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Originally Posted by matese  If I were pad training a dog, age does not matter, she knows what the pad is for, when she pees where ever she feels like, take the pad from where you placed it, absorb the pee with the pad, place the pad back where you what it, pick her up and place her on the pad and tell her, "pee pee on the pad" (or what ever you call it). No raising of the voice, no punishing, patience and consistency are the key words. She may associate the pad with her crate only. Clean the area where she peed with an enzyme cleanser, like
Nature's Miracle urine destroyer.
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That's exactly how I trained both of my yorkies. It took awhile but eventually they do catch on. You just have to remember to be persistent and consistent. It will be so worth it. I hate getting up in the middle of the night to go down 3 flights of stairs to let them potty. With potty pads, I now get a good night sleep.
Also I am a little weird. I don't want them to have to hold it until I get home from work. I know how I feel when I have to hold it so I can only imagine how they feel so I gave them a safe place to potty indoors should they have to go. Good news for me is that Duchess still goes outside as well......the best of both worlds.