weeing in crate at night

after advise on what to do with my 9 month old Florence, she wees in her crate at night, she never does this through the day whiles im at work only through the night, I let her out before I go to bed to make sure she goes the toilet but it doesn't help :/ ive been told its a bad habit shes got into but I have no idea how to stop it. Any help would be great as im sick of constantly washing her bedding lol x

I can't help with this one I'm afraid as I have never used a crate, but I'm sure someone more knowledgable will be along soon to help you.

Must be frustrating but I haven't used a crate either so not much help. My only suggestion would to try a wee break at night back to basics Xx

Yes that's what I was thinking too, try getting up in the middle of the night to let her out, assuming she is dry then, leave it a little later each night until she's going all the way through :-)

im sorry but she seems to be crated a lot....during wokr and at night.


when is she fed, when is she let out and how much exercise is she getting during each day? what time are you awake from ?

thanks guys, was thinking I my need to get up in the night to let her out. I would like to point out she is not crated a lot, I work 4 hours 2/3 days a week and is crated at night, the only reason I crate her is due to living in a rented house and I can't have her chewing things. I walk her everyday or she potters around the stables with me. I'm awake at 7 everyday and feed her pretty much as soon as I get up then around 5 in the evening. Thanks for the help x

A night wee might help, a pain as it is Xx

lorna423 wrote:thanks guys, was thinking I my need to get up in the night to let her out. I would like to point out she is not crated a lot, I work 4 hours 2/3 days a week and is crated at night, the only reason I crate her is due to living in a rented house and I can't have her chewing things. I walk her everyday or she potters around the stables with me. I'm awake at 7 everyday and feed her pretty much as soon as I get up then around 5 in the evening. Thanks for the help x

Lorna, if you're having problems with her chewing things, spray White Vinegar on whatever she goes for. I brought an empty spray bottle, put white vinegar in there and sprayed things like skirting boards, door frames etc, everything that Zeus went for, and it worked almost instantaneously. Would definitely recommend it, Zeus has never gone for anything since.

thank you, I'll def give that a try will be perfect if it works as she does go for the door frames

Let us know how you get on with the night loo trips x

Hopefully the night loo trips will help, fingers & paws crossed

When we was movin our dog out the main room at night she would we on her bed .....wen speakin to the vet they recommended putting toys wit her and then giving her a treat wen we got up in mornin ...incase she was lookin at it as a punishment

Trevor wrote:When we was movin our dog out the main room at night she would we on her bed .....wen speakin to the vet they recommended putting toys wit her and then giving her a treat wen we got up in mornin ...incase she was lookin at it as a punishment

The dog won't know anything on a morning Trevor and would just react to your mood , good or bad , not able to associate it with an accident from ages ago even if it is right under their nose

Uh k that was only i was advised to which didnt work ...n my staffy still wets on her bed .....

Ok. Have you been getting up during the night?

What about putting her in the crate, but leaving the door open. If she is inclined to chew chairs etc, smear some Vicks Vapour Rub over the surfaces - they usually won't touch it. To start with, you could shut the door when she goes in at night (10 or 11pm ish) and then get up briefly to let her out at about 3am. When she goes back in her crate pull the door over, but don't shut it completely. If she's good with that for a month then you can try leaving the door open right from the start.

Trevor wrote:Uh k that was only i was advised to which didnt work ...n my staffy still wets on her bed .....

Vets are not behaviourists

Hayley wrote:

Trevor wrote:Uh k that was only i was advised to which didnt work ...n my staffy still wets on her bed .....

Vets are not behaviourists

No, they're certainly not!