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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your puppy need to pee at 4 AM?  Mine did at that age.  We'd let her out and then she'd go right back into her crate and go right back to sleep. The early morning potty breaks phased out as she hit 7 months.

For bedtime, I'd put her in her crate with a peanut butter Kong.  Start with short stints and work up to longer times.  See if she'll learn to settle.  [/quote]

Developmentally speaking, no puppy that's more than miniature size needs to pee in the middle of the night past 6 months. I've fostered litters of medium-ish puppies that were 8 WEEKS that could go the entire night without peeing. Obviously, don't have your puppy drink a ton of water right before bedtime, just like you wouldn't want to do that for yourself!

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If we made her wait she'd literally be dripping pee when we let her out and wouldn't settle.  If we just let her out to pee she'd come right back in and go to sleep.  She's a hound mix and not small.  Perhaps she has a small bladder?  No idea, but it worked for us.  The behavior also abated as she matured just a bit more.  Like I said, by 7 months she'd grown out of it.  It's worth a try for OP.  Better than hours of barking and waking the whole house.  [/quote]

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