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Why does my dog suddenly pee in her crate???!!!?

I have a 14 week old puppy. We have had her since she was 5 weeks. We keep her in her crate when we are not watching her to help aid in house training. Of course she has accidents on the carpet, about 1 a day, and she peed in her cage a few times when we first got her (which goes against how it should be according to everything I have read), but then she went about 4-5 weeks of NOT going in her cage ( I work at night so if I worked the night before then I get up and let her out every 3 hours), in fact she even went 12 hours once on accident due to a family emergency and didn't do anything in her cage. Why is she all of a sudden for the past week peeing in her cage up to 3 times a day????, even if she just went out 25 minutes earlier. She has the same water available as she always has (just one of those water bottles to lick while in her crate) I don't think she has an infection, the pee is clear yellow. I don't get it, I am at my wits end!

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1. Try not leaving water in the crate with her. When puppies get nervous they tend to drink in excess. I had to pick up the water when i was not there so my dog would not drink 24/7. If she is upset you are gone or not there she may drink and have to pee quite often, even though she is in her crate and probably doesn't want to go where she 'lives' but she can't help it. Only allow her access to water when you are there or during meals.

2. Maybe you should take her to the vet she might have a urinary tract infection or something else.

3. try not to leave the water dish out for her.
my dad's friend just got a puppy from the humane society
and she used to pee everywhere too
but then the owner started to not leave the water dish
out as much (like shed leave it out for an hour and then
take it away or shed put it out and make sure the puppy
got plenty to drink and then put it away)
it seems to be working pretty good!
plus make sure u take the puppy out to pee
at least every 1/2 hour!!

4. Sounds like it could be an infection. Get her checked by the vet to rule out a medical problem. Sometimes the only symptom of an illness is a change in behavior - her urine may look normal, but urinating more often is a classic sign of an infection.