grab01
Posted : 12/4/2010 2:47:07 AM
She may have too much freedom. I've previously just had boy pups and haven't had any issue with peeing at this age, but all pups are different, I suppose. That's why we tried the tether (she's crated while we're at work and, although she does get almost an hour of run around time on my lunch break, I hate to crate her too much in the evenings if I can avoid it), which resulted in the leash chewing incidents. (this from a puppy who barely chews things) She generally stays in the same room as we're in and it's an open floor plan..so aside from the water bowl being in the kitchen around the corner from my desk, there aren't many places she can go where I can't see her. She just doesn't seem to take in enough water to have so much pee, good lord! Yet, all of her urine checks don't show her urine being excessively dilute, so apparently all is in working order.
Generally, she drinks when we get home, goes out and pees a few times, comes in, and then we let her out about 20 minutes later..sooner if she's being a wild thing with Grimm. She always pees aplenty when outside, but apparently she has a reserve tank in there.
I haven't seen any pee signals..she likes going out, so she'll go to the door if we're anywhere in the vicinity..but she doesn't sniff around or act shifty before peeing. This being the complete opposite of her needing to poop, in which case she books it to the door. She's never pooped inside....I think her soul would crumble.
I think I'll look for a leash of sturdier material, which should thwart her chewing through it.That way she can be kept next to me, but doesn't have to be crated.
We have indoor cats who would escape with a dog door, sneaky little beasts.
This issue aside, she's a fabulous puppy, lol. Today was the first pee free day in quite some time (not counting Ginger's current issue), so that was a nice surprise :)