Peeing

[angelbears]

How long should a 7lbs, adult, male dog be able to wait in between trips outside? My cousin has a little dog with an attitude that wakes her up a couple of times during the night to go outside. I think he is doing it for attention. If she does not take him out he will pee in the house. He has been checked by his vet and doesn't seem to have a problem. He is not crate trained but can be contained in the kitchen. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[chuckorlando]

Our mini dashuand can wait all night. Well he could. Poor pup is super old now so not so much. At most I would think one time

 

[ruthcatrin]

I would agree, Apollo was able to "hold it" all night by the time he was 6 months (he just stopped asking to go out middle of the night), a fully adult dog should be able to hold it all night unless there's a medical issue. Possibly see if he can be trained to a puppy pad (wee wee pad, piddle pad, whatever you want to call it), for night time if he can't be trained out of the middle of the night break, crate training would help, but otherwise restrain to the kitchen might help too.

 

[Marrowshard]

Wouldn't know about tiny dogs .. I've heard they have to "go" more often but that's just hearsay. Oscar routinely goes 10 hours between potty breaks. His longest was 13 hours (completely unintentional). Seems unlikely that an adult dog of any size with no health issues actually needs to pee that frequently.

~Marrow

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

^Agreed

I like to take Thor out more often ( so I'll feel less guilty,lol) but with working hours its not always possible. The average time is 10-11 hrs.

 

[dsaw247]

My in-laws have a 7 year old, 10 pound yorkie that is able to hold it through the night without any problems. They never make him wait more than 8 hours, but he's been able to wait for up to ten before. That's how he raised though. My sister-in-law has a 6 pound yorkie that pees in the house if they don't take her out a couple of times at night. Of course, they never really trained this dog and she tries to get attention in any way possible. It's sad. So I would agree with you that since it's not medical, your cousin's dog is probably doing it for attention.

 

[Oak Hill Farm]

An adult dog should be able to hold it all night, despite size, unless he has medical problems. I have all sizes of dogs, 10lbs, 23lbs, 50lbs, 130 lbs., they all pee on the same schedule and all do fine.

 

[angelbears]

Thank you all, for your replies. This will also help me with my own battle in my house. I hate weekends. When my partner is at home, she thinks that the dogs need to go out to potty, just about every time that she pees. Yikes, middle aged woman, that translates into every couple of hours. NO WAY!

 

[LadyDogLover]

Small dogs have smaller bladders and in my opinion can't hold it as long as a larger breed of dog. At 7 pounds, that is a toy breed is it not? I don't think the dog is doing it for attention. It's a tiny dog with a tiny bladder. Also, one should take into consideration the amount of water consumed. Is the dog allowed to
drink water freely? If so, your cousin may have to adjust the dogs access to water. All of my dogs have
access to water 24 hours a day. However, when I was owned bya Min Pin she had to go out more
frequently. When I was away from home she could hold it for about 6-8 hours. Again,
just my opinion here, but I think smaller dogs are harder to train as far as house breaking goes. It took my Min Pin what seems like forever to finally "get it".

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

Small dogs have smaller bladders and in my opinion can't hold it as long as a larger breed of dog. At 7 pounds, that is a toy breed is it not? I don't think the dog is doing it for attention. It's a tiny dog with a tiny bladder. Also, one should take into consideration the amount of water consumed. Is the dog allowed to
drink water freely? If so, your cousin may have to adjust the dogs access to water. All of my dogs have
access to water 24 hours a day. However, when I was owned bya Min Pin she had to go out more
frequently. When I was away from home she could hold it for about 6-8 hours. Again,
just my opinion here, but I think smaller dogs are harder to train as far as house breaking goes. It took my Min Pin what seems like forever to finally "get it".

That was my experience too with small breeds.

 

[dpenning]

Wow, I totally misread that. I thought it was a 71 pound adult male dog. I have much more to say now that it is a 7 lb dog. Little dogs are a nightmare to potty train. They have little tiny bladders and just can't hold it. I've had 7 little dogs over the years, mostly poms . I would definately confine him to the kitchen at night. It is the only way you will get him potty trained. Mine were not reliable overnight until they were almost two. Doggie doors help tremendously. I even replaced a door in my apartment so I could put a doggie door onto the patio so if they absolutely had to go they could go outside. Confining them to a "den" area is the only way IMO for these little guys.

 

[Mambo]

I have an elderly Cairn Terrier, She goes out four times a day (more if she wants to but usually is busy sleeping these days) and goes from 9pm to 7am and I am gone from 8:30-3:30 m-f with no issues, , I will admit she lived in her crate for the most part until she was 1 1/2 years old, with play time and potty breaks only. At that point I allowed her loose at night to begin with, Then tried her loose in the house for short runs to the grocery store ect... this worked for her. She will be fifteen this year and has remained very clean about herself...as she is the only and will be the only small dog ever in our house, Im thinking she learned from the big guys in our house=)