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Just thought I'd put up a few pictures... the first is when he was eight weeks, and the second is when he was about 3.5 months!

Sam seems to need to pee way more than usual today. He hasn't drank more than a bowl of water since this morning, but he's begging to go out and pee almost every hour (way more frequently than usual) and he's peeing a LOT each time. He's also had several accidents in the house today, which he rarely does now. How could he be peeing so much, especially as he hasn't drunk much? Could this be a sign of a UTI?

My Sammy is a 3.5 month-old berner pup, and we're working on the housebreaking. He's actually quite good about going outside, in a consistent place, every time I take him. The trick is to take him often, because I'm not at all convinced he really realizes when he has to pee. I take him out FIRST THING after every meal, and every two hours or so outside of that. He has no accidents most days, and he can sleep through the night without peeing in his crate, so if you're not using a crate, that might be a good thing to try as it really seems to work for Sammy.

He does have accidents, though. It's funny, I think he just doesn't quite know when he has to pee, or even when he is peeing! Sometimes (not often, thankfully!) he will actually walk around the house while peeing, dribbling everywhere! Messy! He especially will accidentally pee right after he's eaten, or when he's really excited. I pick him up as soon as I see him go, and take him right outside. Outside, I always praise him for peeing where he is supposed to, and inside, I only reprimand him if I catch him. Even then, maybe sometimes I'm too easy on him, because I think he knows he's SUPPOSED to go outside, but he just can't tell yet when he has to go enough to give me a warning. So I watch him like a hawk, and take him outside a lot!

I'm glad to see someone else with a berner on here! Sammy is my first dog (as an adult, that is), and I am just so proud of him! I think he is the smartest. I'm working on the bell thing with him, but he doesn't get it yet. We'll get there!

I've got him in there right now, chewing on his puppy kong with peanut butter, and he seems happy enough for the moment! Maybe he's learning... Thanks for the idea!

We had puppy class this morning, and sure enough, this guy is a cane corso! He's bigger this week, too. He's about 4.5 months old.

hmm, kind of, yes. Although somehow not quite as scary. But that is definitely the general idea. Is that some specific problem?

About the flexi leads- seems to me that the problem isn't the lead, but the way some, and not all, people use it. My parents have always used one of these with our golden, and I guess I don't see the problem with it. They live in a very small town, and with the flexi lead, the dog can get away from the road into the woods a short ways to go to the bathroom, or, if they're in town with her, they can just keep her on a shorter leash. With her, it works- she's well-trained and very laid back, and she doesn't get out of their control on the leash. Certainly, I have seen these be problematic in the hands of some users, and as a city liver myself, I can't see the use of one in the city. But it seems a little presumptious to assume they have no purpose, and that people who use them are hopelessly misguided or downright rude. I don't like to think that is the case with my parents!

And jumping to a different topic, I completely feel your pain all on people who are overly hands-on with your dog! Goodness, it's hard to convince a puppy that he ought NOT to chew on people's hands when every person we pass in the street encourages him to do so, because it's "just so cute." hmmph. Guess it can't be helped with a puppy everyone wants to love!