Puppy relieving herself in the house

[Mmmmdanone]

We got our puppy a week ago at 11 weeks old. She didn't pee or poo inside and we thought she was well on her way to being house trained. The last 2 days she has been doing both inside, despite going out on the garden regularly. Any tips?

At 11 weeks old she is too young to be reliably clean - many dogs don't have proper bladder control until 12(ish) weeks so couldn't hold it, even if they knew they wanted to.

At 11 weeks old she needs taking outside every hour, plus immediately after eating, playing or waking up, plus anytime she looks like she might want to go (sniffing or pacing). Encourage her to wee then praise like mad when she does so outside.

Clean up any indoor accidents really well using an enzyme cleaner designed for the task.

Repeat, repeat, repeat and don't expect her to be reliably clean indoor for 2-4+ months yet (i.e. don't take your eye off her) - some breeds take longer than others.

For clarity by "proper bladder control" I meant any control at all over the sphincter muscles. Not that the dog could be expected to control his/her bladder for any length of time at that age (or would know to).

Our puppy was a pee machine. I think it was because she was so tiny, because she did loads of little pees all the time (I even had her checked for a bladder infection). I took her out about every 20 minutes - an hour would have been to long. Hellish because it was winter. She was reliably house trained by the time she was five months. It was obvious when she was small that she had no voluntary bladder control at all. Some puppies mature quicker than others.

At 11 weeks old they are still developing their bladder control and it isn't uncommon for them to still have accidents until much older. You need to still be taking her out after every meal, drink, play, sleep and frequently inbetween so you can praise when she goes.

Whilst you might find the occasional puppy that asked to out at 11 weeks old the majority are still learning. Read the puppy survival threads on here to see how many puppies take many weeks to be fully dry.

All normal for this age. Our whippet pup is 14 weeks, and beginning to get the idea of going to the door and sitting to be let out for "toilet", so does this 80% of the time. God knows how many times we've repeated, and still do, that word over the past fortnight since we brought her home. But still she has the odd indoor accident. I expect her to be around 6 to 12 months old before she is fully toilet trained. Meantime, I just use puppy pads and mop up any accidents elsewhere.

Thanks!

Yep. You've fell into the very common mistake of letting your guard down too early.

It took until 12months for my cavalier to be reliable at telling me himself.

My cocker was very reliable by 5 months but his signal for really needing to go was very easy to miss (he quietly walks up the the back door then walks back to the nearest human). I'm trying to bell train him atm (so he rings a bell to go out).