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Originally Posted by periwinkle  Ahhhhh, those stories brought back memories.
I used piddle pads for my first dog. She went on them pretty good. The problem is that it teaches the dog it's ok to urinate and deficate in the house. The puppy obedience teacher warned me about this. As a result my first dog pee'd on the rugs and mat at the back door. I did not use them when I got my second dog. I just put the pup out frequently to poop and pee. My second dog trained fairly easily for a Yorkie, and that was in the wintertime. It took me a long time to break the first dog from peeing on my throw rugs in the house. |
You are right......and the teacher at Petsmart tried to warn me against the same thing. But Cali broke her leg ten days after I got her, and she had to be virtually immobile for six weeks. The pads were the easiest. Now I'm hoping I haven't got her stuck in this pee pad hell. I went through it with my Shih-tzu: never used pads, he just held it best he could until I got home, but for the most part, it took a good seven or eight months. I need to get back in that mindset. I can do this!