Am I just too concious about it?

[Shirrell]

My Min Pin puppy is now almost 11 weeks old. I have had her for 3 weeks. Am I assuming too much of her at this time? It seems to me that she wants out to go at least every 30 minutes if she is not sleeping.

I am wearing down running in and out so much. The funny thing is she picked it up really fast, and she barks to go out. Then she really does go that often.

She still wants out twice during the night too.

What are your thoughts?

If you dn't want messes, take the pup out.

Be thankful, be VERY THANKFUL that she is asking to go out.



Puppy raising can be not so fun sometimes. In 6 months you will have forgotten all about this stage.

[Gempress]

^^^echo what Redyre said. Small breeds tend to be difficult to housebreak. It is outstanding that you have a young pup that is already asking to go out.

Give yourself a pat on the back.

[Shirrell]

Well I do have very good training experience, my best friend trains for the handicapped and blind dogs, and I have had a lot of training "training" if you will.

I just think she goes out an awful lot. Do most pups go out this often at this age, and should she still be wanting out in the middle of the night twice?

I have had other puppies years back, but I cannot remember them wanting to go this often.

She is very intelligent, she caught on almost immediately. She has had 2 accidents the first day we got her, and none in the past 3 weeks.

[ihartgonzo]

11 weeks is still pretty young, and it sounds like she is doing really good with letting you know when she needs to go outside. Is she free-fed? Giving her limited feeding times will help set up a schedule for her much better. My puppy, who isn't a small breed, didn't sleep through the night until he was about 12-14 weeks. Have you tried with-holding water a couple hours before bedtime?

[Tracer Tong]

Yep, that sounds like a good spot to be at. Enjoy it.

[girlbuffalo1]

That's great that she's asking you to take her outside and not having very many accidents. I got Wrigley at 10 weeks and he was 4 lbs--he only went out once at night the first few nights we had him but then held it the whole night after that (then again though my husband and I have very different schedules--so he would go out for last potty at 11pm and my husband generally gets up for work around 3-4am so that isn't very long). For a regular 8 hour night I would think that she probably would need to go out at least once.

[Dizzy]

Echo the free feeding comment - does she have set meal times?

I wouldn't like to withhold water from the puppy, but perhaps put ice cubes down instead an hour before bedtime?

What is the routine when you go out? Do you let her out on a leash? Does she have play time after she goes to the toilet?

To be honest, it's great she is going out - and you don't want to set that back!!!!

[Shirrell]

Yes she is on a feeding schedule. The latest she eats at night is 5:30 or 6:00. No water after 7.

It still seems excessive to me to have to get up at least 2 times a night. She really goes often during the day, like I said 30-60 mins.

She has lots of play time, since we started her with a crate then because she has been doing so well, we have not kept her contained in a crate the past 2 weeks. She just says when she wants to go.

It is the frequentcy that I am curious about at 11 weeks.

[short1216]

Roush did the same thing, when he was that age , he'll be 7 months on thursday. He asked to go outside too, he would walk over to the door and hit it his leash with his nose...I leave his leash wrapped around the door. He was going outside so often and peeing every single time. I actually started to get concerned that something was wrong. Within the last two months, though, he has cut way back on it, I also started to make him wait a few extra minutes before I let him out, so he slowly learned to "hold it". He went in the house a few times but he seemed to get it rather quickly. Good Luck!