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RileyDC · 11-07-2010, 06:12 AM

Hello!! My pup goes outside.... but I also bought one of the Purina Second Nature litter boxes, and I put the puppy pads in them....just in case he needs to go in between. You can also get the pads with a holder that keeps them down and in place so they don't tear them apart.

I got him when he was 10-weeks old and the vet told me his bladder would not be fully formed until 16-weeks....that is when I got the litter box and pads. I would walk him over to it periodically and he picked it up pretty quickly. He just turned 6-months, last week and I really haven't had any problems. Now, I take him outside in the morning, when we get up.... at lunch if I run home for lunch.... when I get home, then again at night before bedtime. If he needs to go in between that, he goes in the box. I also bought a diaper genie for the used pads.... It has been awesome!

I was getting pads from Drs Foster Smith but recently got some from PPE Pet Supplies, which I think I like better.

Hope this helps!

11-07-2010, 06:12 AM	#2
RileyDC BANNED! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Washington DC Posts: 4,183	Hello!! My pup goes outside.... but I also bought one of the Purina Second Nature litter boxes, and I put the puppy pads in them....just in case he needs to go in between. You can also get the pads with a holder that keeps them down and in place so they don't tear them apart. I got him when he was 10-weeks old and the vet told me his bladder would not be fully formed until 16-weeks....that is when I got the litter box and pads. I would walk him over to it periodically and he picked it up pretty quickly. He just turned 6-months, last week and I really haven't had any problems. Now, I take him outside in the morning, when we get up.... at lunch if I run home for lunch.... when I get home, then again at night before bedtime. If he needs to go in between that, he goes in the box. I also bought a diaper genie for the used pads.... It has been awesome! I was getting pads from Drs Foster Smith but recently got some from PPE Pet Supplies, which I think I like better. Hope this helps!