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Originally Posted by Olivier  Mine go on the pads and outside too . I don't really believe that pee pads slow down potty training . |
You are right...the slowing down of training might just have been my experience.
And the pads did play an important part in the process.
I think that the basic idea of the pads is...not as a stop gap or step in trauing. Instead it's either..train to the pad or tain to the outside or train to a litter box.
Trying to have 2 or 3 places available will likely confuse a young dog.
I eventually felt the my was getting congratulated for being a "good boy" when he used the pad AND when he went out. Soon he didn't know what the congrats were for.
But..I'm glad I still kept some pads on hand in the house...because in the lousy winter snow...I didn't relish letting him out at 15 below with the wind blowing.
One of my problems in the first months was Bentley refused to step on wet grass when he was really small. And in the house he would ONLY pee on the carpet. If I put him a room wuith a waterproof floor (kitchen, laundry or bathroom) with newspaper on the floor...he would not go,
His favorite substrate was carpet or grass! Butit had to be dry grass
He never once wet pooped on the hard floors of the house...or on pavement.
When snow came...fortunately he didn't mind going on that.
By the time grass came again this Spring...he was taller and does not mind stepping in wet morning grass.