[richards6402]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Exactly what kind of fake grass do you use....like flat AstroTurf type stuff, or more like the plastic-strand faux grass/turf people now use in some lawns?

Ours are pee pad trained and we use the fabulous laminated pads from ezwhelp.com - LOVE those pads. That said, I'd never ever pad train again -- if I had it to do over again, I'd outside-only train FOR SURE. Pad trained dogs tend to have accidents off the pad, you can't do throw rugs at all (bc they usually think they're pads), and I do think it's embarrassing to have pads around w/ guests. Also, if you bring them to other people's houses, they have no clue where to go potty so they might go just anywhere.

I can't remember the name of the fake grass system I bought but I found it at a Pet Supermarket before I brought Macy home 5 plus years ago. I order replacement grass on Amazon. It looks like a synthetic/plastic grass pad. Both girls will go outside if I take them but I live with a woods in the back of my house where fox and coyotes like to hunt. If I take them to other people's homes I take them outside and let them do their business before I go in. I have never had a problem with either dog thinking my throw rugs are potty pads but I took all my throw rugs up for about a year.


The fake grass with a potty pad underneath works for us. When I was using just a potty pad, they would walk through their pee and onto the floor so I was constantly wiping up little pee foot prints. With the fake grass, the pee goes through the grass pad and their feet stay dry when they walk on the pad.