How often is "normal" for a 4 month old pup to wee? Mine can go outside and perform and within less than 2 mins he can have done it again in the house. He seems worse in the morning and gets better as the day goes on. He always goes when I take him outside and I do this frequently but I am worried that maybe it is a medical problem or that it will hinder toilet training that I cant judge when to take him out.
Jane

Puppies can go an awful lot as they ahven't much voluntary control of their bladdrs which fil up al the time liek ours do, so any excitement, apprehension, play etc are likely to amek them want to go, but when resting they are likely to be able to go about two hours at this age.

Our 10 month old Sheltie girl used to do approx. 4 reasonably sized wees a day from the age of 7 months.  Then she started weeing relatively large amounts each time and had 'accidents' in the house only about 10 minutes after doing a big wee outside.  On several occasions when she was layed on the sofa and got up there was a 'patch' of wee.  I took her to the vets cos I thought it could be a urine infection and she was prescribed a 7 day course of antibiotics.  She was back to normal within 3 days :)  The moral is if it seems excessive to you take pup to the vets

He is drinking an awful lot too. At first I thought it was a nervous reaction to being in a new home but it has continued and he is still drinking and weeing loads. He doesnt drink much through the night though. I have been looking on the net and one website suggested it could be his food. He is still on the same diet that he was on at his previous home but it is not my choice and I will be changing it but I don't want to cause more problems. It also said to restrict his water intake but I'm not sure I agree with that I feel he should have access to water all the time. What do others think? I think a trip to the vet is in order, I need to put my mind at rest.
jane

Hi jane,
Is your dog on dry food and eating it dry? If so, this could be the cause for him drinking alot as they have to try to make up that 70% moisture loss from the food... Still take to the vets though just to double check it isn't anything else. If there aren't any other symptoms then this would be my suspicions!!
Hope everything is alright
Emma

I once calculated from a chart that a 20kg dog on dry food would need at least 2 pints of water  a day, and puppies about twice as much per pound of boy weight.

I've had a similar experience to you peewee. My staffy who is now 18 months old was weeing quite excessively (IMO), up until recently. It had been happening on and off for 2 or 3 months. Sometimes, when he got up from laying somewhere he would leave a damp patch and I wondered what was wrong. Also, he started trembling and really didn't seem himself. I took him off to the vets to have him checked over and they found nothing wrong with him. We put it down to him running up and down the garden and barking incessantly (which he did and when he came back in he was trembling - so we thought it might be something that frightened him in the garden). Then it happened again after my husband told him off for chewing our bed so we just put it down to him being scared. It happened a third time and this time we couldn't think of what had upset him so I took him off to the vets again and they did a urine sample which showed nothing, except that it was very diluted. So they then did a blood test which showed nothing! The vet advised to keep Peps in for 24 hours and and monitor him but I decided against it as he was ok in himself, just the odd occasions. Thankfully he hasn't trembled since so we really don't know why or what triggered it off. Cost me £90 excess though - but I still wonder if he's weeing a bit too much or if it's just him?

just re read my post and I meant that the vet wanted me to take Peps and leave him at the vets for 24 hours but I didn't think that was necessary as he would be too upset to stay somewhere strange and not at home. Plus I'm sure he picked up Kennel Cough from there last time I left him at the vets so I decided against it.

Jane,
if he is on dried food this could be one reason he is drinking excessively.

I would try adding boiled water to his food let it soak so it swells then add a little cold water to make a kind of gravy .
I only give breakfast occasionally dry for the teeth but thier main meals I soak.

If you are really concerned I would try and get a sample and take it to the vets to be tested.

Roni

Thank you for your replies. He is on dry food. I still have him on the diet he arrived on and it is not a brand I usually use so maybe he needs more water with this brand. I will try soaking. He is absolutely fine in every other way. He doesn't drink anywhere near as much during the night so this probably points towards being food related.
jane