Excessive puppy urination and thirst

[juxie]

Cosmo's urinalysis came back fine, and his exam showed no problems with his kidneys, bladder or urinary tract. The Vet thought his drinking may just be a water obsession- so there's not much we can do except watch his water consumption and try and control it a little.

At what point will he start to gain some control over his peeing? He doesn't 'act' like hes going to pee before he goes (circling, squatting) he just goes wherever hes standingso its impossible right now to get him outside in time. We're trying paper training while hes peeing so often (5 times in 20 minutes yesterday when he was playing on the deck) but its not going well. I realize hes very young (9 weeks old) but he seems to have a real aversion to going on the paper...he'll go all around it but not on it. We lavish praise on him if he lucks out and does hit paper...and when we catch him peeing elsewhere we gently say 'no', take him to the paper and tell him hes a good boy for peeing on the paper, while petting happily. What am I doing wrong? We trained our chocolate lab this way and it worked SO quickly! We've tried putting puppy pee pads down too, but he won't pee on them either. Thankfully I have an easily scrubbed floor in the room he occupies , I'm scrubbing it two or three times a day.

[Yorkie Lover]

Hi!
My dog Tanner did that. We just had to wait it out. When I came home from dance lessons he'd greet me and pee. He still does it, when he is very excited! I have to greet him outside, where he can pee all he wants. I hope this helps a little!