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Why is my house-trained puppy suddenly having accidents in the crate?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shorthaired Pointer | Female | unspayed | 7 months and 23 days old | 35 lbs

My 8 month old GSP puppy was doing fine without accidents in the cage during the day but sighing the past 3-4 weeks she has had accidents everyday and been full of pee. What could cause this and is there a way to fix this? She sleeps through the night (8-10hrs) without having to go and when we are home she asked to go out with a decent amount of time in between.

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Answered By Sara Farmer, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on January 3rd, 2020

I’d recommend making an appointment to see your vet since urinsry accidents in a previously house trained dog can be a sign of a urinary tract infection. They can test a urine sample to see if there is infection present.

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