Puppy pee habits
Submitted by Angela and PollyAnna on December 2, 2011 - 6:10pmIs it normal for a 8.5 week old puppy to pee every few minutes? It's been a while since I had a puppy and I just can't remember if this is normal? I love her pee or not!
Is it normal for a 8.5 week old puppy to pee every few minutes? It's been a while since I had a puppy and I just can't remember if this is normal? I love her pee or not!
Kippahs experience
We took Kippah out once an hour at that age, and had no accidents, at 10 weeks we got to two hours
Every few minutes sounds a little much to me!
Loves and Smooches, Kippa and Mama (Annette)
hummm memory serves me....
Pick up out of Kennel - take outside to 'Pee area' when puppy Pee'd praise and treat. back inside to play.
(Once I sat Tori down by the door to open the door, that quick - Puddle)
Water or Food, RIGHT Back outside, until the same
and yes, it was like every hour or so then stretched it out to 2 to 3 hours. Ahhhh waking up every hour or 2, to go out in the cold, in the rain, and the snow for a 30 second pee break. then back to sleep (for her!)
:)
Last steps taken May 26, 2014 -- Been rolling along ever since . . . .
Rule of thumb -
pups can 'hold it' for an hour for every month they are old, plus 1 hour. So a 2 month old pup should be good for 3 hours. If your pup is going more frequently maybe a check of her urine is in order, although a UTI in a pup so young would be unusual.
The other possibility might be that the tubes from her kidney(s) could be improperly located into the bladder wall. This can cause a young bladder to not stretch and enlarge enough to hold the volume she can produce in several hours, so she goes more frequently. I had a rescue bullie in 10+ years ago that had this problem (Ectopic ureter), and surgery helped her a lot.