Everything about Poop and Pee in Puppies
How often does my puppy need to go out - and are the color and consistency of the poop normal?! And suddenly, you catch yourself as a new dog parent searching through the little ones' feces and would love to keep a record of how often and when pee and poop were done.
To help you become a real pro when it comes to puppy poop, we provide answers to the questions:
How often does my puppy need to go out?
For the training of →housebreaking, it is important that you keep a close eye on your puppy in the first months when it comes to pooping and peeing. Knowing how often a puppy needs to go out and when makes it easier for you to get a feel for it.
Your puppy is younger than 12 weeks
If your puppy is younger than 12 weeks, you can expect that he needs to go outside approximately every 1.5-2 hours to relieve himself. But don't worry! Over time and with age, this interval will increase.
Your puppy is between 12 and 16 weeks old
Between the 12th and 16th week, your puppy will relieve himself about every 3 hours. If you pick up your puppy at 13 weeks from the shelter, you can still start with 1.5-2 hours and then see how well his bladder is functioning.
Your puppy is between 5 and 6 months old
From the 5th month, many puppies manage to only need to go out to relieve themselves every 4 hours. Keep in mind that these are only guidelines. Housebreaking is a very individual topic, and it is not uncommon for some young dogs to take a bit longer before they stop going in the house.
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How often and how long to walk puppies?
Everything is exciting and interesting for young puppies. So if you've gotten a dog and are ready for long walks through parks, forests, and meadows, you will need to be a little patient. Puppies generally don't need that much exercise yet. At the beginning, it is perfectly fine to just walk up and down your street, later take a round around the block, etc. Here, the motto is: Less is more, because too long walks can not only overwhelm your puppy, but they are also not good for the joints!
As a rule of thumb: Five minutes up to a maximum of the number of weeks in life in minutes for walking. This means: If your puppy is 13 weeks old, you should walk him for a maximum of 13 minutes at a time.
How often do puppies poop?
Specifically regarding the question of how often puppies poop, it can be said: This also varies from puppy to puppy. What all little four-legged friends have in common is that the first poop usually happens in the morning right after waking up. Depending on when and →how often you feed your little furball, you can also derive the approximate number of poops. 5-8 poops a day are therefore not unusual, especially since young puppies receive →multiple small meals throughout the day. Also, activity during play and frolicking stimulates bowel activity.
Futtermenge bei Welpen:
Wie viel Futter braucht ein Welpe am Tag?
As your puppy learns to regulate his sphincter muscles over time, he will hold it much longer and the number of poops will decrease.
Too soft or too hard? The stool quality in puppies
Pay attention to the right stool quality with the poops. At first, the stool may still be a bit soft as your puppy might be getting a new food and needs to adjust to it. Several days of →diarrhea or very soft or even liquid stool is not normal and should be checked by a veterinarian.
Also, very hard stool is not good. It can indicate too low fiber in the food, too little fluid, or too little exercise. Make sure you give your puppy →high-quality puppy food. Our Pets Deli Junior food contains everything a young dog needs for development. Perfectly tailored to the nutritional needs of puppies and young dogs and provides sufficient energy for the day.
Für die Kleinen das Leckerste - unser Welpenfutter
How often does a puppy pee?
The sphincter muscle in the bladder of puppies can only hold urine from the 14th to 16th week. This means that your puppy usually needs to pee for the first time of the day just one minute after waking up - so speed is essential here.
Since your puppy drinks several times a day, he also needs to pee accordingly often. Unlike adult dogs, it sometimes only takes minutes for young dogs for the ingested water to find its way back outside. Everything that goes in comes out (very quickly!) again.
Otherwise, especially for young puppies under 12 weeks, the 1.5-2 hours rule applies. Within this interval, you can be sure that your puppy needs to go out to pee.
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Signs for needing to pee or poop:
After sleeping, drinking, eating, and extensive play, your puppy will want to do his business immediately afterward. Signs of this include restlessness, sniffing the ground, and turning in circles. Depending on the amount and frequency of food, activity, and water intake, it varies from puppy to puppy how often he needs to go outside. Including nighttime walks, you can thus end up with up to 15 or more short walks.
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