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angeleyes · 10-19-2009, 11:00 PM

I will call myself kind of an expert on the doggie diapers as I had to use them on my Mini. Schnauzer for over 2 years. I do not believe they are meant for potty training. That is training that you need to do yourself. If your puppy pees and poops in your bed then it should not be sleeping with you. Dogs don't pee in their crates if they can help it. If the puppy is young, get out of bed when it fusses and take it to where it pees, then put it back to bed. As it gets older, the time increases between when they have to go. My Morkie was sleeping through the night at 6 months old. Now she sleeps about 10 hours (she just turned 1 yr) My Schnauzer had kidney problems the last couple of years of her life. She would pee in her sleep and not even know it. I tried the diapers and they were great. I used them at night or if I had to be gone for any lenght of time. I did have trouble with them staying on but I bought a diaper cover from Dr. Leonard and Smith and it worked great, diapers stayed taped and on. However, if you use diapers, you need to wash the area when you take the diapers off if they are wet as the puppies can get infections from the urine being next to their skin. The diapers would work for traveling with a younger pup also unless they are in a kennel. It's still best to stop and let them go potty outside and stretch their little legs. Please make sure if you use diapers on an occasion that you let the puppy know they are not being punished. Abby got upset the first couple times and acted like she did something wrong. Once I figured out the problem, I would make it kind of a game to put them on and keep telling her how pretty and cute she was. Made a world of difference. Hope that helps some, don't mean to sound like a know it all, but don't use diapers just so you don't have to get up at night, that's part of having a new puppy and potty training.

10-19-2009, 11:00 PM	#17
angeleyes YT Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hugo, MN USA Posts: 325	diapers for puppies I will call myself kind of an expert on the doggie diapers as I had to use them on my Mini. Schnauzer for over 2 years. I do not believe they are meant for potty training. That is training that you need to do yourself. If your puppy pees and poops in your bed then it should not be sleeping with you. Dogs don't pee in their crates if they can help it. If the puppy is young, get out of bed when it fusses and take it to where it pees, then put it back to bed. As it gets older, the time increases between when they have to go. My Morkie was sleeping through the night at 6 months old. Now she sleeps about 10 hours (she just turned 1 yr) My Schnauzer had kidney problems the last couple of years of her life. She would pee in her sleep and not even know it. I tried the diapers and they were great. I used them at night or if I had to be gone for any lenght of time. I did have trouble with them staying on but I bought a diaper cover from Dr. Leonard and Smith and it worked great, diapers stayed taped and on. However, if you use diapers, you need to wash the area when you take the diapers off if they are wet as the puppies can get infections from the urine being next to their skin. The diapers would work for traveling with a younger pup also unless they are in a kennel. It's still best to stop and let them go potty outside and stretch their little legs. Please make sure if you use diapers on an occasion that you let the puppy know they are not being punished. Abby got upset the first couple times and acted like she did something wrong. Once I figured out the problem, I would make it kind of a game to put them on and keep telling her how pretty and cute she was. Made a world of difference. Hope that helps some, don't mean to sound like a know it all, but don't use diapers just so you don't have to get up at night, that's part of having a new puppy and potty training.