Just was given a stray puppy that the vet believes to be around 7 weeks old. Black lab, possibly missed with pit bull, 10 lbs. Anyway, I’m reading that the puppies bladder is such that he’ll need to go pee every few hours. So, I’m setting my alarm clock and waking up the puppy. Should I just wait to see if he wakes me barking? The first few nights we had him, he urinated on his puppy bedding and barked all night, even immediately after putting him in the crate. Now we have a blankie in his crate and he hasn’t had accidents and hasn’t been barking. Don’t want to be washing his blankie in the middle of the night so I’m waking him/and me to take him out. Should I test the waters (no alarm clock) or keep doing what I’m doing? Suggestions please. Thank you, J
Thank you everyone for your helpful advice. I set my alarm last night for 2 a.m. after putty puppy down at 11 p.m. He was sleeping and dry and went pee outside. Then I didn’t re-set my alarm and got up at 7:30 and puppy was sleeping but had a wet blankie. He never barked. Having 2 young kids, I’m SURE I would have heard him as I’ve certainly heard him before. Good news is that when my hubby is back home (he was out of town last night), I can have him take puppy out at 4 - 5 a.m. when he’s off to the gym anyway. Then I’ll only need to get up once. Anyone know at what age his bladder will be strong enough to hold all night?

I have 130 ft of lakefront property and am wondering if I can set up a laser or something that would run parallel to the shoreline and sound a signal or alarm when someone crosses over it towards the water. I have 2 young kids and this seems like it would be a good safety feature. I know there are laser sensors that do this in the garage, but this would have to stretch much farther obviously. Or if not a laser beam, possibly another idea?