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Doggie Diapers? I'm having a senior moment here. I can't recall the name of the doggy diapers! Anyway, my question is: Are they useful training aids or simply used for convenience sake? I would LOVE to spend some time outside of Daisy's X-pen and my office, which is where I am keeping her while she is being housebroken. If the diapers will help train her NOT to pee while wearing them, then that's great. If they simply catch her pee, then not so good. Anyone use them? If so, I'd love to hear your experiences. |
I am 95% sure that they are for convenience NOT for training. |
I've only used them when my girls go into heat. But I suggested for people that have potty training problem that can no longer handle the situation and they want something to stop the dog from peeing on the carpet ASAP vs. getting rid of dog. It will not help train a dog to stop peeing where she is not suppose to. |
THanks for your replies. I've been tempted to use them, just so that I can get Daisy away from her confinement area for awhile. But I do not want to do anything to inhibit her potty training. |
I would bet that if you put a diaper on your dog then you will find a very unhappy dog. |
I use them as well as bellybands and most will not go in them unless it is an emergency. They will try to hold it until they can go out. Every dog is different and you cannot just put them on and then forget about training, but if you still take them off of them every couple of hours and take them out then it works really well. When I go to a stange place my dogs always wear them becasue even the most well behaved and housebroken dog will have accidents or get excited about a new place and forget their manners. I do not want the embarassment of my dog soiling someone else's carpet but yet I want to be able to take my dogs lots of places with me so this alternative works. Works really wel in hotels and stores too. No chance of an accident makes me less stressful and we all have more fun. and no...just like everything else, it is what you are used to and they are not unhappy wearing the diapers or the bellyband. My standard poodle loves it because he thinks he's wearing clothes and it makes him more human.lol. |
I am saying that if they are not raised wearing them then they will indeed be unhappy. If they are raised with them, it would be different. I had to put them on Muffin a couple of years ago for just a short time. She had a UTI and became incontinent after using the antibiotics which it turned out upset her stomach, so she was a sick little dog for awhile. She walked around all hunched up and looked absolutely miserable. I felt just as bad as she did. Thank goodness it was a short-lived episode and she got over it. It killed me to see her look so pitiful. :( |
I remember on some show there (it was some wedding planner show or something like that) anyhow she would put little swimmers on her pup and just cut a little whole for its tail. (I guess the pup would get excited when new people would come on over) Anyhow I thought it was a good idea but II coould just imagine Gidgets hair getting all full of yuck.....I rather pick up a mess on the tile then deal with that..... |
Pleased to see someone raised this subject as I am dealing with one old girl who has gone senile and is peeing everywhere and my new puppy arrives in a week. At a dog show on the weekend I purchased two pairs of diapers, one for the old gal and one for the new pup. Well the old girl was having none of that. I do intend however to start the pup in them from day one while she is being trained. I don't think my carpets can withstand anymore dog piddle. I'm hoping that she will get used to them if she starts off on day one with them. I've used them before when my female was in heat and surprisingly she did not mess in them at all. So fingers crossed that they will be a useful aid in house training. |
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In my experience and my friends experience, diapers do help a little with training because no dog wants to pee on itself so while wearing a diaper they are less likey to go potty and learn to hold it. This also gives you a little control for when they go. Becasue as soon as we would take the diaper off we would take our dog outside and say "potty outside" and give them a treat for going. This has helped them to learn that. But the main purpose of diapers(in my opinion) is for when a dog goes into heat and to keep a dog from pottying in a house when you can not keep an eye on them. I sell diapers and I have several customers that have dogs with seizures and they like to use diapers. I used to keep diapers on chloe only at night because she slept with us and I didnt want her to pee in the bed and she was very good about not pottying all night long so now she no longer wears them. And she would also wear a diaper when she went to my mom's house when she wasnt potty trained so then I didnt have to worry about my mom flipping out about an accident. :) |
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I use them on my 2 for the same reason as SoCalyorkiLvr. and I have had to bring the diaper out today because Ahia came into heat again today. :mad: Buckeye is wearing his belly band again too. As long as it is not too tight on them they don't mind. If i happen to get it too tight it drives them nuts. I think diapers are great for potty training too. Ahia didn't like having a wet diaper on. I took her out so many times she rarely had a wet one. But it did save on clean ups. |
