Overnight potty question

[r8rs4lf]

Shaka is now going on 4 months. He has done very well with potty training with the X-pen BTW. Thanks for that advice! Hardly any accidents anymore.

I would like to eventually get rid of the play pen fencing attached to his crate so he's not so confined and just lay down a puppy pad next to it. He sometimes tends to step in his poop, not on purpose and I'm sure being so confined has a bit to do with it. What I'm afraid of is at night.

At what age was your dog able to hold his potty all night?

 

[turbodave]

Our Olive started holding all night at the ripe old age of 5 1/2 months. It happened all of a sudden. Like turning off a switch!


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[Alice Kable]

We have a pet door so going potty is available at all times. Most dogs can make it 7-8 hours at 6 mos!

 

[hannah]

Good to know guys! I cannot remember when Banksy started being able to hold it all night. Im very excited for aiko to be able to!

 

[French Bulldog Buzz]

Hi, at 4 month you are asking way to much from your Frenchie to hold the whole night. Remember at 4 month they can hold it for 5 hours if the right circumstances are there. The confined space does actually help your Frenchie with learning on how to hold it...

Some tips might be here at 4 months of age BEFORE sleeping time

* Cut of the water 2 hours before it is sleeping time
*make sure to go out one more time with him to pee and maybe poo before sleeping time
* Set your alarm clock to wake up after 4 hours, and bring him to pee ''It takes most of the time only 5 min'' and than you can go back sleeping..I was living before in a high rising so I used pee pads during the night. When i woke up in the night I just took out my Bushido and put him on the Pee pad, after 3 to 4 times he knew what needed to be done..
* Remember more you help your Frenchie wie potty during the day and night..Quicker they will learn it and you will have much quicker great results

I wrote as well an article about it here How To Potty Train Your French Bulldog Puppy - French Bulldog Buzz

 

[r8rs4lf]

I'm not asking him for anything at 4 months. I don't expect him to be able to hold it all night right now, hence the question I asked.

I was just trying to get a feel of what others have experienced.

 

[Cbrugs]

We got Jax when he was about 11 weeks and he slept in the kitchen in an Xpen. I would put pee pads in with him and after a week, the pads would be dry and he would just rip them up. He use to wake up around 5-530 am and need to go out. So then I stopped putting pee pads in with him and never had any issues.

 

[French Bulldog Buzz]

I'm not asking him for anything at 4 months. I don't expect him to be able to hold it all night right now, hence the question I asked.

I was just trying to get a feel of what others have experienced.

Well I'm really sorry if you feel offended, I did not mean it this way!! I actually just mean it in a nice and sincere way Sorry

 

[r8rs4lf]

We got Jax when he was about 11 weeks and he slept in the kitchen in an Xpen. I would put pee pads in with him and after a week, the pads would be dry and he would just rip them up. He use to wake up around 5-530 am and need to go out. So then I stopped putting pee pads in with him and never had any issues.

That's probably a good way to guage whether he can hold it all night. Right now he has some pee spots on his pad in the AM.

 

[davidh]

Usually around 6 month of age they can go all night without going potty, but some are different. Never restrict water from them, a pup needs their food and water. We crate train ours. When they are around 5 months old we take the X-pin down and they stay in their crates. We also put the "Licks-it" bottles in their crates so they can have water anytime they wish. We even put the bottles on the crates of our adults too.

 

[WeeDex]

We would put Dexter out at 11pm, and at almost 6 months he was able to sleep through until around 6am. He sleeps in his crate all night.

I have never withheld water, as I really believe that if a dog is thirsty it should drink. I had, and still have, a water bottle on his crate and its there 24/7.

 

[Squishy Walnuts]

I think Wally was about 5 months old when he was able to hold it through the night.

 

[2bullymama]

I did not read all the posts, so apologies if this is a dup..... a good guideline is 1 hour more than they are months old, so at around 6/7 months they should be holding through the night, depending on when you last take them out before bedtime.

Cheli was a real bugger for potty training took us 2 gull yrs to get him on the program. Our Bulldog, Lambeau, came home at 9 weeks and his last out was 11:30 PM and he slept through the night to 5 AM (talk about lucky)