My 2 y.o was supposed to be pad trained when I got him but he refused to use it. Come this fall, he started peeing all over the house and refused to go out when it got cold....so I put a pad out and he started going on that...
My older dog, 10 years old, has never been pad trained(to my knowledge) but I caught him going on the pads too. I guess he learned from Ricky.
My biggest issue though is since we've started using the pads, my older dog thinks it's given him a licence to pee all over the house...the couch, the trash can, our shoes, bed etc etc. It's been a real problem and now he wears belly bands a lot.
I know other people have their dogs potty trained well, but mine have never been great at it. Now that my little one has piddle pads, he's a bit better but sometimes he misses the potty pads because he's not centered on them....and sometimes he really misses them and pee's 3 feet away. I bought a pee pad holder and that helped a little.
My oldest was horrible about going outside at my last house...most likely bc the dog before we lived there peed all over. When I moved to my new house, with new carpeting, he did great....until this fall when Ricky started peeing inside. Now, no matter how much I clean, I can't get him to stop. I bought a mini blacklight yesterday to see if I am missing anything. I also think I am bringing the pee smell in on my shoes. Prince rarely goes off the front porch to do his business and if he does, it's on the sidewalk anyways....so it's virtually impossible not to walk in snow that's been peed in. I know my mailman must hate me and my neighbors probably do as well. It's finally starting to warm up, so I can chip the frozen turds away from my porch and I am just waiting for the day that I can take a bucket of bleach water and a hose to it. I can't get mad at him for going on the porch though...the stairs are hard to navigate in good weather and we've had so much snow and ice that it's really dangerous in the winter. I don't like to carry him down the stairs either because there are no rails and I've already fell up them and down them a few times myself.
Wondering if anyone has tried this....
www.bullseyepeepad.com
I watched a commercial for it on television a few weeks ago. Wondering if it works better than most pee pads?!? I have the pee pad spray and it did nothing to entice my dogs to pee on it...oh yea, and it smells horrible.