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05-21-2006, 05:07 AM | #1 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NY
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| wiz dog and pee pads Okay, here's a long one for ya! I never had a pee pad trained dog and many of my friends said that it would be a disaster for the whole of my dogs life if I did that. I contiplated and posted on yorkie groups for months. I settled on the Wiz Dog. I figured it was "different" feel enough from a carpet. I was going to train him to tell us when he needed to go to the bathroom, but when we were gone, put that down. Well, things changed dramatically when I actually got the puppy. He practically refused to go outside. If I had a normal job, housebreaking would have been more of a nightmare but luckily I own my own business. He was using washable pee pads at the breeders and it took a while to get him used to the paper ones. Now, the only thing he confuses is a bathroom matt or towel in the bathroom. After much headache and findng what worked to get him to "go". (He has the worlds best bladder I've ever seen), I now have a pad in the bathroom and he will use it even if he is running around the house and will go in my fathers bathroom (I visit there often for work) as well on that pad. Great...still not "asking" to go out or to the bathroom but I can't tell you how much this helps. It separates and tells him "where" he can "go" and is a lifesaver in the pouring rain and when my mother has to watch him. Here is my issue. These pads are getting quite expensive and now with a new pup coming...ugh. Would it be too confusing to use the Wiz Dog at home and for long stays somewhere (so I can put newspaper under the grate to save money) but also train him on pee pads and outdoor? Let me give you an example of why I would still need pee pads. Let's say I take him to the rink (where I work) and he has to "go". It is pouring rain out. If he gets wet, he will get sick in the rink because of the coldness. Taking him into a bathroom and saying "go pee" (he is 99% trained to go on command right now) on a pee pad would be a GREAT help. The Wiz dog is too bulky to travel with on errands and for things like that. Let me also say...my climate that I live in...stinks!! LONG COLD winters...very harsh and right now...TONS of rain. So what do you think? suzie |
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05-21-2006, 05:15 AM | #2 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: INDIANA
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| Parker is trained on wee pads, and I also got his poochie bells and hung on the back door. When he has to go out he will ring them most of the time. If not he uses the pee pads. He doesnt like to go out when its raining, so the pee pads really help. You can get the poochie bells by doing an online seach. Mine was $15.00 and he caught on within two or three days. Each time you want them to go outside, go over to the door and say, lets go potty, you ring the bell and they will usually jump and try to ring them and get excited. Let them potty outside and as soon as they do, have a cherrio and tell them good boy or girl and give them the cherrio at the same time. When Parker goes outside now as soon as he is done, he is running over to get that cherrio. Hope this helps, and good luck |
05-21-2006, 07:46 AM | #3 |
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| I didn't know what a Wizdog was, I had to look it up. I'm thinking that since he is used to pee pads, you could start by putting the wizdog in the place of the pee pad, and place a pee pad on top of it until he gets used to it. It's really hard to say if it would confuse him. some dogs seem to catch on to things rather quickly and others seem to be very resistant to change. I am also using the pee pads and outdoors. I'm planning to put in a new storm door with a doggie door in it, hoping it will cut down on the pee pad use. Also, I don't know where you are getting your pee pads, but you can get hospital pads at Sams club for a fraction of the cost. I got a box of 120 for $25 |
05-21-2006, 03:58 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | Cali will onlu use pee pads. When we go for walks she waits till we get home and goes on her pad. Even though my Pom is completely outdoor trained. Thanks for the tip on Pads at Sam's
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05-22-2006, 06:13 AM | #5 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NY
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| sams pads Do you put a scent or something on them so that they know where to go and don't get them confused with say bathroom or kitchen matts? suzie |
05-22-2006, 11:21 AM | #6 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Brooklyn, New York
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| I use wee wee pads or those underpads-well Tyson will pee on them but he refuses to poop on them & it drives me crazy-I have no idea what to do about that |
05-23-2006, 11:24 AM | #7 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
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| i tried to save some money too and used newspaper, well that didnt work to well, had to go back to wee pads... go to petedge.com, there are cheap there if you buy bulk, but you have to spend a certain amount of money for free shipping....
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