How long should a 22 week old puppy hold its bladder for?

Question

Just wondered if anybody knew rough time etc

Answer 1

I have a six month old puppy.  I take her out right before bed between 11:00 and midnight and she usually wakes up to go at 6:30.  I also have a 5 year old dog who gets taken out at the same time and she usually wakes up at 4:30 a.m. to be taken out, so it's kind of dog specific, but at 6 months they should be able to  hold it at least 6 hours.  Hope that helps!  Good luck

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Answer 2

Depends on the dog and how much water he has access to.  I would think a normal dog with a normal diet can hold his bladder for 4 hours and possibly longer.  But he should have access to the potty place as needed. It's not good for their bladders to be forced to wait.

It's not good that he is learning to use his crate for a bathroom. Try to get up earlier just for him.  Or put his crate in your bathroom with his crate door open and he can possibly go on some newspapers or a potty pad outside of his crate.

Answer 3

At almost six months, a puppy should be able to hold their wee and poo for many hours.  I'd say they can hold between 6-8, and probably longer if necessary.

Answer 4

I generally figure one hour for every month old it is...

and then add in:

every time they wake up

after they eat/drink

I set my alarm to wake up in the middle of the night to potty young pups.  (I have a litter of 6 week olds I'm pottying at 3 a.m. right now).

Answer 5

Usually the rule of thumb is the age of the pup in months plus two is how many hours they can hold it.  So there for a 22 week old puppy is approx 5.5 months so about 7 and a half hours is max but this is only a rule of thumb.  This doesn't mean he or she will hold it for that long but at that age your pup should be sleeping through the night.  Is the crate too big or do you have a pad in there that he or she continually pees on? If so you may have to remove it completely until he is trained.  You may also have to start getting up in the middle to let him out until he learns to hold it.

Answer 6

There are a lot of different considerations regarding this question. The best rule of thumb is to let the dog outside every hour to go to the bathroom.  

Answer 7

The rule of thumb is a dog should be able to hold it's bladder an hour for every month old he/she is.  Your dog is about 5 months?  So should hold it for up to 5 hours.  

Hope this helps.

Answer 8

What breed is the dog? if the dog is a large breed then the dog should be able to hold it for 3 to 4 hours. a small breed should be able to hold it for 2 to 3 hours. but that also depends on how much water they drink. for a small breed i recommend putting ice cubes in the water because it slows down their consumption of water they drink and they can hold it for longer.

Answer 9

It is usually 1 hour for each month of age, plus 1 hour, so a 2-month-old puppy can only hold its potty 3 hours.  You need to take your puppy potty during the night, so set an alarm or timer.

I use a crate* to potty train with, but only for potty training and then I break it down and store it.  I put blankets and a small food and water dish in the crate.  Dogs don't potty where they eat and sleep.  When they are first little, I only expect them to hold their potty for 4 hours, and then 6 hours, then 8 hours and so on.  So when they are first little, I set a timer or alarm clock to wake myself up at night to take them *out.  I only allow my puppy in the bedroom* or the living room, only one room at a time.  They have to graduate to more space.  If I allow them to have full run of the house, it will overwhelm them.  I take them out the same door each time.  I tie a dinner bell to the door handle.  Do not use a jingle bell as they could get their toe caught in it.  So when they are little, I ring the bell for them, and then open the door to go *outside to potty.  When they get bigger, I take their paw and whack the bell and open the door to go potty.  Eventually getting to the place where the puppy will ring the bell and let me know when they need to go potty.  Dogs want to please you, so it is your job to let them know what behaviors please you and what doesn't.  So when my puppy goes potty, I give her a treat*, and clap, and make a fuss and praise her.  So she learns that going potty outside makes me happy.  If she has an accident, make a disgust sound like “tsst”  and take her out right away.  I never yell* or spank* my puppies.  Take them out when they first wake up, after they eat or drink, before nap, finish romping, when their activities change, or when they are sniffing around. Some puppies go pee right away, but may not go p**p until 10 minutes later, so wait for the p**p.  I have a little play time here, because sometimes I think they are done, and they are not.  Puppies train at their own pace.  While I may have a puppy that hasn't had an accident in several weeks, I don't let my guard down.  I don't expect my puppies to be "fully potty trained" until one-year-old.  If they have a setback, shake it off, and start over.  I only have my puppies in the crate when I am not watching them.  When I am sleeping, cooking, ironing, doing chores, basically when I am not watching her.  All other times, she is out of the crate practicing being a "big girl."  This is the time I train her how to behave in the house.  So we are practicing "no barking", 'no biting", "no jumping", and "don't eat the furniture."  I also have to practice "playing inside" so she doesn't knock over things.  You must keep the puppy in sight when they are little because they don’t know the difference between newspaper and carpet, and you don’t want them sneaking off and getting into trouble.   Some puppies can sleep through the night around 3-months-old, but their bladder is grown around 6-months-old.



REVISIONS:

*I use a crate to train with.  It is the method I prefer, compared to other methods I have tried.  I noticed that if they are in the crate, while I am doing chores, they are o.k., because the crate allows them to see me and be re-assured.  The crate can also be a comfort when stored in the basement for dogs who live in areas where thunderstorms and tornados are an issue. .  However, use the method that works best for you.....a laundry basket, a cardboard box, a woof-woof house, x-pen, child gates, whatever works for you.

*Outside, pee pad, litter box, whichever method you are using.   When the puppy is first little, keep the pee pad, litter box near the food and water dish, so the puppy can eat and drink, and then go potty.  You can move it away as they get older.  The pee pad has a scent that smells and initiates potty.  Sometimes a pee pad makes a sound that scares some puppies, so you might want to use a litter box if that happens.  The pee pad allows a puppy to walk around, but a litter box keeps the puppy in one place.

*Bedrooms, I use the bedroom and living room for training, because it works for me.  Choose rooms that work for you, but watch for rooms that are damp, or drafty.  While my puppies sleep in the bedroom during training, once they are trained, I let them sleep where they want to.  They don't have to sleep in the bedroom forever.

*Treats.  While I use treats for training, you don't have to.  I like Charlee Bears for training (a little cracker for a little mouth,) I use them for training, but once they are trained, I cut back on them.

*Some puppies will go potty in the same spot each time.  Some puppies have to be told to go potty.  A command like "go out" for pee, or "go finish" for p**p, might work for you, keep saying “go finish” until the puppy poops.  This is a good thing to train if you travel with your dogs.  By using commands, the puppy won't get confused when you are visiting someone, on vacati