So, have you had enough? Raising a new puppy is hard. They are like babies, so you have to be on duty 24/7. But puppies grow faster than babies. So nighttime potty training of puppies is the hard work of just a few months. Your puppy will start sleeping through the night without peeing in a few months, but when? Let’s discuss.
When Can Puppies Sleep Through The Night Without Peeing?
Young puppies need between 1-4 potty breaks at night, depending upon their age. For example, a 12-week old puppy may need 2-3 potty breaks if he sleeps 8-9 hours.
As he grows older, the number of potty breaks will reduce. By the age of 4-5 months, he should be good with only one potty break. Your puppy can sleep through the night without peeing by the time he is 6-7 months old.
If you reduce the number of potty breaks at night and your puppy has an accident, it is a sign that he is not ready for the upgrade yet. Return to the previous routine and try in a few weeks.
When Can Small Breed Puppies Sleep Through The Night Without Peeing?
Small breed puppies take longer to sleep through the night without peeing. So, if your puppy is from a tiny breed, he may require a couple of potty breaks at night but don’t worry, once he is potty trained, he will go on his own. Just keep the door unlocked.
You can stop waking up to take a small breed puppy to the toilet by the time he is around one year old.
How to help a puppy sleep through the night without needing a toilet break?
Here are a few tips that will help you make your puppy sleep through the night without going to potty break.
1- Remove food and water before bed:
Your puppy must finish the dinner at least 2-4 hours before bed to digest the food. You will save a long nighttime potty break.
Remove the water bowl at least 2 hours before your puppy goes to sleep. This is to ensure that the puppy empties his bladder before bed. Also, it’s a prevention from having an accident in the crate.
2- Give a potty break right before bed:
Even if your puppy urinated an hour ago, you must build a habit of taking him to pee outside right before bed.
He will empty his bladder and won’t pee in the crate.
3- Have a fixed schedule:
Having a fixed schedule is super important when you are training your puppy. You won’t understand your puppy’s nature, habits, and routine.
Knowing that your puppy needs a potty break after how much time of certain activities is crucial. So, you can take him to the toilet in time and avoid accidents in the wrong place.
Your puppy will also be confused if he is not getting a fixed routine.
4- Your puppy should have enough exercise during the day:
You must provide your puppy with enough exercise during the day. So that he could sleep peacefully at night.
If he wakes up, he will require potty breaks, and maybe he would want some water or food that will eventually result in extra potty breaks.
So do everything that can help your puppy sleep peacefully through the night.
5- Don’t underestimate crate training:
Crate training helps with potty training. It also helps with the peaceful sleeping of dogs and puppies.
AKC states, “When talking with people whose dogs are regressing in housetraining or not sleeping as long as they could at night, our advice almost always includes using a crate.”
Your puppy will sleep better at night, so don’t think confining a puppy at night in a crate is cruel.
Get an appropriate size of crate for your canine and he will sleep peacefully throughout the night without peeing (given that he is at least 6-7 months old)
6- Set up a pet camera:
A pet camera helps track your puppy’s routine when you are asleep. You can watch the recording to see if your puppy sleeps through the night or he wakes up.
LaView Cameras for Home is a good choice for your home. You can watch the recording through the app.
Here are a few more questions that people usually ask:
At what age can a puppy go 8 hours without peeing?
By the age of 8-9 months old, your puppy should be able to control the bladder for straight 8 hours. But small breed dogs may not hold it for that long, so it is best to give them a potty break after 4-5 hours.
Every dog and puppy has habits, so track your canine’s routine and see when he needs a potty break.
At what age can a puppy sleep for 8 hours without peeing?
Your puppy should be able to sleep for 8 hours at night without peeing by the time he is 6-7 months old.
However, a small breed puppy might still need at least one potty break at night, but don’t worry, once he is an adult dog and knows how to go on his own, he will take care of his business at night.
Can a 12-week old puppy hold it through the night?
A 12-week old puppy needs a toilet break after almost every 3 hours; he may need 2-3 potty breaks at night.
So, a 12-week old puppy cannot hold his bladder overnight.
Can puppies sleep through the night without water?
It seems cruel, but puppies can sleep through the night without food or water. It also helps in potty training. You will not have to take him to the toilet throughout the night.
However, when your puppy becomes a fully potty-trained dog and knows how to visit the toilet independently, you can leave the water bowl available for him at night.
Final thoughts:
The reality is, every puppy is different. Every breed is different, but as a general estimate, a puppy can sleep through the night without peeing by the time he is 6-7 months old.
However, a tiny breed dog may still need at least one toilet break at night, so you will have to take him to the potty spot until he is fully potty trained.
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