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12-24-2008, 08:26 AM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Usa
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| I need a little help please Hi everyone Merry Christmas from me and Bailey, hope u all have a lovely time and ur little furbutts too all the best for 2009. Ok so my problem is.... i just left my partner, when me and bailey was with him bailey was trained to go outside but now i have moved into a flat of my own i am to scared to go outside in the dark by myself and thought it was best to train him to use pee pads. Ok so he learnt really fast (hes a smart one) and everything was going great till he started to hang his bum off the edge of the pad (silly furbutt hehe) and wee on my kitchen floor. and i was 4forever cleaning it up. so i got him a tray to put the pad in. The tray is alot better to put in his huge create with him when i go out and looks better in my small kitchen. The problem is he wont use it? i dont think he knows he is ment to go in there. has anyone else put a pee pad in a tray. he goes next to the tray on my kitchen floor. I tell him ''no'' and put him in the tray but he just sits in it and look at me haha! will he ever get the hang of the tray if i keep at it? i really hope so. How do i train him so he knows to use it? any advice you could give me please? xxx
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12-24-2008, 08:32 AM | #2 |
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| Merry Christmas to you too! I used to just have my pads on the floor but got the trays for the same reason you did. It did take a bit for the babies to get used to - I think it just feels different under their feet. I picked them up and actually placed them in the middle at first and then praised them everytime they got on by themselves and they caught on in no time
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12-24-2008, 09:27 AM | #3 |
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| Merry Christmas to you too. I'm sorry about your break up, Im sure it was for the best if that is the decision you both made. I wish I had more advice on how to get him to go in the tray. I'd say clean up the mess not on the peepad with a papertowel and then lay the papertowel on the peepad in the tray. Maybe if he smells his own scent there he will start to go in there. Good Luck!
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12-24-2008, 09:27 AM | #4 |
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| There is a spray/scent available at pet stores that you can put on the pad to encourage him to go there. I haven't used it but have heard of others that have success with it. It must be a little confusing to him to now know it's ok to potty "in the house", but he will likely go to the scent. And of course make sure you de-scent the accident areas, or that will become his go to place. With praise, this smart guy will get it, I'm sure. Merry Christmas!
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12-24-2008, 10:35 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | You could also try putting a washable potty pad down first then put the pee pad on it to catch any spill over. That's what I do and it works great!!
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