so are BELLY BANDS for boy dogs and DIAPERS only for girls? |
i want to know too |
I take my pup outside to pee a lot - and this works very well. But, if he's going to be in the house running free for any period of time (or at anyone else's house) I wrap a washcloth around him and pin it..... This does nothing to help train him................but, it certainly keeps his pee off the carpet and other things. Whenever, he is the slightest bit damp, I put a new cloth on him. He wears these only for "my convenience" --- and I think they're worth a million dollars. You can continue with your training - and protect your carpet at the same time. There's no rule against doing this. Good luck! Carol Jean |
As far as I've read and heard the belly bands are for the boys and the diaper style are for girls. I'm not sure if they are good for training a puppy but My little Tink has to wear a diaper to bed because she cannot hold her pee in for more than an hour or two at the very most and I started getting really exausted after months and months of waking up to let her out only to find that she had already wet about 80% of the time :( so this solution is working out so much better for the both of us because she doesn't have to get bathed everyday and I get to sleep:p LOL Rita and Tink:aimeeyork |
I'm so glad (again!) to know I'm not the only one who had to get up in the middle of the night with the puppy! I think I nearly went insane from not sleeping through the night. I bought Buddy a belly band on E-bay which is REALLY nice, but it doesn't fit him very well - it sort of skootches up towards the middle of his body where it doesn't cover....uh....his Business ;-) - do most of you use ones that are very narrow? This one is about 2 or 3 inches wide... |
LOL Chelbuddy~Yeah, those sleepless nights were bad, I drank so much coffee to get me through the day I nearly strapped the coffee maker to my hip:p Rita and Tink:aimeeyork |
All I know is, I'm never having kids. I don't understand how you mothers do it!!! |
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You guys are so funny... I was just at a log cabin last week staying with some friends, and Wosie almost immediately peed on the carpet. I ran and got her some "newborn" people diapers, and cut a hole for the tail. That way I did not have to worry. One thing you need to be careful of is that the tiny grains that fall from the hole are actually meant to hold the urine from leaking out of the diaper. If you get them in the sink, they are nearly impossible to get out! (right, Deb? :( ) |
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I have just started using them because even though Kiki is neutered he seems to still do some marking. So far, it has helped tremendously. I am hoping that he grows out of the marking thing. The diaper stays dry all the time and he holds it until we go out to potty. I also let him sleep with me with it on. I am hoping to eventually he will have to wear it less. |
Diapers are for incontinence and girls in heat. Loki has nighttime incontinence (now he's on medication for it) but when we were still figuring things out my vet told me not to use belly bands. Urine can scald the skin. As someone who has had to give many baths to a wet dog, I would not choose a diaper. (The fur soaks it all up!! Even if they are trimmed short!) I'd rather he pee on my nice white carpet than on himself. Easier to whip out the Bissell than give the dog a bath..... Some people use them at other people's houses. I found that Loki had less accidents elsewhere when he was a puppy, because we watched him more and took him out more. As far as letting the puppy out - just do it! If she pees on the floor she pees on the floor. Just supervise her and keep the trips short. Just try to make sure she's empty first :) We have an open floor plan house, so Loki was always either tethered, in his crate, or running free and we just watched him. Trust me, spend $60 on a mini Bissell (mine is called a Quicksteamer) and enjoy your pups. |
I made Des start a diaper line so Morgan could get a specially made diaper from her. She wore it alot the first couple weeks i had her because she would just squat wherever she wanted to pee and i was tired of yelling no and having her look at me like "what i'd do". now that she doesn't pee on the carpet anymore i don't put it on her unless i feel like making her look even cuter then she already is. i love her diaper and so does she, especially since auntie Des made it for her |
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I don't use the paper diapers on Kiki. I use the cloth diaper by simple solutions. I am finding that Kiki is staying dry until I take him out. I think eventually he will learn that doing it in the house is a no no. I feel that the diaper has been a help tremendously with potty training. I personally don't have time to steam clean my carpet all day or even every other day. I also have a very sensitive nose. I don't want to smell urine when I walk in my house and I sure don't want company to smell it either. Also after your dog has peeped on your floor or carpet so many times there is nothing you can do but replace it. I don't have that kind of money. My pup is still a puppy with the diaper. It have looks like little cute shorts. We both are happy. This is how I have peace and enjoy my dog. |
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