Originally Posted by Britster  I don't think pads themselves are gross.... I just find that with *most* pad trained dogs, I constantly see posts like "oh, he misses it sometimes! But oh well, it's no big deal" and "Yeah, they mistake rugs for pads!" I think that's gross. I don't care how firm poop is, to just in a sense "allow" it, is a little gross. I know all dogs have accidents, including Jackson. If I'm not diligent enough to take him out (and generally, it IS my fault, for not listening to him barking at the door, thinking he didn't have to go) he will poop in the living room, I'd say it happens once every 3 months.
I just think that if a dog is truly pad trained, they will basically always go on the pad, with a few minor accidents here and there. But I swear, most people I see that use pads say their dogs miss the pad all the time, or just go on a rug. I mean that would be like if my dogs peed as soon as they got to the back door. It's close to being outside, right? So I'll allow it. I wouldn't not ever use pads -- if I had a dog that had to go more frequently, or a young puppy, or possibly even if I lived in a high rise apartment or something, it'd be something I'd definitely consider. Also, if I could not get someone to let Jackson out mid-day and he was home for 8hrs, it'd be something I'd consider, but I doubt he'd use them. Jackson just personally wouldn't use them, even as a young puppy, so I don't think they'd work for us. When we went camping and put 3 expens outside the RV door, the other 2 dogs would go right in the expen, not Jackson! LOL. That boy needs room to sniff, he's so annoying, haha. Oh and I don't like litter boxes either -- hence why I don't have cats, lol. I just don't like pee/poop in the house at all. |