Litterbox Vs. Pads??

[Chrissy0277]

Originally Posted by yorkieskater

for those who use litterbox with pee pad, do you find that they still get confused with bathroom matts...etc. Ugh
suzie

My Tiffany is always peeing on my bathroom mat. She also occasionally pees on the rug infront of the kitchen sink. Thankfully its washable and I just throw them in the washer.

[yorkieskater]

Originally Posted by Lacy's Mom

How do you clean the fake grass? You could try adding baking soda (a very large tub at Sam's is only $4.00) on the bottom. Baking soda works wonders at absorbing odors. Then put newspapers under the grass to absorb the wetness and then just change the newspapers..

Oooh! I will try that!!
suzie

[shadream]

I trained my little poodle to use a litter box with dog litter and it works great,
when I got my yorkie I wanted him to use a litter box as well, he is a stubborn little fella and would have nothing to do with it, he goes outside most of the time but needs something if I'm out for a while. He will use a pee pad with the holder, so I am using both the litter box and the pee pads, I must tell you the litter is much cleaner, and goes much further, if I had my druthers and the cooperation of the one I'm training I would choose the litter box with the purina dog litter.
Good luck whatever u decide.

[Daisy23]

Originally Posted by Chrissy0277

My Tiffany is always peeing on my bathroom mat. She also occasionally pees on the rug infront of the kitchen sink. Thankfully its washable and I just throw them in the washer.

I have the same problem. Daisy is trained to go outside, but occasionally has an accident and thats exactly where she goes. I replaced one of the bathroom rugs with a pee pee pad but she's only used it like twice and she got scared when i went in the bathroom, i told her it was ok and good girl, but i'm afraid she's going elsewhere, like the living room carpet. I dont want to fully train her to go on it, but in case she needs it, it's ok. Maybe i will try the litterbox with fake grass. I thought i was the only person who had the problem with the bathroom rug and kitchen sink

[Zoey's Momma]

I rather pads. It's quick easy and less messy.

[Chrissy0277]

Originally Posted by Daisy23

I have the same problem. Daisy is trained to go outside, but occasionally has an accident and thats exactly where she goes. I replaced one of the bathroom rugs with a pee pee pad but she's only used it like twice and she got scared when i went in the bathroom, i told her it was ok and good girl, but i'm afraid she's going elsewhere, like the living room carpet. I dont want to fully train her to go on it, but in case she needs it, it's ok. Maybe i will try the litterbox with fake grass. I thought i was the only person who had the problem with the bathroom rug and kitchen sink

Nope lol. At least I know shes knows shes supposed to go on something and not the floor

[keri1973]

you would think they could invent some kind of dye for their water (that was healthy and does not stain of course) so when they pee on the carpet it would be easy to see and cleaned up...

[daisysis]

those that think they only have to have one foot on the pad, but the pee is on the carpet.

((((that is funny))))

[SJK1113]

I thought about a litter box, but I decided to just use the pads. Jake is still pretty tiny, so I don't think it would be that easy for him to use a litter box. I know some people use a litter box with a pee pad in it, which sounds so much easier to clean up.

[yorkieskater]

Originally Posted by Daisy23

I have the same problem. Daisy is trained to go outside, but occasionally has an accident and thats exactly where she goes. I replaced one of the bathroom rugs with a pee pee pad but she's only used it like twice and she got scared when i went in the bathroom, i told her it was ok and good girl, but i'm afraid she's going elsewhere, like the living room carpet. I dont want to fully train her to go on it, but in case she needs it, it's ok. Maybe i will try the litterbox with fake grass. I thought i was the only person who had the problem with the bathroom rug and kitchen sink

I wouldn't even care about the occasional confusion with the bath matt...but we travel A LOT and he confused a dog bed (one of those crate flat ones) at someone's house with a pee pad. I decided that he needed to learn to "ask" to go and I would either bring him to the outside or into the bathroom. My trainer did say that she found with little dogs that there was more success with litter box being able to tell the difference and not having as many accidents.
Who knows? My breeder has dogs that can tell the difference between washable pee pads and places they aren't supposed to go and she has dogs who can't.
Whatever works for your dog. :-)
suzie

[cheetobandita34]

I think I am going to outside potty train her as I am home right now, and then do the litterbox with the fake grass while I am out! Thanks!!

[jcmoon]

My wife and I got Choco, a male Yorky, a few days ago. It's early, but he is already showing he can be stubborn. Trying to establish who is the pack leader in this family, but house training him is quite an ordeal. We are trying to use a crate/litter box combo training, but it is slow going. Any words of advice from experienced "pack leaders" here?

Best to all,

James

[mycrazyyork]

I've had Lexy since she was 7 weeks old, and right now she is five and a half months. For the first few months I litter trained her, and I got her up to 75% success, but then I took a long vacation to my sister's house. Of course she came with me, but then I had to re-train her to go outside.

When she got back, she was making a mess EVERYWHERE. I literally was thiiis close to giving up and thinking she would just be a pee and poo monster all her life.

Then maturity hit around 4.5 months. Now she goes outside and goes in her litter box when she's in her pen area. I can leave her alone for 8-9 hours and it's okay because she has her litter box. Of course, I don't recommend doing this, but it's been a blessing when I had to stay in my office longer than I wanted.

The biggest advice I can give you when it comes ot litter training is to KEEP your litter box in one place and DO NOT (unless you absolutely must) switch materials. I use feline pine mixed with some cat litter.

Right now, I'm not too concerned about training her to use the litter box when she's not in the pen, but I'm hoping to slowly do that so I can get rid of the pen and just leave her in the house.