Puppy problem's

[Notsoflirtythirty]

Help!

We have an 8 month old puppy who is house trained to the point of will be dry when we are home, asks to go out. And dry over night.

However when we go out will not hold on and will wee on the floor! They are usually fairly big puddles so I'm going to assume it's because he needs to go?

We never had this issue with my other dog. Putting him in a crate isn't and option, and paying someone to let them out each day is extortionate. Has anyone got any hints or tips to stop him? It's causing arguments in the house

Someone recently asked on here, how long do you/would you leave your dog. Replies were far less than 6 hours! I have 2 borders. One was 9 last week, the other is 11 months. They have a dog flap,50 ft of safe garden properly fenced off for them, maximum time left 2 hours. Been using the same vet for 25 years, when our older dog was a year old, she started barking at night in her crate,he told me she was too young to sleep alone ( other dog slept in our room) so we let her in to. This puppy was crated first off, because she chewed wires,you would be in the room with her, she would shoot behind the TV,under the coffee table....find a wire! A live wire, finding a live wire! Dogs are pack animals, they need company.

The dog isn't unable to hold it. He's stressed which is why he is weeing. What training have you done to build up time on his own?

6 hours is a long time for such a young dog, but if you are resolved to not get a walker, try leaving the dog with some clothes of your from your laundry basket as it will comfort him with your smell. Maybe place a blanket in the laundry basket that you only leave with the dog in the day? Get him some gnawing toys, and leave that in your laundry basket when you are home, and give it to him when you are out.

Maybe consider a dog flap? Or seeing if a neighbour or anyone else could spend some time with him while you are out?

The best option is for him not to be left that long though.

Bring dry overnight isn't the same as during the day. Unless you are withholding water - which I presume you are not.
I'm dry overnight but if I wasn't allowed access to a loo every single day for 6 hours , I'd do a protest wee too and most likely get a UTI.
Just because technically a dog can do something doesn't mean they should.
I'd really try and find a local person to let the dog out over lunchtime. Even if it's just for a quick welfare check.

Adult humans don't need a wee for 6 hours at night but would be pushed to go that long during the day let alone a small child which this puppy is!

Who said you should get rid of the dog or sack the job? You just need to pay someone to look after the dog. If you can afford a puppy you can afford to pay for care.

Ah well there is your answer he pees because he needs the toilet,

PS, this adult human has a cystocele, I get up in the night,4 hours is my limit!

6 hour's whilst I'm at work. So not that long, amd considering he's dry overnight I'm wondering if its now just a bad habit.

No, as others have said being dry at night isn't the same as not needing to wee in the day.

I'm off for 6 weeks in the summer so hopefully I'll be able to get so training done then if needed, I'm just at a loss as to whay to do*

One at no point did I say I couldn't afford the dog Walker I just said I wanted to avoid the extortionate cost if possible.

There's your answer. That implies you can afford a dog walker, so if you want to keep your dog and not come home to puddles (apart from the dog probably not being happy about being left that long), you can't avoid the cost.

SIX HOURS?

Poor dog. Why did you get a puppy?

Because to most dog owners dogs aren’t living, breathing creatures with needs and wants. They’re toys, apparently

OP should have got a stuffed toy off Amazon. Not a pet.

Well I can go ten hours at night but need to go every few hours in the day? And I'm an adult.

We don't drink during the night and we are asleep that's why we go longer.

I don't leave my three year old dog longer than four hours. When we are at work a dog walker comes for an hour

Hear hear.

We have a 7 month old puppy. The idea of leaving him (or any dog) for 6 hours a day is unthinkable. People should not be allowed to have dogs if they can’t meet their needs.

6 hours is too long OP. He is very young still (even if he wasn't it is way too long, dogs are social animals).
We pay our dog walker 12 per walk, and doggo goes twice a week. We don't necessarily 'need' this, as I WFH but this is his opportunity to go for walks in a group of dogs, meet other breeds be sociable (none of our friends have dogs) and he loves it. I only need to say her name on Tuesdays and he runs and stands by the door.

He’s a baby and not ready to be left at all. He will be when he’s older but it will need building up slowly.

Life happens but you will need to sort out a sitter for now whilst he grows up and you train him to be alone.

I WFT and before my DH started WFH our last adult dog was left 4 hours in the morning then I’d come home for 60-90 minutes then she’d be left another hour before he got home. We worked up to it and it was fine. Any longer and we had a friend come in to spend time with her. I’d not leave a dog and certainly not a pup more than 4 hours in a block.

I am surprised that wee on the floor isn’t the only little gift your bored, unstimulated, untrained, un socialised puppy is leaving you. A bored dog will make its own entertainment.

Poor dog. Why did you get a puppy?

She's already explained her DH's work has changed due to ill health.

If your circumstances have changed regarding your husband being home, you need to make appropriate provisions for care of the dog. You’ve stated it’s not a case of not being able to afford it, so do the right thing.

Honestly get a dog walker they will break up the day for your dog and he can be out the house for an hour and have a pee, not getting one is just stubborn and not fair on your dog.

That's a big change in the 6 months since they got the puppy. Of course things can happen but it's never advisable to get a puppy based on easily changeable work circumstances.

In over thirty years of dog ownership I have NEVER left my dog for six hours. One so young and doing that so regularly is dreadful.

Nor me.

I accept circumstances can change, perhaps unexpectedly, but that does not excuse neglecting the dog. It’s just cruel.

I get that you're not going to like the responses on here OP but the previous posters are 100 percent correct. 6hours is far too long and I feel so bad for your pup. You said you can afford it so get a dog walker.

Is the problem that your DH is arguing against a dog walker, on financial grounds? If so, leave his shoes where the dog will pee on them, and he'll soon decide on the right course.

When I got my dog, my H WFH, I worked shifts and he planned to take her to the office on my shift days. Circumstances changed, he couldn’t take her to the office and I ended up being responsible for the dog on my own. I now pay a dog walker to come in on my work days. She gets a 30 minute visit in the middle of the day and someone is usually home by 4. If not I ask someone to pop in. Does it cost a lot? Yes. It’s not ideal. She’s on her own longer than I would like but it’s the only option I have. (Would be difficult to rehome her due to behavioural issues even if I wanted to).
I agree you’re thinking about it wrong in terms of holding a bladder, 6 hours in the day time isn’t comparative to overnight. Get someone to come in or rehome your dog. You can’t blame them for struggling to hold their bladder for 6 hours.

He’s far too young to be left 6 hours a day presumably 5 days a week - he’ll be bored out of his mind apart from any toiletting issues. Even crating him for that long is too much - I have a walker to see to my boy if I’m on an office day meaning he’s home for 6 hours alone. It’s just part of the cost of having a puppy really.