I think it a little more confusing for a dog to be trained that it’s okay to go in the house, but it has to be on a pee pad than it is to be trained, to NEVER go in the house. We are training the dog to discriminate between the pee pad and other surfaces. It was much easier to train Joey to use the pee pad when it was on wood flooring, than when it was on carpet. It took him much longer to learn to discriminate between the carpet and the pee pad. Throw rugs couldn't be used until he was four. So in other words, training to go outside is ultimately faster and easier, but I wanted Joey pee pad trained, not an option with a large breed dog. |