RE: going out at night

2002-11-29 Thread Nancy Melone
- From: Clark & Kris Osojnicki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 10:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: going out at night I have to agree with MaryAnn on this. Restricting water may just cause a urinary tract problem. A young puppy is a baby, and frequent potty n

going out at night

2002-11-28 Thread Terry & Cathy Bering
Hi I saw Ruth Reynold's posting on puppies going out. My berner is now 13 weeks. We have had her now for 3 weeks. I have noticed that sometimes she can hold it at night up to 5 hours in the crate. Lately, however she has been crying after 3-3 1/2 hours. I have cut down on her water at night. I kno

going out at night

2002-11-28 Thread Clark & Kris Osojnicki
I have to agree with MaryAnn on this. Restricting water may just cause a urinary tract problem. A young puppy is a baby, and frequent potty needs just goes with the territory. My theory for my own dogs, and my students, is if the puppy immediately relieves himself upon being let out, then he nee

Re: going out at night

2002-11-28 Thread KahlanRule
We just went through all this. I missed how old the puppy is but I can tell you what has worked for us. Cooper is now 7/8 months old. We picked up his water at 9:00 p.m. He went out at least once/twice in the middle of the night (at very first it was thrice!). For a brief time he went out at

Re: going out at night

2002-11-28 Thread Mary-Ann Bowman
Hi I must respectfully disagree with this :) A small puppy will need to go out at night for some time, and taking away water just to make it more convenient for the owner seems like an unfortunate tactic. I also do not think that a puppy that needs to go out during the night is suggesting urinary

RE: going out at night

2002-11-28 Thread Nancy Melone
Jackie says: This is my question: someone told me I shouldn't take him out at night at all because I'm training a bad habit he will never break. Is this true? >From Nancy: At what time in the evening do you pick up and put away his water bowl at night? If you go to bed at 10, pick it up around

Re: going out at night

2002-11-27 Thread Cindy Reid
> This is my question: someone told me I > shouldn't take him out at night at all because I'm training a bad habit he > will never break. Is this true? Nope..at least not in my recent experience. Nicco at 18 weeks sleeps through the night for 7 hours at a stretch. And I made sure he went out ev

Re: going out at night

2002-11-27 Thread Ruth Reynolds
Jackie- A Berner pup's bladder capacity will typically increase dramatically between 8-12 weeks. If Parker sleeps near your bed, help him develop his holding skills by giving him a few moments of alerting you he needs to go out before you respond. Our pups are usually sleeping in 5 hr segments a

going out at night

2002-11-27 Thread Hicks, Jackie
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