When to replace a pee pad

[Holly_Wood]

Hi :-)

This may be an question with an obvious answer but I'm just not sure so asking anyway ...

How many pee's do you let your pup pee on a pad .. I'm trying to find the balance between cost effectiveness and cleanliness ... right now its about 3 ... 4 at the most and the pad gets changed ... we have 4 pads down right now till and will begin transitioning to 3 and then 1 or 2 pads ... I have a friend who replaces every time a pad gets a pee patch on it... if I did that I'd be burning through 5 or 6 pads a day ...

thanks for any replies

cheers :-)

[Kataliadre]

I wondered this too! I'm training Rory on pee pads and I let her go 4-5 times as well before I change it, but wondered if I should do it more frequently. I like your idea of putting more out. She did really good for a few days and now she's having accidents again. I think I'll try that for a while and see if I can get her back on track.

[lisaly]

The problem with leaving it with too many spots is some dogs won't go on a pad that's too soiled. Washable pads are really great.

[kjc]

I try to change mine right before they stop using it.

[Sunnydayz]

What I do is let him use it around 3 times and change it. What I also to make sure he does not forget where to go, as I've found Gizmo forgets quite easily at 11 wks lol, is I rub just a little urine from the dirty pad on to the new one,and he immediately knows because of the scent :-) hope this helps xoxo

[Kataliadre]

Originally Posted by Sunnydayz

What I do is let him use it around 3 times and change it. What I also to make sure he does not forget where to go, as I've found Gizmo forgets quite easily at 11 wks lol, is I rub just a little urine from the dirty pad on to the new one,and he immediately knows because of the scent :-) hope this helps xoxo

Ah, brilliant... I'll try that too! Rory is 11 weeks (almost 12), too! I thought she was 12 weeks when we went to get her but she was only 10 weeks. :-/ But she seems to be doing very well despite the young age.

[ldcox29]

Since I have two yorkies using the pads I change them more frequently, usually two times a day. They also go outside throughout the day. I always know when I've let it go too long -- I find a little puddle right next to the pee pad.

[Holly_Wood]

Originally Posted by Kataliadre

I wondered this too! I'm training Rory on pee pads and I let her go 4-5 times as well before I change it, but wondered if I should do it more frequently. I like your idea of putting more out. She did really good for a few days and now she's having accidents again. I think I'll try that for a while and see if I can get her back on track.

My method, which I've heard 2 sides of good or bad (as it seams with a lot of things) I give her a tread if she gets it on the pad if she misses she gets no treat (little training treats, so nothing to filling) .. We've had no accidents outside the bathroom for close to a month now ... she still misses the pads every now and then ... I think 4 is the maximum in all this as I think she doesn't want to pee on a pad that's got to many pee spots .... yet if I go to the loo she'll lay right down on an old pee spot from the morning ...eeewww....

Washable pee pads are expensive up front but in the long run would work out more economical ... still would need to change them just as often or do they have a different absorption method ??

The other thing for me is I have made a mistake so to speak in letting her pee when ever she wants to .. as in I didn't crate her to get her used to holding on ... which means she pee's more frequently, hence filling the pads up quicker .... some times I think she goes in there to squeeze a pee out just to get a treat :-P :-)

[Kataliadre]

Originally Posted by Holly_Wood

The other thing for me is I have made a mistake so to speak in letting her pee when ever she wants to .. as in I didn't crate her to get her used to holding on ... which means she pee's more frequently, hence filling the pads up quicker .... some times I think she goes in there to squeeze a pee out just to get a treat :-P :-)

I do put Rory in a crate at night and she holds it all night (or I haven't found any wet spots, anyway) but she keeps running back to the pad and peeing just a tiny bit, too. She watches me and waits for me to start clapping and she'll run to me all excited. I started thinking she was doing it for the reaction she gets. I haven't found the right treat for her yet. The ones that I use for Dallas don't appeal to her, so right now it's just clapping and yelling "YAY!" every time she does it right. lol

[kjc]

Originally Posted by Kataliadre

I do put Rory in a crate at night and she holds it all night (or I haven't found any wet spots, anyway) but she keeps running back to the pad and peeing just a tiny bit, too. She watches me and waits for me to start clapping and she'll run to me all excited. I started thinking she was doing it for the reaction she gets. I haven't found the right treat for her yet. The ones that I use for Dallas don't appeal to her, so right now it's just clapping and yelling "YAY!" every time she does it right. lol

If she's doing right for just the praise, you don't need to add a treat (unless your hands are hurting from all the clapping).

[Kataliadre]

Haha, I'm not positive that's why she's doing it, but it sure seems like it! They're so smart, it might be why, who knows? She's such a little pistol!

[Teresiana]

Originally Posted by Holly_Wood

Hi :-)

This may be an question with an obvious answer but I'm just not sure so asking anyway ...

How many pee's do you let your pup pee on a pad .. I'm trying to find the balance between cost effectiveness and cleanliness ... right now its about 3 ... 4 at the most and the pad gets changed ... we have 4 pads down right now till and will begin transitioning to 3 and then 1 or 2 pads ... I have a friend who replaces every time a pad gets a pee patch on it... if I did that I'd be burning through 5 or 6 pads a day ...

thanks for any replies

cheers :-)

I change mine last thing at night & then at around 2pm. They probably have about 3 uses on them. I have 3 pups, so I have the large sized pads. I could probably get away with leaving them out a little longer. But it's true...if they're overused they won't want to use them & I don't want to get caught. The thing with the washables is that you can't see the wee wee. That's why I change them on a schedule. But we also go outside first thing in the morning & multiple times a day. I use disposables upstairs overnight & change that one in the morning and before bedtime.

Careful with transitioning to fewer pads. They usually hang on to their preferred potty spot. If your pads are in different places & you eliminate one, your puppy might go there anyway out of habit...even with no pad. If they're all in one spot, you won't have a problem.

[Pookie1w]

Originally Posted by ldcox29

Since I have two yorkies using the pads I change them more frequently, usually two times a day. They also go outside throughout the day. I always know when I've let it go too long -- I find a little puddle right next to the pee pad.

I have two pups as well and use three disposable pads throughout the house. Three pees is the usual before I change them. I put fresh ones in the tray before going to work and change them If needed when I get back

[KazzyK810]

Originally Posted by Holly_Wood

How many pee's do you let your pup pee on a pad .. I'm trying to find the balance between cost effectiveness and cleanliness ... right now its about 3 ... 4 at the most and the pad gets changed ... we have 4 pads down right now till and will begin transitioning to 3 and then 1 or 2 pads ...

It varies. Anywhere from 2-5. Sometimes ZoE does a lot of little pees. Other times she'll do a couple of big pees.

Sometimes she'll pee on roughly the same spot of the pad a time or two, so the rest is completely clean. If she doesn't have a clean area to squat, I definitely change it.

And sometimes her pee just smells more than other times, so it gets changed more or less frequently because of that.

[Sunnydayz]

Originally Posted by Holly_Wood

The other thing for me is I have made a mistake so to speak in letting her pee when ever she wants to .. as in I didn't crate her to get her used to holding on ... which means she pee's more frequently, hence filling the pads up quicker .... some times I think she goes in there to squeeze a pee out just to get a treat :-P :-)

LOL Gizmo also, as soon as we make a big happy party, giving him his treat, goes back to the pad and tries his hardest to go again hehe. Sometimes he will get a poo out after a pee, and get his party and treat again, but mostly he just can't pull it off haha. He definitely knows exactly what he's doing :-) the are so dang smart xoxo, I just love it :-)