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01-22-2008, 07:29 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: texas
Posts: 563
| New carpet My babies are peepad trained and havent seen carpet for a LONG time. Any ideas how I can stop them from assuming the carpet is a new peepad? |
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01-22-2008, 07:45 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cold Lake, Alberta Canada
Posts: 622
| I will be watching this thread carefully! I am in the same boat and wondering when and if I should put the area rug back down in the living room!
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01-23-2008, 08:08 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MI
Posts: 14
| My suggestion is to place an area rug similar to the carpeting your baby will have access to below the pee pad. This will give the dog a chance to learn it's not a pee pad before the stakes are higher. You might even be able to find a sample carpet tile at a carpet store for free. Tell them you are thinking about installing that type of carpeting in your home and you need to live with it for a couple of days to see if you like it. If they won't bite, ask how much for a 3x5 remnant of a similar carpet. Otherwise you can find inexpensive rugs at stores like IKEA, Target, Walmart, etc. Good luck and I hope you find a good solution. I'll be interested to hear the other suggestions. |
01-23-2008, 10:29 AM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Boston
Posts: 158
| After 5 months, I just put my rugs back into my living room! I put the rugs down before the weekend, so that I knew that I could watch my puppy like a hawk. Sure enough, within 5 minutes, he peed on the rug. I was immediately on him, said, "no!" "bad," and carried him over to his pee pee pad and said "potty." He peed on the rug again later that day, and I did the same thing. Almost a week later, and he hasn't peed on the rug since! And he's home alone all day, but still uses his pad when I'm gone (or at least it seems like he does Good luck! |
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