OK it is me again about crate trianing?

Question

Hope everyine is siting down . She is peeing in her crate now I keep it clean I even wash her stuff toys .I am going crazy . She is a minature weenie dog about 13 weeks old maby I am asking to much to soon ?

Answer 1

How long are you leaving her in the crate for? With a medium to large dogs the rule of thumb is after 8 weeks they can hold it for the number of hours they are months old plus one, but will small dogs such as yours that time is even shorter. If you are leaving her for longer than that she can't help but go.

How big is her crate? If she has room to releave herself at one end sleep and play at the other end then she will. She should have enought room to turn around and lay down and thats it. Put boxes or another baricade at one end of her crate if needed.

Answer 2

The first thing I would say is is she going out often enough? At 3 months she should be getting potty breaks every 3 - 4 hours. Next you say "she is peeing in her crate now" which indicates that she wasn't but now she is. I brought a pup home from the breeder with a urinary tract infection and didn't think to have her checked for a UTI for several weeks because I just assumed all the peeing was because she was a puppy. Have her vet checked for a UTI. And yes she is very young - my best pup was completely trained at 5 months, the worst pup at 13 months (3 back to back UTI's). I don't know if there's any correlation between larger pups bigger bladder, smaller pups smaller bladder and the training issue. My neighbor's large rescue pup was completely house trained at 4.1/2 months and was left for 12 hours several days when her son had emergency surgery without an accident. I've heard that small dogs take longer to train. So, deep breath you will get your pup trained. Good luck.

Answer 3

get a smaller crate, big enough to lay and turn around not cramped though.

Take that age and size of pup out every 1-2 hours to eliminate

clean up is easier if you place a small towel on bottom of crate with pup.

DO NOT use Febreze in the crate!! Buy Natures Miracle and that will eliminate their scent of urine and feces. You can also place stuffed toys in a pillowcase tie it up and throe it in the washing machine(towel too) with detergent and ammonia.

The first thing you need to do though, is have patience, I know it is alot of work and it is stressful with a pup but eventually pup will be trained.

You can put the food in with it as well, just understand the bowl may get ucky if pup decides to go.

Answer 4

13 weeks is young but she should be crate trained already.

I had a 4 lb dog once and her crate was too big. When we put plywood in it, like a wall to make it small, she did better. You also might try sitting her food and water bowls inside her crate. They definitely don't wanna go where their food is.

Also, when she pottied outside I would jump up and down and clap my hands and say "YAY!". LOL Sounds goofy but it worked. She would pee then start jumping up and down with me. Gotta make a big deal out of it.

Also, don't forget to spray the toys and the crate with good smelly stuff (Fabreze works great) to get all the smell out. Otherwise, she is still going to pick up that scent and think it is the place to go.

Good Luck!!!!

Answer 5

Maybe you should have her checked by your vet for a bladder infection. This will cause her to urinate MORE frequently and even in her crate. I had the same problem. Took a urine sample in on my 9 week old golden and sure enough. After 2 weeks of antibiotics she is doing great and not one more accident in her crate and only one or two in the house (my fault for not watching more closely). good luck

Answer 6

How previous is she? If she is an extremely youthful doggy you are able to no longer anticipate her to hold her urine for any long volume of time. Do you freshen up the crate immediately after she pees? if so she does not have time to understand that she should not be doing it there given which you come back and make all of it disappear.

Answer 7

How big is her crate? It should only be big enough for her to stand up, turn around, and lay comfortably in. There shouldn't be tons of room in there, because the point of crate training is they won't pee where they have to lie down. If she has room to pee and lie somewhere else, she'll do that.

Answer 8

it will happen they do that for a while but if it doesnt stop in the next 4 weeks id consider dog school it might help you and her a little more then just crating

Answer 9

despite popular opinion, some dogs do indeed eliminate in their crates and then lay in it.
is she on a feeding and eliminating schedule?
how long is she in the crate?
are you making sure she is going when you take outside?
if she has no medical problem (you have checked with your vet on this, right?), then you will need to start at step one and be sure you have her on a schedule that works for her.

Answer 10

Yes you are she is a baby. Would expect a 13 week old baby not to wet its diaper. Come on have some patience. That's what dog ownership and training is primarily about.