Advice please - weeing in crate at night

Hi all, I've got a 4 month old bitch called Charlie. She's my first dog and I got her at 10 weeks and I really have struck lucky she has a brilliant temperament and seems to pick commands up really easily. She has done really well with her toilet training. I put her out around every 2 hours and tell her to do her business, or inbetween when I saw her sniffing around the floor or getting ready to squat I picked her up and put her outside, obviously giving her lots of praise when she went and now she's great there's rarely accidents.

The problem I have is in her crate. Every single night she urinates in it. I put her out to do her business before bed at around 12, but guaranteed every single morning by around 7am it's wet and she's lying in it.

I got rid of the dog bed as it was ruined and put an old cot duvet in there so that I can chuck it in the washing machine each morning and I mop out the crate every morning so it doesn't smell. I've tried putting a puppy pad in there but she just shreds them to bits. I tried leaving the crate open and her locked in the kitchen so that she can come out and wee on a pad through the night, which worked, only problem is she also wrecked the kitchen. Left for any period unsupervised she chews the corners of the kitchen cupboards, digs at the lino in the corner and has ripped that and even taken wallpaper off the walls!!

Is it simply that at this age she can't hold it for that long? I'm just worried about her skin getting sore and I've had to bath her already as she stunk which I don't want to be doing too often at this age. Any tips?

Thanks in advance

you could get up in the night to let her out. Does she drink alot before bedtime etc. Getting up in the night though is a pain

I would try for a few nights getting up in the night to let her pee outside. Its a pain getting up, but it's most likely just a bad habit that needs breaking. Once it's broken you'll be able to sleep all night lol.

What I'd suggest is when you get up, bring her outside and wait until she goes. It might take a while but when she does, praise, praise, praise her. She will learn that she is meant to go outside and outside only.

Logan had a few mishaps too when he was a baby. It takes a while but you will get there.

Keep us updated either way.

When my male was that age, half his crate was comfy blankets and the other half was newspaper or puppy training pad, pups will rarely mess on their bed given a choice, try it x

They don't really devolp complete control of their baldder until around 6 months. Are you completly getting rid of the smell after an accident?

I separated a compartment in Tommy's crate and he's never peed in the bit he sleeps in. I will send a picture tomorrow to show you what I mean. It works a treat.

I'm having the same problem with Charlie, keep having to throw his bed in the wash each morning Would you take the water off them overnight?

We used the divider inside the crate and I would take her outside at 3 am for a pee. Now at 14 weeks she can last in there from midnight to 7 am, no whining, digging or yelping or peeing. Just gotta stick to the routine.

As promised here's a pic of Tommy's crate. I put a training pad in the front part and he always goes on that if he needs to. Hope it helps.

Bloomooner wrote:As promised here's a pic of Tommy's crate. I put a training pad in the front part and he always goes on that if he needs to. Hope it helps.

The divider is just a piece of plywood which I cut myself, nothing fancy!

Griffin5 wrote:I'm having the same problem with Charlie, keep having to throw his bed in the wash each morning Would you take the water off them overnight?

I did with tyke when he was a baby, just untill he had control i always think in away you have to think toddler potty training