Hey there! I would like to hear members of this forum on their experience with potty training.
We have been looking for a little one and we finally brought home a 15 weeks old yorkshire puppy 2 days ago. Before the search I had in mind to have the next dog we bring home go potty outisde. We've had two other dogs and they were both going on pee pad. The first dog did fine with pee pad except she would sometimes do right beside. The second dog was a rehoming and she would eat her excrements if I let them there. So I decided my next dog would go outside and I would walk her.
Somehow this idea changed and I got in the pee pad way again. Especially since I saw she was used to it. When we brought her home I didn't have time to put the pad and she peed on the floor, so I wiped it with a pad that I then left of the floor. She went back on it 2 times for a peepee and one time for poop (been picked up). But since then, she did not went back on pads (I also offered a new one), but just goes wherever.
Since we just got her, I let her get used to us and the house without stressing her too much about much. But today I want to start training her. I was ready to start the pee pad training but some people from my entourage dsicouraged me again saying she will pee on anything that is on the floor.
Now, I am confused... What are your experience with pee pad? Outside?
I was thinking on maybe doin the pee pad and then getting it closer to the door until it is outside. Does this sound doable?
Then I also think, how it would go in our cold winters. Will she want to go?
