I am having such horrible problems with my dog. I have a 7 month old Golden Retriever/lab mix female. We got her from this couple that was giving them away. We got her at 8 weeks old. She done fairely good with not peeing in the house. She has NEVER pooped in the house. But she has had several accidents (peeing) in the house. Im not sure where the previous owners kept her, in a crate, box im not sure. I have no way of contacting them.
Anyways, we have been having a problem with Valentine peeing in her box )plastic crate) at night. We leave her out during the day to roam the house, she does good. She has accidents every now and then but not alot. She hasnt had an accident in two weeks in the house. But she does get in her box during the day if we have to leave to go somewhere, or if we want to lay down and take a nap, or watch a movie or something and cant watch her. but shes not in her box a whole lot. Sometimes we will put her in her box cause she is just under our feet or while were eating, we also put her in her box to take naps as well. The biggest problem were having with her is, that she will not stop peeing in her box at night. She will go a week without peeing in her box at all at night, and then the next week she does it almost every night. She gets up almost every morning soaked (with pee, im sure of cause of the smell) its just sooo frustrating, Im tired of having to clean her crate out every morning. I dont understand her, she has done this since weve had her. She will go days without peeing in her box, then there are weeks she does it every night and wakes up of a morning soaked from head to toe. We too, take her water away after 8 for the night, she is fed twice a day, and we let her out like every 3-4 hours during the day. She gets let out like once a night. She usually sleeps all night long. But when we get up to let her out of a morning shes soaked. My husband lets her out (not every night) but most nights at about 4, cause thats when he goes to bed, and by the time morning is here which is around 7-8 she has already peed in her box. I thought she could hold it longer then that considering shes 7 months old??? If we dont get her broke from this now, its never gonna stop. How do i break her from peeing in her box??? Im getting very frustrated with this every morning. It needs to stop....What do i do????