How often will my puppy want to go poop or pee?
Every pup is different and every owner's lifestyle is different. In general here is what to expect.
If someone is staying at home:
1) When released from crate - poop & pee
2) After they've eaten, usually within 15-20 minutes later. When I used to train pups at my house, I would release the pups and feed them at the same time, allowing them to eat, go poop/pee, and play outside for 1 hour before bringing them back inside.
3) If being house trained throughout the day, usually 1-2 pees during the day time and usually 1 poop usually around mid afternoon
4) After they eat their dinner
5) Before bed
If you are crating during the day time:
1) When released from crate - poop & pee
2) After they've eaten, usually within 15-20 minutes later When I used to train pups at my house, I would release the pups and feed them at the same time, allowing them to eat, go poop/pee, and play outside for 1 hour before bringing them back inside.
3) If being crated they will usually pee in their crate/diaper the first week or so but most pups are successful at holding their poop because they are immobile. Exercise stimulates their poop.
4) As soon as you get home, release them from their crate to poop outside.
5) After they eat their dinner
6) Before bed TIPS - if leaving to go work, do not leave them in a playpen, it's better to crate them. They will poop/pee in the playpen, setting you back on house training. Diapers work great for both crate & house training. You can buy a 3 pack of washable, very durable/high soak diapers on Amazon for around $15 that work great to psychologically detour them from peeing their crates (they don't like the pee against their skin in the diaper).
Crate Training your Purebred AKC Lab Puppy
Your pup will likely be very sedentary/inhibited for the first few days. By day 4 they will start to get used to their new home and become their self again. Do NOT crate them for the first 3 days, it's just too much for them to take. Wait till day 4. Almost all pups carry coccidia in their intestines. They become immune to it. However, under high stress, coccidia multiplies and can cause diarrhea - usually looks like mucous. If there is blood in their stool, it's likely giardia which they cannot overcome on their own at this stage. Although it's not always avoidable, most often, you can avoid this by NOT crating them until they've adjusted to their new home. Instead of crating them, put down some training pads on your floor (if carpet put a towel under the training pads in case their is a leak through situation). Using their collar, tie the pup to your bed so that they can only move around about 1 foot. Usually around 1am they will start to whimper because they have to go pee/poop. Untie your pup, bring them outside to go poop/pee. By day 4 you can start the overnight crating process. You can also use a playpen instead of tying to a bed.
How to Crate Train Purebred AKC Lab Puppy
Buy a double door crate with divider panel for your Mini Labradoodle Puppy. Generally a 30" works for most pups. Set a routine you can stick to. Try to put your pup to bed when you go to bed so that it's nice & quiet, encouraging sleep. Select a good location. If you have a laundry room with a vent, shut the door and turn on the vent. Create white noise. Use a floor fan in your room and in the pups room. Do not point the fan at you or the pup. Rather, point the fan at the direction the noise would come from. In your room, point the fan away from you in the direction of the pup. The fan will break up the sound wave. In the pup’s room, point the fan in your direction.
Keep in mind that if you wake up in the night to go to the bathroom, any noise you make may wake up the pup. Once they wake up, it's very difficult for your pup to hold their bowels. Take your pup outside to go poop/pee. Some pups take longer than others. If your pup doesn't poop right away, you may have to take him for a walk to stimulate their bowels. Take your pup back to the same place they last pooped. Smelling their old poop often stimulates them to "go". If your pup does not go poop before bed, you will likely wake up to a soiled crate.
The first few nights are hardest but it gets easier as they settle into a routine. When your pup goes poop/pee, be sure to praise and reward them with a tasty piece of chicken. Place a training pad inside the crate. Insert pup. Walk away. Do not cater to your pup no matter what. If you cater to them, they have just trained you to come with their crying. Generally it takes about 1 week for your pup to realize that crying does not work.
Night 1 expect your pup to cry for 1-2 hours, gradually they will reduce the length of their crying.
By about night 6-7 your pup might only cry for 5 minutes.
By week 2, they usually just go right to sleep. If you are having difficulty crate training your Mini Labradoodle Puppy. If you are having a hard time crate training your pup in the sense that they are pooping before bed but pooping again overnight and it's been 10 or more days from starting crate training, go down to feeding your pup just once a day in the morning until they are several weeks older. Sometimes pups just have a hard time adjusting their bowels. The older they get, the easier it gets. You can try going back to 2 feedings per day after you've had clean crates overnight for 2 weeks in a row.
When to stop crating your Purebred AKC Lab Puppy.
When you are away I recommend always crate them. Accidents happen. Dogs have started house fires trying to counter surf. Usually around 2-2.5 years old, you can allow them to freely run about the house when you are home as they are no longer interested in all the puppy follies. Until then, teething, chewing, and house training can really put you at odds with your new family member if you are not controlling their environment. We highly recommend using a playpen and crate combination when you cannot supervise when you are home. The best idea is to crate them overnight and while you are away no matter how old they get.
Pro Training Tip for Crate & House Training:
#1) On your pup's 1st Poop or Pee, grab 2 large baggies and 2 paper towels, scoop up their poop, and wipe up their pee with separate paper towels. Place them in the freezer. As you start to train your pup, take out the baggies of poop & pee, take your pup outside, let them smell the baggies and say "go pee", use a clicker, be sure to reward them when they do their business.
#2) if you are having trouble getting your pup to go pee on command, be sure to use Pro Tip #1 and offer your pup a small drink of water. For whatever reason, often times, drinking a little water, stimulates them to want to pee within a minute of drinking.
