Hello, I'd be grateful for any help with a confusing problem we're having with our 14 week old English Springer puppy and her toilet training.

In the evenings she does not really seem to be able to control her bladder (or can and is being obstinate!) for example in the last hour and a half with me in the kitchen she has pee'd 3 times outside and two large puddles inside. The second of these was just after she had been in the garden on her own for 3 minutes! The other did have a warning whine, but as she had just pee'd on command literally 10 minutes before I didn't think she could possibly have that much wee in her again!

We are currently using the cage method to try and teach her as initially we gave her too much freedom and she just pee'd constantly in the kitchen (every 20 mins in the evening), despite our (hourly) frequent visits to the garden. She is able to hold her bladder in the cage and during free time in the day for an hour to an hour and 30 mins (and all through the night without problem) and she understands and goes on command outside.

We have supervised the amount of fluid she takes in, but this still bears no great correlation to the amount of wee. She is otherwise fit and well (no UTI that I can see as pee in clear and non-foul smelling!). Any help or insight into this would be gratefully appreciated as I want to be able to have her out of the cage for longer periods as she doesn't exactly love being in there!

Many thanks, Adam.