[cowgirlc]

Frankly, I use both the pads and outside. My gizmo is 4-1/2 and 10 pounds, and is never allowed outside un-supervised. I keep one potty pad out, it is located in my private restroom off of my bedroom. He goes in the middle of the night sometimes and will use the pad, and on rainy or cold days I will tell him..go potty on the pad. When we get up in the morning he stays on my bed,as he cannot get down by himself, so the minute I take him off the bed, I will say lets go outside and potty, he will run straight to the door, once outside I tell him..go potty, and if he starts to roam or sniff, I say no, no, gizmo go potty...at which time he goes potty on his favorite bush and runs back on the porch to come inside. On nice days, I take him out every couple of hours and say go potty, and we come right back inside. He even poops around the same time each day. I will say lets go outside and poop...and he runs to the door.

Please beleive me, it took a long time to get him on a semi schedule, and every now and then when he has to poop inside, he will start off on the pad, but he likes to spin around and duck walk when he poops, so I just follow the trail with my tissue and resolve and try not to laugh.


Hope this helps, it works well for me