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Originally Posted by pepe mint  what do you keep in the playpen? how do you keep it from getting ruined if they have accidents that are not on the pee pad?? do you line the entire bottom with pee pads to begin with?
i think she prefers the playpen too (she has already bought one LOL) but she just doesn't know exactly how to use it effectively
and neither do i since i have never tried it |
You can line the bottom of the playpen with a plastic tablecloth, then a blanket on top. That would keep the bottom from getting ruined. The best ones are probably the ones that are plastic or vinyl on one side with a felt backing.
When I had Lily, I learned something that worked really well for her. I kept her in a travel crate because I had to keep her warm. My vet had told me that Hydrocephalus pups usually don't care whether or not they lay in their own urine. I found that not to be the case with Lily. She would look for a corner of the crate that wasn't covered and go there if I didn't pay attention. So, I had a fleece lining in the bottom of the crate, and then I put baby receiving blankets in there and made sure the entire bottom of the crate was covered with the blankets, especially the corners. That way, she would cry to let me know she had to potty. She never once had an accident in her crate, which I found amazing since she was so young and she was sick. So, I'm thinking if the entire bottom of a playpen was covered with plastic and then a blanket on top of that, with a pee pad or two on one side, the puppy wouldn't go in the playpen, but only on the pee pads.