnt feel as seperated from you. If that doesnt work try walking her for a long time b4 u go to bed that way she may not have to go as bad and can wait till morning.

Answer 2

There is no way to competently answer this question without further information such as how old is the pup, how long have you had her, where did she come from, has she been checked by a vet. If it is a very young pup, they cannot go through the night without being taken out for a potty break. If it is an older pup, at least 4 months old, then she should be able to go about 6-7 hours. At this point, once a pup is used to going potty in her crate, you will need to change her bedding - if she was sleeping on a mat, change it to another one or to a towel.
Join yahoo group Clicker Solutions to learn about clicker training and other issues. Buy Dr. Ian Dunbar's book Everything you need to know before and after you get your puppy.

Answer 3

Force your puppy to smell the pee. Chances are that it willl hate the smell and run away. After letting your puppy smell the pee, tell it NO! several times in a loud, forceful, deep voice. Puppies are very keen to a person's voice, and think that high-pitched means good, and low pitched means bad. Also, try putting newspaper on the whole floor of the crate, then gradually night by night remove some pieces until there is only a little square left. That way, your puppy can recognize to pee only on the newspaper.

Answer 4

Try to limit fluid intake before crate-time. Make sure your puppy has a good bit of garden exercise before retiring to the crate so that he/she has plenty of time to urinate there. Praise and reward when he/she does.

Make the crate comfortable with a favourite toy/blanket and spend a night or two (Not all night just a while) Observing your puppy while he/she is in teh crate. As soon as you see him/her crouch to urinate say a firm 'No', pick him/her up and take jim/her outside. Wait until he/she urinates outside then praise, reward and take back to the crate. So you remind puppy that urinating in the crate is simply not acceptable

Where is the crate by the way? Is it close to your room? If not make sure you keep a radio on, not loud! Just enough sound for the puppy not to feel isolated/abandoned at night. Your puppy has been removed from mum/sibblings and now sees you as his/her mum too.. So may need reassured that night time doesn't mean you reject him/her simply need to sleep too!
Toys he/she likes and the radio on should help as puppy will hear a noise, won't feel so lonely.

I've worked with a boarding kennel where they keep the cartoon channel on for nervous dogs at night! It distracts them from being away from their owners. But at home ... Radio!

Best wishes

Answer 5

Shorten the amount of time that your puppy is in the crate. Puppies are babies. You wouldn't expect a human baby to go all night without peeing. You should probably get up at least one time during the night to let the dog pee.

Answer 6

Well this is what I always did take your puppy out to pee before you put her in her crate, or you can buy some puppy potty training pads that you put right outside of the crate door.

Answer 7

Remember that your puppy can only hold their bladder for their age in months, plus one (3 months can hold for 4 hours) keep this is mind at first.
Also, if the crate is too large, section off a size. Dogs do not like to pee where they eat or sleep, if the dog can get away from where it has peed in the crate, you need to section this off for now.
As well, follow all other advise above, very good answers

Answer 8

Have you tried putting a dish with food in the crate with her.
Dogs don't like to "go" in an area with their food in it.
Also make sure that the crate isn't too large & be sure to take her out right before you place her in the crate at night & take her out first thing in the morning.

Answer 9

Normally a dogpup will not urinate in the place that they sleep, try takinging her out on a routine, then she will associate going outside with doing her business. I also suggest taking up and food and water at least 30 min prior to putting your pup to bed. That should do the trick. Do not punish the pup, as it has no idea what it has done wrong. The attention span of a pup is very short.

Answer 10

Practice the same system every night. Before you put her in her crate at night, put her outside in the same area and repeat some phrase that means "go potty." Wait until she does her business then bring her in and put her to bed. First thing in the morning take her out to the same spot and give her the same go potty speach. Repitition is your best bet, they learn what to expect from you when you do it over and over. Also, ,watch for the signs during the day that your dog has to go outside to go potty (i.e. like going to the door and whining). Make sure you let her out ASAP and she will continue to "tell" you when she needs to go out.