So Maggie has been doing really well. She's been crate training since about 7 weeks, nearly a month now, and has had zero accidents. I had a question about giving her water at night though / in the middle of the night.
so last night I put her to bed about 9:30pm. About 1am she woke me up going nuts....she ran to the water bowl and I let her have a few licks of water, then I took her outside. She peed and I put her back in her crate. She didn't wake me up again, well, after I harped on her for a minute at first to be quiet. She was whining and scratching at the crate door.
This morning she went out of her crate and ran straight to the bathroom door. She wouldn't budge. So I let her in and she drank up some water. THEN she went outside. Normally she bolts to the door to go out. So. I admit. Bad Mommy, she was obviously more thirsty then I realized.
I know she can make it through the night without having an accident in the crate and without going out. Should I put a small bowl of water in her crate so she doesn't wake me up thirsty? Or ..... ????
Obviously my goal her is to not be woken up because she's thirsty, only if she REALLY has to go.
Thanks in advance!!!!
so last night I put her to bed about 9:30pm. About 1am she woke me up going nuts....she ran to the water bowl and I let her have a few licks of water, then I took her outside. She peed and I put her back in her crate. She didn't wake me up again, well, after I harped on her for a minute at first to be quiet. She was whining and scratching at the crate door.
This morning she went out of her crate and ran straight to the bathroom door. She wouldn't budge. So I let her in and she drank up some water. THEN she went outside. Normally she bolts to the door to go out. So. I admit. Bad Mommy, she was obviously more thirsty then I realized.
I know she can make it through the night without having an accident in the crate and without going out. Should I put a small bowl of water in her crate so she doesn't wake me up thirsty? Or ..... ????
Obviously my goal her is to not be woken up because she's thirsty, only if she REALLY has to go.
Thanks in advance!!!!