I think we have finally gotten a handle on the housetraining problems. Kili was doing really well during the day when I could take her out every 1-2 hours, but she was having a lot of trouble overnight. So I set her up in her long term confinement which is a large crate. In it she has a bed, toys, and a pee pad. I did that because I was getting up 2-3 times a night with her and often still finding an accident in the morning. At least with the pee pad I figured she wasn't going on her blankets. The biggest draw back was that she would sometimes play with her pee pad and then still pee on her blankets.
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When 11 weeks rolled around I thought "well maybe now she's old enough to hold it longer overnight" and put her back in her small crate for the overnight. Set my alarm for 2:30 and figured I'd just get up once with her. Sometimes no accident, sometimes she'd have an accident.
Finally I ran her urine and found that she has a UTI. I was honestly quite surprised because although she was having accidents she never peed small amounts, always a full voiding of her bladder. And she didn't have trouble with 1-2 hours during the day. I started her on antibiotics and the last two nights have been great. In fact, last night she woke me up at 1:45 and I took her out. I think she woke me up because she had to poop, not because she needed to pee (although she did while she was out there). I didn't get up and take her out again until 7:30 AM! Yay! I hope this solves our problems!
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so happy for you!
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