We have a new Labrador puupy (10 weeks) who is doing extremely well in adjusting to her new life. We have no problems really but she has started weeing in her bed (crate) at night, although she never cries, except for the first few days. She normally goes to her bed around 11:30pm and barks around 7:00am and we then let her straight outside where she goes in her usual place. We give her milk around 9:00pm every night and then she usually goes to the toilet outside 2-3 times before she goes to bed. Anybody got any suggestions why she might be doing this?

Hi,

At 10 weeks she still has no proper bladder control so although to normal folks she seems to be in her bed for a very short time and is toileted late at night and first thing in the morning it is probably still too long a period for her to hang on :-(   Puppies do generally try not to wet their own sleeping area and crates are a great help but try not to expect too much too soon.

I have water bowls in every room in my house and also in the puppy crate overnight - but what I wouldn't do is feed a *liquid* meal so late as 9-00 pm.  Personally I'm one of several people on here who would not ever give milk to a puppy (or adult) anyway so basically mine don't have large drinks - only free access to water which they tend to use simply to quench their thirst.  Cutting out the milk drink will probably help you overcome this stage more quickly.  If you think she needs somethng else in her tummy simply give her a little more of her puppy kibble (or whatever you are feeding normally) to stop her being hungry :-)

Good luck, Teri 

Hi my pup does that too. When we was it then hang it in the kitchen he pulls it off the chair and puts ir by the aga! We give hin some pillows and his towl to cover it and becauce he likes his bed more, he'll soon learn that if he does have an accident, his bed will be taken away. We've also discovered that he goes aroung 4:30 am. So now one of us gets up at 4:00 am and takes him out. It's really working and he's really settling in fee fee :-p