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04-14-2006, 08:53 AM | #16 | |
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04-14-2006, 09:05 PM | #17 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Suburbs
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| I think you are making it too complicated for the dog. How are they supposed to know what is bad weather? (Loki loves snow, I hate it.) How are they supposed to know they can pee on the the pad at your house but they can't pee on the rug at someone else's house. Inside/outside distinction is very clear to dogs. You are better off picking somethig and sticking to it. Eventually your dog can learn to potty on command, then you can use that to tell them where/when it is OK to go. Loki would never pee on mulch until I told him it was OK. Now he will go in mulch if I tell him to.
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04-15-2006, 09:55 AM | #18 |
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| I too am confused about this. My little Georgia is so little and hasn't had all her shots so we can't do outside training right now. The vet said she doesn't agree with pee pads and outdoor training is best..and I have to agree. It's kind of gross to me to have these diaper pads in my kitchen with pee all over them...but for right now we have to do this. We've taken the pee pad out of her x-pen and put it in the kitchen and next week we'll move it to the front hall..then front porch then finally outside. By then she'll have had all her series of shots and be bigger hopefully. I guess what I'm saying is for right now we have no choice but we will be doing outside training when we can. I just can't see myself having pee pads in the house for the rest of her life. I kind of rambled thanks for reading this!!! Happy Easter! |
04-15-2006, 11:43 AM | #19 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Dallas, TX
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| I had to reply to this one. I too am trying to train Kirby to go on a pad AND outside too. He's only been with me for a week and is not house broken, but is making progress, sort of. I work at home so I can watch him very closely. When he pees on the carpet, I just yell No! and pick him up and put him on the pad. Pooping is easier to catch because it takes him a little longer to do that one and allows me time to get to him. We've had several pee 'accidents' on the carpet, each of which I've caught him and moved him to the pad, have had no un-caught accidents. Then finally yesterday he went pee on the pad twice, well one was 80% on the pad so that was still a sucess in my book, the other was 100% on the pad and he got HUGE praise for both of them. Then today he seems to have forgotten what he learned and had an accident on the carpet again. Hmm... When we are outside and he goes I don't make a huge deal out of it, I just say 'go potty' and good boy when he does so he'll get used to the command and will recognize the 'go potty' command when inside and I place him on the pad. I'm not sure if I'm confusing him or if this is a good method. Any thoughts? |
04-15-2006, 11:47 AM | #20 | |
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04-15-2006, 12:06 PM | #21 |
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| Forgive my ignorance, but what is an expen? I have all the rooms closed and the hall and kitchen gated off so he is pretty much confined to the living room, which is pretty small, I live in a condo. he sleeps in his kennel (crate) at night and doesn't mind that at all, untill he wakes up in the morning, he pretty much whines until I let him out. Then I put him on his pad and say 'go potty', but he won't go. I intentionally keep him inside in the mornings so I can train him to go on the pad. but today he didn't go at all, I let him out of the crate around 6:30am but he didn't go potty all morning until we went outside around noon and he went immediately upon getting on the grass and peed for quite a long time, so I know he did have to go but he was holding it in the house, which is a good sign I guess, for outdoor training. I think he understands that peeing on the carpet is bad but he hasn't made the connection that its okay to go on the pad, the pad is in the breakfeast nook which has a tile floor. Also, when he has an accident on the carpet I dab a little of his pee on the pad so he can smell it and maybe help with the connection. |
04-15-2006, 02:41 PM | #22 | |
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I have 3 pads in the kitchen, one in here, (the computer room), and one in the laundry room. she spends the majority of the day in the kitchen, and nights in the laundry room. She goes immediaely when I take her outside, (if she has to go). She has her favorite spots for pooping and peeing outside. Right now she is getting the pads about 95% of the time. As she gets completely reliable on the pads, I will start to move them toward the door. Right now they're in the spots that she chose to use. | |
04-15-2006, 07:56 PM | #23 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mississippi
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| Lexi is both she was originally pee pad trained bc we lived in WA and she hated going outside and getting wet then we moved to MS and gradually just pulled the pad to the door so she could learn to go outside, and it worked. We put the pad down if we are going to be gone for a long time but when we are home it is put up and somehow she seems to get it. We had a couple accidents at first bc she would look for the pad and it wouldnt be there but after some consistancy lexi got it. Good luck.
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04-15-2006, 08:55 PM | #24 | |
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http://www.petco.com/Shop/ProductLis...=22+97+30+5613 It's like having a small bedroom in a room in your house so if you leave, they have everything they need. Shelby had one upstairs with her bed, wee pad, food and water. She learned to use the wee pad by being confined to that area. Downstairs I gated off a small area of the kitchen and left a wee pad down. When I saw her going to it most of the time I gave her more space. If she started having accidents, we started over. | |
04-15-2006, 10:28 PM | #25 |
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| bunjee is indoor potty pad trained and will potty on command. if a potty pad is missing, he'll just potty where the potty pad should be. he used to just hold it outside, but now he'll just go outside if he needs to while we're out. |
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