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Hello! We adopted a puppy on 02/28, and he is now 10 months old. He’s a schnauzer mix, we think with some border collie. He’s been very good, picking up commands fast, generally taking well to his kennel. However, this week he’s had 3 accidents in the house: two of which were today while I was in the room. There was no behavior beforehand that made me think he had to go outside, though he probably had fewer potty opportunities today than normal as he didn’t get an evening walk due to bad weather.

Is this just him being a puppy and being new? We’re going to start giving more regular potty breaks and rewarding with treats when he goes potty outside or asks to go outside. Up until now he’s had no issues holding it overnight, or during the day while kenneled (we work all day, so he has 3-5 hours of kennel time in the morning, then a 30 minute pee and play break with a sitter, then another 4-5 hours of kennel time). As soon as he comes out of the kennel he goes outside for a potty opportunity. Fridays are a different routine because I don’t work so I’m home most of the day. Any insights would be appreciated!

Hey all! First time posting here. I got my dachshund puppy (kaninchen, 9w, girl) yesterday. I'm stressing a bit if I'm not spoiling her. I don't plan on crate training but I'm using play pen for her in living room/office plus small one just with bed and toilet tray in bedroom. My worry is, she can't fall asleep by herself at all.. I have to soothe her first, make her lay down with my hand or something under her and then when she falls asleep I move to do my stuff. After that she sleeps pretty well, wakes up after hour and a half to go pee we play a bit and she goes back to sleep but again, same thing. It was this way both during day and night. It's been 24h since pick up so I feel I'm expecting too much from her but I also don't want her to have issues with sleeping when I'm not around later on. It's my first puppy alone, I only had family dogs (dachshunds as well) so I'm freaking out a bit. I can't figure out where is the line between "she just got separated from her litter" and "it's gonna cause issues later".