I have the same problem with my maltese puppy Bentley. He misses the pad and it gets on the floor. I have ordered the pad holders, since they have slightly raised edges I thought that might help him stay on there. My house smells like pee sometimes. He goes to the pad to pee, but he just misses it sometimes and Hannah is better about staying on the pad, but it leaks through or runs off and gets pee under the pad on my hardwood floor. She is 7 months old and he is 3 months old. I have hardwood floors so I have to mop with the swiffer wet jet every day, and then deep clean with Mr. Clean once a week in the potty area and my hardwood is starting to look bad in that area. I hate how the pee will somehow go through or off the pad and when you lift it up the whole floor is wet. I am going to buy some of those cheap braided throw rugs at wal-mart and put them under the pad holder so if the pad leaks through or they miss it, it wont get my hardwood wet, that way I can change them everyday and throw them in the wash and hopefully it will save my hardwood floor. I have also thought about putting a big plastic lid on the floor under the pads (the ones that go on the big storage containers that you put quilts and stuff like that in). I think that will work good too, since it has raised edges and it is bigger, so it they miss the pad they are still on the plastic lid and off the floor. Sorry this is so long but its something I have been stressing over too. |