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Kipawa nighttime peeing

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  • @Basenjimamma:

    So is it odd that Pippin does sleep thorugh the night

    I don't know if it's odd or not, but when we got Maxx at 11 weeks of age, he slept through the night from the first night, too.

  • I think they are all different… and sometimes baby puppies sleep so sound they pee in their sleep... as I don't think that the brain is totally connected to... "I have to pee".... ggg
    Keep in mind that Mom's encouraged peeing/pooping by cleaning and licking them... and most times that was when they are sleeping.....

  • Keep in mind that Mom's encouraged peeing/pooping by cleaning and licking them… and most times that was when they are sleeping.....

    Although Pippin didn't have a mom after 10 days, she passed away.

  • @Basenjimamma:

    Although Pippin didn't have a mom after 10 days, she passed away.

    Which would maybe make a difference, however…. the "human" would have had to do the stimulation... (obviously not by licking :eek:)

  • Thats so sad about pippins mom, what happened?

  • Dmey, she passed away from acute uterine infection…very sad indeed.

  • Last night I set the alarm for 3:30 a.m. and got up to let Kipawa pee. That worked out fine for him, but I am bagged this morning. We'll do this for a little while, and gradually increase the hours until he eventually sleeps through the night.

    First thing in the morning he is out until I drink my coffee and quickly read the newspaper. He doesn't like it - there is some separation anxiety happening when I am not sitting outside with him. But I will keep to this routine. Eventually I believe he will get to know that outside in the a.m. does not mean his mommy is abandoning him.

    Our home is one level, and we do not have a doggy door. Somehow I don't think he would willingly go outside at night on his own as during the day, even if we leave the back door open, he does not venture out. I don't think he is a fan of the damp grass for doing business.

  • @dmey:

    Maybe this helps, at first Ayo would pee outside when I took him out, but I always left some newspaper in a corner and when he couldn't hold it he would go there, ( don't ask me who taught him that!!!) so I didn't have to wake up at two or three am, he would just use the paper and go back to sleep. Eventually I would wake up and the paper would be dry, until I didn't need it anymore!! I can't remember how old he was, but I never got up to take him out. Only the other day when he had diareah, then he woke me up!!!!

    I did pretty much this same thing with Paco when he was that age, with puppy pads. The problem came in when he grew bigger and started to "miss" the puppy pads, as he never stopped using them on his own like Ayo did. After a failed attempt at litterbox training him, we wound up having to crate him at night until we woke up to let him outside to use the bathroom. About a week of that, and he seemed to get the idea that he could hold it all night. :)

  • I'll be setting the alarm again tonight for 3:30 a.m. After a week to week and a half of that, I'll change the alarm to 4:30 a.m., and continue on that routine, gradually increasing the time by one hour, until eventuaully Kipawa can hold his pee all night.

  • @Kipawa:

    I'll be setting the alarm again tonight for 3:30 a.m. After a week to week and a half of that, I'll change the alarm to 4:30 a.m., and continue on that routine, gradually increasing the time by one hour, until eventuaully Kipawa can hold his pee all night.

    That sound like a really good plan… hope it works out...

    I am sorry to hear about Pippins mom. ....

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    one suggest is if you are feed him can dog food it seems to make the pee more and it contains water