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

[Meredith C]

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!

 

[aspirinmornings]

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.