Just thought I'd share an update on this.

I removed the blankets from the crate and replaced them with a mattress. We have been strict about her only staying in the crate at night. When we have had accidents I have cleaned up, with a dog urine killing spray, and placed her back in the crate.

Everything is progressing smoothly, not had any accidents for over a week now. So it's been a rather quick turnaround, lovely to have her properly crate trained again.

Thank you all for sharing advice on the situation.

Thank you for good advice @Scagnetti. I am fully aware that this is on me, so none offence taken :)

Most of the advice you have outlined here is stuff we have already implemented.

We now only leave her in the crate at night, and if she cries I check up on her once, clean the crate and change blankets if needed, and then ignore her cries for the rest of the night.

One question, though. You say you would recommend taking her out the first time she cries so she knows she can go. The problem is that most times, she has already peed. Would you recommend taking her out regardless?

Hi all,

My B is one and a half year old now, and have been housebroken for well over a year.

She sleeps in her crate in the living room, while we leave the door open to the bedroom.

During weekends, we usually pick her up in the morning and allow her to sleep a few more hours together with us in the bedroom. Lately, we have even picked her up at night if she has cried in her crate, whereas we have discovered in the past few weeks that she has actually peed in her crate before crying.

In order to correct this behavior, I went back to scratch regarding crate training and slept a few nights on a mattress besides her crate. The first night she peed, and I was able to clap my hands and firmly tell her no.

The next night, and a few nights after this she began sleeping through the night again without peeing her crate.

So, I started sleeping in the bedroom again with great success as she continued to sleep through the night and be dry.

However, over the past two nights she has started peeing in her crate again. Where I have removed and replaced her blankets before putting her in the crate again.

I am considering sleeping next to her again, however, I'm afraid she will make a connection that if she pees, I will join her in the living room.

Any recommendations on dealing with this?

PS. I have cleaned both her crate and blankets with a dog urine killing liquid.