Is it safe to take my puppy's water away two hours before bed?

Congrats on your new puppy! Take Maximus's water away 2-3 hours before bedtime, and have him go potty right before he goes to sleep. When he is fully house trained when he is older, you can leave water out all night. Best of luck.

No, water should be always be available, at least for the first 4-5 months of age. Please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.

I would take away Marley's water at least an hour or two before bed, and then take him out to potty right before bed. Reducing his access to water before bed should hopefully keep him from needing to potty twice in the night. You can also crate him at night, and that will help him hold his bladder overnight.

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! I would highly advice that you leave water available for Toby at all times, including overnight. This is always true for dogs as it is hard to know when exactly they will feel the need of drinking water but it is especially true for puppies as they are a bit harder to predict. Water will prevent dehydration. Have a good evening!

If he is asleep, let him sleep but take him out immediately after he wakes up to go. He should also go out with in 30 minutes of eating and drinking. If you notice him stop playing and start circling, then this is an indication he is about to go. Your time frame is good for waking hours, but through the night, you may have to let him out once until he gets a little bigger to hold it through the night.

Killer might be drinking his urine because he is bored isolated in a room by himself at night. He also might be trying to hide the evidence of an accident if he gets in trouble for peeing in the house. Killer is a young puppy, and he will need to be let out to potty in the night to prevent this. He can be in a crate in his own room, but I would get up at least twice in the night to let him out to potty. While dogs do drink their urine, it's not a behavior that should continue and I would let him out at night a couple of times to keep him from peeing in the house and drinking it.

You've listed Grizzly as 2 months old, and this is still WAY too young to be holding it that young. Puppies do not have developed bladders that can hold their urine that long until they are about 8-9 months of age. The rule of thumb is one hour for every month old your pup is so Grizzly should be going out at a minimum of every two hours. Puppies generally also need to go potty about 15 minutes after waking up, playing, eating, or drinking, so you can use that to start timing his outings and make it a success. Since he is very young, he will also likely need to go out to go potty 1-2 times in the night, even if crate training. I do not recommend withholding water at all as this can lead to health issues.