Paper train or outdoors?

[Yorkie24U]

Let us know how it goes ! Good luck !

[KFG]

Do you all think it would be easier to pee pad train first or outside train first?

[winnismom]

My advice is to pick a method and stick with it. I don't think you can do both pee pad AND outdoor and have them fully trained. In my opinion a dog is fully potty trained outside when THEY let YOU know they have to go by whatever method you choose i.e. barking, bells on the door..whatever. People say their dogs are trained to go on the potty pads AND outdoors but to be honest I don't buy it. I think what's happening is they use the potty pads and whenever they are taken outside for a walk or fresh air or whatever they happen to pee or poop. The owner assumes they are both trained indoors AND outdoors when they do this but I don't agree. If you have potty pads AND you say yout dog is outdoor trained how do they know which to use....outdoors or pee pads and how do they let you know..it doesn't make sense.

[yorkieskater]

Crystal, this is exactly what I wanted to do. I leave a pee pad down in the bathroom but would like to pick it up when company is here. The problem is...if the door is closed or there is no pad down...he will still go in the bathroom and not "ask". How do you get them to "ask" to "go"??
Now he is really smart. He will "go" on command. If I take him to someone's bathroom at another house and sa "go pee", he goes. Also, if there is a pad down...he knows he can go on it but if it is not there...he knows he can't. It is only in the bathroom that he will go anywhere or if he doesn't see a pad, he will find a place to go.
suz

Originally Posted by cribal

I first trained my pups to use the pee pads. Now I'm training the to go outside also...

I'm at work all day so I trained them to use the pee pad for during the day when I'm not home and when weather is bad. I didn't want to expect them to have to hold it all day or for them to have to go outside if it's overly hot or cold.

So now when I get home I pull up the pee pads and I'm training them to go outside. Their actally doing very well and now their not evern using the bathroom until I get home. But I still leave the pee pads down just in case they do need to go.

Also another plus side is Lucy seems to have a small bladder b/c she always wakes up in the middle of the night and needs to use the bathroom, so instead of having to wake up in the middle of the night, I just put a pee pad in the kitchen and she'll use it and come back to bed.

Oh yea, if you use pee pads don't put them on carpet. (unless you have to) b/c sometime they only hit half of the pad..LOL

Good luck and WELCOME TO YT>....

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Crystal