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I don't usually bring puppies home until they're even older than 11 weeks and at that age, they all need to go outside at least once, sometimes twice during the night. I put the crate near my bed, so I hear them when they start to fuss.
If you can get the puppy on a schedule, it's a great help. Take her outside to potty whenever she wakes up, after about 20 minutes of playing, 10-20 minutes after eating, and about every 20-30 minutes while awake and active.
Puppies spend a lot of time sleeping, so you don't have to spend all your waking hours taking the pup outside every 20 minutes. You can learn to work around your pup's natural sleeping-eating-waking/playing rhythms.
That said, I strongly agree with the earlier suggestions to have the pup evaluated to be sure there isn't an underlying medical issue. Good luck.
If you can get the puppy on a schedule, it's a great help. Take her outside to potty whenever she wakes up, after about 20 minutes of playing, 10-20 minutes after eating, and about every 20-30 minutes while awake and active.
Puppies spend a lot of time sleeping, so you don't have to spend all your waking hours taking the pup outside every 20 minutes. You can learn to work around your pup's natural sleeping-eating-waking/playing rhythms.
That said, I strongly agree with the earlier suggestions to have the pup evaluated to be sure there isn't an underlying medical issue. Good luck.
