I have this same dilema, I bought the potty patch at petco a couple weeks ago, its still here in the box , I just wanted to have it incase we have a horrible snow storm , which we do have on occasion. So far Laci loves the snow and will still go out when its cold but I am just not sure what to do WHEN we have a really bad northeaster snow storm where we have winds and you can barely see outside? So the potty patch is here with the reciept in the box