New puppy

[Brewster125]

Hello, i have a new pup(9wks), a cross breed foxy and she seems to pee a lot. She drinks heaps of water but i estimate about 20 pee's a day. Does this sound ok or do you think i am just panicy. Thank-you for any help.

[Red931]

Your welcome.

Your puppy is probably just very excited to be part of your family.

Take care.

[Brewster125]

Thank-you for your advise, all help is good help. I took the pup to the vet the day after i got her, for vac's, check-up and to raise any concerns with a clean bill of health. She goes back in two weeks for more vac's and micro-chipping but for the time being i will take the advise i been given and regulate the water situation. Thank-you for your help.

[Red931]

Ghilly has given you some good advice, especially about the Vet visit. I have raised three German Shepherds, one Great Dane, and two English Bulldogs all from about 8 weeks of age when I got them. There is one thing I can tell you for sure and that is that they are all different just like people although certain breeds tend to do certain things.

Some of my Shepherds unrinated alot when I first got them and they were all healthy and lived to be between 12 and 14 years of age. My Great Dane didn't urinate alot when I got her home but crapped a mountain. She also was healthy and lived to be almost 13 years of age which is very good for that breed. The Bullies urinated buckets and pooped pudding six times a day and again, both of them healthy and a handful as we speak.

Take your new puppy to the Vet for the onceover and I'm sure everything is fine.

Enjoy the new addition to your family.

[Ghilly]

Most puppies urinate between 6 and 10 times a day.  Your puppy sounds like she may be drinking excessive amounts of water, and that's responsible for her frequent need to urinate.  

Have you had her checked by your vet since you got her?  Whenever you acquire a new puppy, you should take it to the vet within 48 hours of bringing it home.  The vet can determine whether there are any health conditions (a bladder infection?  cystitis?) that can make housetraining difficult, and treat the puppy for the condition to make training easier.  If you have not yet had her to the vet, make an appointment ASAP so that he can check her out.  If there are no health problems that could be contributing to frequent urination, then try the following.

Unless it is very hot where you live, try limiting her water intake for a few days to see if it makes a difference in how often she pees.  How many times a day are you feeding her?  A puppy her age should be eating three meals a day.  Try just putting down water when you feed her, and offer her one drink in between each meal.  See if that cuts down on how often she goes.  Puppies that  age have no control over their bladder, so as fast as they drink it, they pee it out.  If you can control the intake, you can control the output.  Don't leave water down for her at night until she gets a bit older and the weather gets a bit hotter.  By that time, hopefully she will be well on her way to being housetrained and having water available more often won't create as much work for you.

Ghilly