Hi everyone,

I know there are a lot of posts on here about potty training (I've read many of them) but what I'm looking for here is more feedback on all of your experience.

We've been struggling with getting our 3.5 month old pup, Jerry to last consistent intervals through the night.  Daytime potty training is what it is.  Don't take your eye off or ELSE!  And crate training is going well in helping with regulating accidents during the day.  Same goes at night.  He's relaxed and sleeping fine in his crate.  No accidents unless we can't get from our bed to his crate fast enough.

We take him out and have him do his business without any fanfare.  Unless there's a really distracting leaf or sound, it's quick and painless.  Back in his crate he goes, and as long as I know he's "empty" I don't pay attention to his momentary whining when he'd much rather be playing.  He goes back to sleep in a few minutes anyway.

Where we're struggling is timing.  Since we've had him, we've been working to increase the number of hours between bathroom breaks.  So far we've cycled from 2-4 up and down a few times, with no real consistency.  2 steps forward, 1 step back kind of thing.

We finally made it up to 4 hours again, when he decided he couldn't last until 6am (morning wake up).  Then I tried adjusting the timing so he had less time before 6am, but now he's been waking up at 12am (2 hours after "bed time") a few nights in a row.  He doesn't cry and make as fuss, but I can hear him shake and move around around which means "I have to go!"

What I'm curious about is, how long does the average 3.5 month old corgi puppy last around that age? 3-4 hours?  All night?  Is there a way we can improve our methods?  What have your experiences been?  I'm not expecting miracles for my puppy (he already knows how to shake, what more could I ask for??) but I'm REALLY curious if our issues are normal, abnormal for his age.

Thanks so much for your feedback!