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08-04-2012, 07:34 AM | #16 |
My furkids Donating Member | good luck with that one! LOL...! I have 3 pee pads down. they don't like to pee where they poop..I USED to have braided rugs and throw rugs....now I have NO rugs! I think THEY think they were pretty pee pads! little boogers!
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08-06-2012, 12:16 PM | #17 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Wilmington, NC, US
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| I only have one nice rug that I really don't want ruined that was in the main room. We have rolled it up and put it in a closet for now. We also put all of the indoor welcome mats by the doors away. We also puppy-proofed the main living area by covering exposed wiring and blocking things we really don't want chewed with playpen panels. We left the rugs down in the other rooms because they are old and stained anyway. Mishka has access to the main room and kitchen now with limited supervision. As soon as we've seen her pee (and if we know a poo isn't coming soon) we open our bedroom door also. Our bedroom has an area rug that she can play on. Hopefully having some access to a rug that's not for peeing will help her understand the difference with time. If we see her sniffing for a bathroom, we close the bedroom door and guide her to the pee pee pad. I concede, and agree that at this young age she probably just isn't capable of telling the difference between a rug and a pee pee pad. I know that house training is a long process. As she gets bigger and earns more freedom in the house, we will roll up and put away the other rugs as needed. We will see how our current arrangement works in the meantime. I am still encouraging play and sleep on the rug in the bedroom. I sometimes practice her training on that rug and give her treats there. I know that dogs don't like to eliminate where they eat or sleep. So maybe encouraging Mishka to use the rugs for play, sleep, and treats will help prevent her from eliminating on them. |
08-08-2012, 07:25 AM | #18 |
Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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| Boy oh boy if anyone has the answer to this, I'd love to know it I have given up on having any rugs, including the ones by the doors for wiping feet. I depend on all outdoor welcome mats now and find that I have to clean the floors more often now. My girls are 6 years old and still confuse my rugs for potty pads Once in a while I try again, but they still pee and poo on them. I have even tried washing the pee pads in unscented detergent and using scented on the rugs, and that seemed to work for a minute, but I think the scent wears off and they then think it's a potty place again Good luck to you!!!
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01-07-2014, 06:22 PM | #19 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Largo,Fl
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| Isn't there some ingredient that can be sprayed on area rugs to tell them "no potty"? |
01-07-2014, 06:26 PM | #20 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: montana
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| there is a spray that attracts them to the puppy pad |
01-07-2014, 06:40 PM | #21 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Largo,Fl
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| Thanks Jeane...I am aware of the spray that attracts them to the area. My new one is doing very well with with going on the pads, would just think there would be an invention of a spray or ingredient that could be put on rugs that would discourage them from going on them! I know ammonia in rubber backing is an attraction. You'd think there would be a scent out there that would discourage our loved ones from mistaking a rug for a pee pad. |
03-23-2016, 11:53 PM | #22 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: USA
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| Difference between mats and rugs When it comes into human mind that we can easily say that rug is applied on the center of the living room. and carpet is wall to wall. So, the question is how we could tell dogs the difference b/w rugs and carpets. It can only be done by some signs and languages which could be use for the dog. |
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