Hi Guys! Looking for sugestions. I have a 10 week old Weim who is normally a gem but crys constantly at night. He crys to get out if his crate in the middle of the night every hour and I'm having a hard time telling if it is protest or having to use the potty. We have our crate in the living room where we spend most of our time and he goes in fine when we tell him to "go to his bed". If I sleep in my room I'm up every hour if I sleep on the couch I still only get about 3. We have tried buying a "heart beat bear" to make him feel like he has someone in there with him and have even went as far as to making him a CD with heart tones on it that plays all night. Nothing helps. Our other problem is that he pees in his crate if left alone even if fully relieved right before us leaving the house. The crate is made small for him but he will pee within 15 min of us leaving and then lay in it. We have not been able to leave our house for more then 20 min. I just don't know what else to try. Any suggestions??
Thanks!! :confused:

No magic bullet, but there is a couple of things that will help in the sticky starting at https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/dogs/i...tml#post251802
A kong stuffed with peanut butter could help too.

OK Labman tried all the suggestions and my weim seemed to be doing great! I put in his heart beat bear back into his crate to keep him company and last night I awoke to himcrying in his crate to go out. When I took him out he didn't use the potty. I went back in to have a look in his crate to see if it was wet and it seemed dry until I touched his bear. It was soaked! Do you think he was smart enough to urinate on the bear so that it would be absorbed? So that he wouldn't have to lay in it? And lastly, is it normal for a 12wk old puppy to still not be sleeping through the night? He gets a long walk before bed (8:30pm) and out again at 10:30. He is still waking up at 1:30-2am to be let out and again at 6am. Is this normal and if so when does it stop?

Thanks!

Glad things are helping. I hope the bear was washable. I think they are usually sleeping through the night by then. Try more walking at the 10:30 outing, and taking up the water after the 7:30 one.

Hey Lab man so we have a new issue with my 12wk old weim. So I work evenings and my husband is home with the dog at night and every time I call home to check in and see how everyone is doing all I get is a list of bad reports about the dog. Tonight I called to find out that he urinated in the house twice and in his crate once. I've only been away from home for 3 hours? Could this be separation anxiety from me not being there? Any other suggestions on treating this so my husband doesn't lose his mind?
Thanks!

The books suggest otherwise, but dogs do seem to be adept at getting attention by urinating. Perhaps you need to arrange the furniture like I have so the door is right in the corner of my eye when I am at the computer. A 12week old takes constant attention.