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08-26-2011, 04:53 AM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Homestead, FL
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| Any recommendations on how to stop the ripping of the wee wee pads??..lol Hey all! I love my babies but potty training has been quite an adventure. Anyhow, if i leave them full roam of the family room they won't rip the wee wee pads yet they also have accidents. Since I have three small breeds, I can't tell who the culprit is. So I decided to corral them in a smaller space with a wee wee pad when no one is able to watch them. It is when they're in this area that they rip up the pad...lol. They have toys, their crates and beds as well as water... Yet, the wee pad seems like their target. Any advice? Oh and I tried taping it to the floor and ended up with "mummified" pups instead....lol. |
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08-26-2011, 05:20 AM | #2 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: crane mo
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| Ha ha! Mine do the same thing! I have watched them and they use the pads as a wrestling mat Sorry, I don't know how to get them to stop, I just straighten it out as I walk past. Good luck! |
08-26-2011, 05:28 AM | #3 |
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| Buy washable pee pads. They're cheaper in the long run and they can't rip them up.
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08-26-2011, 05:30 AM | #4 |
Lola's Love Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mill Valley, CA, USA
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| Washable pads may be a great alternative for the pups. Will save you from cleaning up all the fluff.
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08-26-2011, 06:05 AM | #5 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East Tn
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| My Chloe does the same thing. The only fear I have of the washable ones, I've heard many stories that some dogs will confuse them with throw rugs and then you have an issue of accidents on every throw rug in the house. My best friend who has a yorkie has this problem because of using the washable pads. |
08-26-2011, 06:12 AM | #6 |
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| Personally, I put the washable pee pad on a puppy pad holder...and I think that helps them differentiate between other rugs in the house...since it's elevated in comparison to other things. That's just my experience though.
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08-26-2011, 06:26 AM | #7 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NY
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| I buy my pads at Walmart and they come with a large plastic frame that you put them in. When Gracie was a puppy I just bought the pads but of course she thought it was great fun to drag them around and she would try to rip them apart. I went back to the store and got 2 frames that are made for the pads to go in. She never bothered with playing with them after they were in the frames. She was always attracted to them to pee and poo on. I never had much of a problem breaking her but I never let her wander freely through the home unattended until I was confident she was fully trained. |
08-26-2011, 09:20 AM | #8 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Vancouver
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| Spray bitter apple on the pad. But some dogs like the taste of that! My Hailey is one! Or buy a tray holder to hold all the corners of the pad
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08-26-2011, 09:28 AM | #9 |
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| Have you tried putting the pads in a pad holder?
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08-26-2011, 09:46 AM | #10 |
♥ Jack & Josie ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: FL
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| Josie was the one who got jack started on ripping the potty pads. He never did till she come alone. I tried the trays she/they would rip them out of the trays too. We use the washable pads now. And yes they have used my throw rugs for potty pads too. I think most of that is my little Queen who thinks she can if she wants to. Most of the time she will use the potty pad though. |
08-28-2011, 12:21 PM | #11 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Homestead, FL
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| Hey all! Sorry for the late reply. I tried the holder but they started sleeping in it...lol. I've wanted to try the washable ones but was afraid of they would confuse it with a rug. Now the holder I used wasn't a frame, it kind of looked like a bed. I'm going to try that and if not, the washable ones. I'll let you know :-) |
08-28-2011, 12:26 PM | #12 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Staten Island NY
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| The holder frames did work for us. Jamie ripped the wee wee pads up until we started putting them in frames. Good luck. |
08-28-2011, 12:26 PM | #13 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: columbus ohio
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| i have a large tray for mine I got on ebay that holds down the potty pads. I bought a larger and smaller tray and found all the small dogs that are here like the larger pad space. It holds them down well since it has that top edge that goes over and a few places on the tray where you push it and the rubber grips also help keep it in place |
08-28-2011, 12:44 PM | #14 |
Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades
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| Scoobers ripped disposabl pads then pottied on the shreds! Definitely try the washable pads; just put them in the same place every time and use the same pads, it's repetition that creates the pad training (like everything else). Trust me they'll know and won't potty on your rug, but personally I hung the bath rug on the towel hanger just because.
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08-28-2011, 12:58 PM | #15 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Georgia
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| This is why with 4 Yorkies I started using the washable pads, it always looked like it snowed in my sunroom.
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