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Originally Posted by Mama_to_Rex  Rex is currently trained to go outside and does REALLY well. I want to train him to be able to use pee pads. Has anyone done this? Can it be done? All tips and responses are appreciated. Thanks! |
When I first got Lexi, I was training her to go outside. It was still early, and she hadn't fully gotten it yet. She would go outside...sometimes, sometimes not. When she did have an accident, I rarely caught her, and since we had major home renovations, I was in the kitchen with her almost all of the time. By not "catching" her, she was not learning NOT to go in the house.
One morning, there was a very bad lightning storm, and I didn't feel it was safe to go outside. I put her in the litter box I had gotten, but hadn't yet used, with a pee pad in it. She went, since it was first thing, and she always goes right away. I did something different for this - even though some of the experts recommend against it... I gave her a treat. And throughout the day, I would put her in the pan and keep her there. When she went, she got a treat. A few days later, I heard rustling. I looked over, and she had gone in the pan herself. Hooray! Since then, by 4 months, she is basically potty pan trained.
I love it, because I never have to worry about if she has to go - how long it's been since we've last been out - if I waited outside long enough for her to go. I am enjoying it even more, now that the weather has been rainy and colder. I can't just let Lexi out in the yard on her own, because she is small enough to get out of our fence.
Good luck!
