Hey everyone,
My 14-week-old mini poodle had been sleeping through the night (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.) for a couple of weeks, but for the past few days he’s started waking up a lot more.
Last night he woke up at 1:30 a.m. to pee and poop, then again at 3:30 a.m. for a small pee, and we voluntarily took him out again at 6 a.m., where he pooped AGAIN!!!!!!!
His last potty break is at 11 p.m., and he eats dinner around 630-7 p.m. (poops within 5 minutes after). His water bowl is picked up around 8–8:30 p.m.
He used to sleep right through the night without needing to go out, so I’m not sure what changed. His stool has been pretty normal, maybe slightly soft lately but nothing alarming.
Could this be a mini regression? A growth phase? Habit? Dinner too late? I’m trying to figure out if I should just wait it out or tweak his schedule somehow. There is one other possibility and it's a big one so we'll see: We gave him the no-poo chews for a few days but was causing him to get really loose stools so we stopped and it was impossible to get the poop away from him (today would be the first day without them).
Would love to hear if anyone else’s pup went through this at around 13–14 weeks and what helped!
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