It is up to you but once a dog has been trained to use pee pad, it is harder to train to pee outside later on in life. Mine started from pee pad because we lived in a condo 38 floors high and I was sickly back then so pee pad naturally was the best choice.
Now that we live in a home, he loves going out in the backyard for his business but when it snows, we need to shovel a path for him otherwise he won't go. He is not able to hold throughout the night so I do put a belly band on for him just for the night because my house is covered in carpet. If you do live in wooded area though I think pee pad would make more sense just because it would probably be dangerous to let a small dog out at night. |