What time does your dog get his last walk/run in the garden on a night?

[Tatie3]

I've had my retired greyhound for 3 weeks now and have got into the habit of going into the garden with him just before bed (his last proper walk is 7pm). He always weed and poos every single time he's let out but in reality this wouldn't have happened in his racing career or at the rescue kennels, he's fully crate trained so must have gone a long while before toileting. So my question is do you think it's really necessary for me to take him out again at bedtime? It's not a massive chore but he won't go out without me and it's cold and wet!

Last walk for us is between 7-7:30pm. But I make sure she goes out in the garden for a wee about 11pm-midnight just before I go to bed.

Why make him feel uncomfortable all night and maybe have an accident if he is willing to do before bed ?i always let my dog out last thing as I wouldn’t want him to have to hold it when he doesn’t need to, it’s all part of having a dog

Last walk of the day is usually before 5pm, especially when it's dark in winter.

Fed at 7pm and usually asks to go out afterwards
And then let out again before go to bed at 10:30.

She will pee on command, so we insist on one before bed

Mine are just out doing their last wee now. One of mine was confined and used to having to wait to toilet, she wees and poos every opportunity she gets, I think it’s habit to whenever there’s an opportunity.

I always put them out last thing before bed regardless of when their last walk is. I wouldn't like to go to bed needing the loo so don't imagine they would either!

My intention isn't to make him uncomfortable, I just wasn't sure if it was overkill especially since I'm usually walking him up to go out!

Mine never gets walked in the dark but goes out for a wee just before bed , he wees on command so it’s a pretty quick procedure.

Well - my Lab-X rescue has a bladder of steel, apparently, and won’t wee or poo in the garden at all - accompanied, unaccompanied, on-lead, off-lead, makes no difference! Last walk sometimes pre-7pm (then next opportunity not till 7am) and sometimes later up till 10pm depending on commitments.

We’ve had her coming up to 3 months and although we offer the opportunity for the garden every morning/evening/lunchtime/random occasions, she won’t use it. So I’d say count yourself lucky & dont break the habit because it’s a complete PITA to make extra time for a walk just for toilet purposes.

If you walk at 7pm I’d offer the chance for the garden every night before bed. If anything, the routine is important. But if you want to stop accompanying, scale back gradually- keeping closer & closer to the back door etc.

It's seems that everyone else does similar so I'll continue to go out with him, I agree that he's probably got used to being turned out of his kennel at set times and is used to going at every opportunity.

Thanks NoSquirrels, that's a good idea, a bit like the gradual retreat method when putting babies to bed!

Ive got a dog flap, so juicydog can go out whenever she needs to and i dont have to worry about falling asleep/forgetting

Same as everyone already about 1030/11pm occasionally earlier if I'm not well or something.

Ten minutes before I sod off to bed. So anywhere from midnight to 2am. I can't just boot him into the garden, because we've no gate. He'd be o'er hills and far away like a shot. But he will pee pretty much on command, so we're only frozen for 5 minutes.

Just about the last thing I do before I go to bed, is go for a wee. Just to make sure I’m comfortable and won’t be woken in the night by needing to go. I have always thought my dog(s, we’ve had a couple) would be the same frankly, so out he goes in garden just before we lock up and come upstairs to bed.
Last walk usually around 8pm ish, will sometimes pee/poo on walk, but not always. Let out around 11pm ish usually, nearly always pees.
First thing DH does when he gets up is let dog out around 7am, then he (DH I mean, his name isn’t Bruce Almighty) goes for a pee in the downstairs loo. I can imagine them peeing in tandem either side of the back door, grinning at each other

Last wee here - done as a walk around the block - is last thing at night, about 11pm

I have just got a Rescue Patterdale. I take he out about 9 for the last walk she wees and poos some days not others. She does not like our garden and won’t go out there of a night. I have only had her a week, but she seems to be able to hold on even when the last walk is missed. She won’t go out in the mornings until it is light and even then still does not often do anything until her long morning walk.

Last walk of the day usually late afternoon as we do most walks early in the day. Last pee/poo in the garden any time between 11pm and 11:30pm.

We open the back door and leave it open about 15 minutes before we go to bed and tell them to go and have a pee. Which recently has been 9pm more often than not. Often they don’t go out then. Walk in the morning is around 7.30/8,00 so they last a good long time.

Also a dog-flap here, so she goes in and out at will (sometimes all bloody night!). This thread is a bit of an eye-opener!

Actually, she goes in and out at will, 24/7. I can imagine having to really rethink my movements if I had to be home for her to
wee.

Fed at 4. Walk at 6 where she will do a poo and wee. She won’t poo in the garden generally. Then quickly let her into the garden for a last wee before I go to bed between 8 and 10pm. She goes out between 5 and 6 am and can manage that comfortably.

Dog door here also. Can't imagine why anyone wouldn't have one, as it saves all of this faff and stress about whether or not the dog needs/wants to go out.

A dog flap is too much of a security risk for me.

Elfpup goes out just before I go to bed anytime between 11pm and midnight. I have to wake him but he always needs to go.

Isn't the dog flap a security risk or do your dogs wear one of those magnetic key thinks on their collar? We have a very large greyhound so we would need a pretty big flap and I'm not even sure if he'd be brave enough to use it.

There is no access to my back garden, so security not an issue for us. A neighbour could get in by traversing a few walls but we arent rich enough for anyone to bother. Before i had the dogflap installed, i used to leave the back door open all the time, so its acyually improved our security!