Do you wake up in the night for puppy wee break from crate?

[xxxJess123xxx]

Question in title. We are bringing home our 8 week old pup tomorrow and will be crate training. Did anyone who used a crate remember what they did overnight? Did you set an alarm and let pup out for a wee break?

Mine took WEEKS to toilet train, we got him when he was already about 5 months old and he was scared of everything, especially weeing outdoors. We’d go out every hour and he would just stand there, then come indoors and wee on the kitchen floor 😫 it wasn’t until he saw our neighbour’s dog wee on the grass that he thought he might try it, and something clicked for him there and then because he has never had an accident since!

He’s now 5 and if there’s any hint of rain, he’ll hold his bladder until the rain stops. Will NOT go out in it for any reason at all, even after he’s been asleep all night without a wee. Just won’t go 😂

Sorry...am I reading this correctly, your eight week old puppy (that you've not bought home yet), sleeps in a crate already?

What about mum, littermates?!

Our pup slept in a massive crate with the door open with his litter mates from being 6 weeks old. They'd put the whelping box away and crate out, with mum's bed next to it. Some pups chose to sleep in mum's bed!

Yes she sleeps in a huge crate with litter mates and mum. Obviously not alone

We used to pop her out for a wee about 3am. Then after a month or so moved it back about an hour a week so within a month or so she was managing 11-7am fine

Don't set an alarm, the puppy will let you know if it needs the toilet. Getting the puppy to settle at bedtime in the crate takes time, and as others have said it may need a few nights with you close by. Mine is now 14 weeks and can sleep from around 10.30 to 5 or 6 which is longer than I thought it would be. For the first week she was up after 4 hours for the toilet - wee, no fuss and gentle return to the crate for more sleep. This happens gradually as you get to know each other and the puppy settles into her new home.

Obviously not alone

You'd be surprised how many breeders do that - it's not at all 'obvious.'

I was going to do this, I did it with our last pup, but the breeder said she was already going through the night. She was nine weeks when we picked her up and she was virtually housetrained.