Hi,

My 10 week old puppy has recently started peeing in his crate, when he had been dry up until a few days ago. He just got his distemper vaccine a few days ago, would this have interfered with him? I've been following the 4 week schedule and am ready to go to the 5-8 week, but he is not managing to stay dry for the length of time he is supposed to be in the crate. I even have a box in his crate to make his living area smaller. He is wet when I come down in the morning and is whining when I get to him. 10:30 to bed last night and whined at 6:15. During the day, how can I tell if he is whining to go potty or for attention? He does whine for attention too...Should I stay with the 4 week schedule or move on to the next 5-8 week phase?

Thanks so much

I'm curious to hear what you eventually did. I had a Shihtzu pup that did that too and what I found was that as soon as the sun comes up he would wake up and as soon as he woke up he needed to pee immediately. I know a little more now than i did and I now have a schnauzer puppy and decided to get a cover for the crate so that the sun wouldn't wake up the puppy too early and hopefully I can wake up before she does and catch her before she pees. ... Anyway I am hoping to find out what you did to solve your problem. Please post an update!!