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Originally Posted by rylariaizmik  The book covers all ways of training, house breaking, paper training and litter training. It said you can start before 16 weeks but not to expect results because they don't have much control. My puppy has been using the pads since I brought him home on Saturday. I don't want him to be solely pad trained though. During the day he isn't crated, he has an ex-pen |
No worries, my boys are both pad and outdoor trained. Max did take a little while to figure out that it was okay, desirable, to potty outdoors. I took him on long walks and when he finally did it, I praised him like he had done the best thing ever. Then he pottied outdoors all the time.
Taylor, I think the only time it is confusing is when methods keep changing. It is definitely possible to pad train, and then 100% outdoor train. It is also to possible to do the reverse -- as I did with Teddy. He was 100% outdoor trained when I brought him home at 8 months. I re-trained to him to also use the pads.