potty training 11 week beagle

shellbelle11 · Jul 25, 2008

Hi everyone! I just joined today!

My fiance and I adopted an 11 week old beagle puppy, Lucie, a couple of weeks ago. She's cute and can be and an absolute sweetie. She's a quick learner, can already sit and come, sits for her food and water dish, sits MOST of the time at the door to our apartment. Incredibly friendly.
She had been sick, had worms and a cough but is doing much better now.

She does great in her crate, the first few nights were tough, but now it's not a problem. She'll go into her crate during the day, cry for a few minutes and then be fine. She's had a couple of accidents in it, but few and far between.

I'm a teacher, so I'm home all week long except for 2 afternoons a week when I tutor.

Potty training can be frustrating. As I mentioned, she's great in her crate. I take her out, she goes right away. In the apt we keep her on her leash to keep and eye on her. She will pee every 15-20 minutes when not in her crate. As I mentioned I keep her right with me when she's not confined. She'll squat right there. I scoop her up, run her out and she finishes out there. I praise her up and down. After she goes she looks right at me, almost like she's waiting for the treat.

When we go out, it's for about 10 minutes. She'll usually pee a couple of times. We go out for longer walks once or twice a day.

We crate her for 1-2 of hrs 3 or so times a day. I'm trying to have a schedule with her, we write down when she goes and eats and drinks.

Is that normal for her to be going every 20 minutes? I can't really see any signs that she's going to go yet.

Should we crate her more often? Ideas for a schedule?

Thanks!
Michelle

rosemaryninja · Jul 25, 2008

You're on a really good track. It's odd that she would pee every 20 minutes -- that is really often, even for a pup this young. Have you considered getting her checked for a UTI?

You don't actually need to crate her at all when you're at home to supervise. Being out of the crate and exploring different stimuli around the house is actually a great part of the learning process for her, so when you can keep an eye on her, or keep her tethered to you, she can be uncrated. She should only be crated when you can't supervise, say you have work to do around the house, have to tutor, or are sleeping.

shellbelle11 · Jul 25, 2008

I've been starting to wonder about a UTI. Anytime she's out and about, she's peeing within 20 minutes. I thought that was pretty frequent but I wasn't sure.

She's only crated during the day if she seems to be getting really "cranky," or when we need to run out or do housework. So it's not really all that much. It's just really frustrating with her peeing so much. It seems like she goes a little a lot if that makes sense.

rosemaryninja · Jul 26, 2008

shellbelle11 said:
She's only crated during the day if she seems to be getting really "cranky," or when we need to run out or do housework. So it's not really all that much. It's just really frustrating with her peeing so much. It seems like she goes a little a lot if that makes sense.

Oh, I wasn't trying to say that you guys are crating her too often. It's just that I misunderstood your post and thought you guys were deliberately crating her for a certain amount of time each day, which isn't necessary. Being crated for 1-2 hours three times a day shouldn't be a problem at all.

Give her some beagle love for me!

briteday · Jul 25, 2008

I'd get a vet check before deciding how to handle things.

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