At what age is a chihuahua puppy able to hold his potty thru the night?
At what age is a chihuahua puppy able to hold his potty thru the night?
From my experience, a chihuahua should be able to sleep through the night at around 6-7 months. But this is highly individual, just like people. Some people, no matter how old they are, have to get up several times a night to go to the bathroom. The same is true for chihuahuas. It’s not so much dependent on age, as on the individual dog. I have a routine with my dogs before going to bed, I tell them “beddy bye bye” and I bring them to the paper. I wait for them to drink some water and go potty before they go to sleep.
Most dogs know instinctively not to go potty in their own beds. So if your chihuahua is sleeping in his crate, he wouldn’t want to soil his bedding. If he needs to go, he might whine or scratch the door to be let out.
Tags: Chihuahua Puppy, Housebreaking, Training
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May 3, 2008
Natalie :
Tequila, my 5 month old chihuahua, sleeps in bed with me. I’ve potty trained her using the scented floor diapers and she knows that if she needs to go potty she has to run into the bathroom where her diaper is. I got her when she was about 2 months old and at her 3rd month she was already sleeping through the entire night and waking up in the morning to run to the bathroom. My secret was that I gave her about ten minutes to eat her food (her hamster sized plates are in the bathroom) and then she learnt to automatically go potty after she ate. She also learnt that if she did everything in the bathroom she would have my permission to wander around the house. At the beginning of course she did not understand that she had to use the diapers, but she gradually understood. She first urinated on the diapers and then she learnt she had to poop on them too. I must say Chihuahuas are probably one of the most intelligent breeds alive!!
Cindy :
Yes, chihuahuas are smarter than most people think. They certainly do not let their small size get in the way of learning anything. My dog Dottie wakes me up at night by pawing on my arm to let her down from the bed to go the bathroom or get a drink of water.