tzu_mom
Posted : 1/13/2007 9:57:02 AM
Oh, how I remember this. My guy was (and still is) the same way. When he was a puppy, we were taking him out every 4 hours,and rarely did he need to "go". We were also following the general rule that after he ate, he would need to eliminate approx. 20-30 minutes after----not so---he never need to eliminate until somewhere around 12-15 hours after eating! At first, it was very frustrating, as we thought we needed to give him more oppotunities to "go". Meanwhile, he never had accidents in the house. He just always seemed to have great bowel control.
His schedule is something like this: Between 6:30-7:30-urinates----doesn't need to go again until 2:30--3:30 (we go for a walk at this time) he eliminates during the walk, ---won't need to go out again until before bedtime, usually around 8:30.
What an easy dog. By the way, if I can't get him out for whatever reason by 3:30, he does adjust, and can hold it longer, though we are very good about keeping this schedule.
Anyway, count yourself lucky to have a pup who can "hold it". I'm pretty sure we were stressing our little guy out by bringing him out too often--he knew we wanted him to "go" he just did not need to. Thank goodness we caught on .
Hope this helps.