Good morning Kristin!
Welcome to the forum. Maggie is adorable! I have a puppy in my current litter that looks just like her! Very cute! (Go to the photo albums on this site and you will see a huge variety of F1 pictures...they are really cute!)
Oh, my goodness! You are neighbors to Susie and Abbie!!! Yayyyyy!!! Susie has been dying for doodle company! I suspect that you and Maggie will have a wonderful mentor in Susie and Abbie too.
I don't think I have ever met a dog lover like Susie. She will be a big help to you...
Hey, Susie, now you can have a doodle romp! Cool!!
About the crate and peeing...is the crate too large for her? It should be blocked off if it is. She needs just enough room to move around comfortably.
Also...I think that your problem is that you are so far away from her you can't get to her when she wakes up. Puppies are funny, the very first thing they do when they wake up is potty! They don't think about it, they just do it. So, if she has a comfie place to potty she will just naturally get up and go.
Since she isn't giving signals, you might want to wake her up and take her out until she gets the idea. Then she should wake you up somehow, when she wants to go. They are creatures of habit.
Be sure to clean up her potty area in the crate...remove the scent.
Also, when my puppies were small, I put a puppy pad in the crate for them. Don't worry, they still learn to go potty outside...but when the inevitable accident happens, it happens in a controlled area, easy to clean up. (Many people fear that using puppy pads makes them think it is okay to potty inside, I disagree. My experience has been that they only use the pad if they can't hold it.)
Welcome to the forum. Maggie is adorable! I have a puppy in my current litter that looks just like her! Very cute! (Go to the photo albums on this site and you will see a huge variety of F1 pictures...they are really cute!)
Oh, my goodness! You are neighbors to Susie and Abbie!!! Yayyyyy!!! Susie has been dying for doodle company! I suspect that you and Maggie will have a wonderful mentor in Susie and Abbie too.
I don't think I have ever met a dog lover like Susie. She will be a big help to you...
Hey, Susie, now you can have a doodle romp! Cool!!
About the crate and peeing...is the crate too large for her? It should be blocked off if it is. She needs just enough room to move around comfortably.
Also...I think that your problem is that you are so far away from her you can't get to her when she wakes up. Puppies are funny, the very first thing they do when they wake up is potty! They don't think about it, they just do it. So, if she has a comfie place to potty she will just naturally get up and go.
Since she isn't giving signals, you might want to wake her up and take her out until she gets the idea. Then she should wake you up somehow, when she wants to go. They are creatures of habit.
Be sure to clean up her potty area in the crate...remove the scent.
Also, when my puppies were small, I put a puppy pad in the crate for them. Don't worry, they still learn to go potty outside...but when the inevitable accident happens, it happens in a controlled area, easy to clean up. (Many people fear that using puppy pads makes them think it is okay to potty inside, I disagree. My experience has been that they only use the pad if they can't hold it.)
