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02-17-2015, 03:46 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: San Antonio, TX, USA
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| Pee Pads Only I know this has been talked about to death. Please forgive me. I'm seriously considering training my dog to use pee pads only. For the rest of her life depending on how big she gets. I want to hear from those of you who have done this. The good, the bad, and the ugly please. Do you use reusables? Where do you place them in your home? Has it caused your home to smell? Does it cause embarrassment when you have company over? Etc.... Thanks! |
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02-17-2015, 04:15 PM | #2 |
Love My Girls Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Decatur, IL
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| I have two dogs and both are pee pad trained. I use a pee pad under the fake grass system. I find they don't track pee off the pad if I use the fake grass. I have to admit if company comes over and the pee or poo on the pad it can be a little uncomfortable because their pad is by the patio door which is about 5 feet from the kitchen table. My thinking on choosing that spot was in case I wanted to train them to go outside to do their business they would be used to going to the patio door. It sure is nice not to have to worry about letting them out if it is storming, snowing or below zero. I also can leave them during the day if I have to and not worry about letting them outside. I have about 4 fake grass pads and change them out every week. I soak the used pads in Dawn and hot water then rinse and soak in a vinegar/water solution for a few hours. In the summer I let them dry in the sun. In the winter they dry in the garage. I have asked my son and his girlfriend numerous times if they can smell anything and they both say no....they would tell me if they did. It was a challenge to get Macy used to the pad....I think it took her about a year to get the hang of using the pad. Molly had one accident when I first got her and has used the pad ever since. When we stay in hotels on vacations, I take the pads along with me and both dogs do use them. I have never regretted potty pad training my girls.
__________________ Karen, mama to Macy and Molly It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. (Mark Twain) |
02-17-2015, 04:30 PM | #3 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | When I had Miniature Pinschers I had them trained to use pads. They lived this way their entire lives. One lived to be 14 and the other 15. While it was convenient when I had to stay late at work, or it was raining, I never really liked it. I did it primarily for convenience. I had mine in the bathroom since I lived in an apartment, it seemed like the best place. Sometimes, there was a smell and I needed to run the used pads out the door and to the trash. I never used the grass ones, they may work better. Now that I am starting with a new puppy and I live in a house, I am training her to go outside. However, I do place a pad in her exercise pen during the day while I am out just in case she needs to go since she is not quite 16 weeks old. Personally, I prefer taking her outside but I don't regret training my other dogs to pads since it worked better with my life at that time. I think it's what works best for you. |
02-17-2015, 04:43 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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| I have only ever pad trained my dog. With my first dog, she trained easily and never had accidents. Her potty area was in the laundry room, right off the garage and across the hall from a small bathroom. I picked up and flushed the poop, and changed the pads regularly, and immediately put them in the garbage in the garage. It never smelled bad. That house was a large three story and no matter where Chelsea was in the house, she always knew to ho to her potty place in the laundry room. Eleven years and never any issues with the pads. My current yorkie is also pad trained and took to it quickly. She always uses her pads at home. This house is much smaller than the last, so her pads are in the hallway between the bedrooms, right across from the bathroom. Same as before, i flush poop and change pads regularly, to minimize any smell. Visitors didnt see the pads at my last home, but they do at my lil house. I have pretty fabric washables, that i try to put down before guests come over, but in all honestly, I usually forget to put them out. ZoE will go on the pads just about anywhere. Ive put pads down at my parents house, my kids dorms/apartments, in hotel rooms, and even in the trunk of my car when traveling, and ZoE will go on them. I love that she's pad trained! Especially in winter!
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02-17-2015, 08:55 PM | #5 | |
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02-17-2015, 10:32 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Palm Harbor, FL
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| Remy goes on walks with me all the time however, he has never potty outside. He has always use pee pads. He does his business on the pads and then walks away. I make sure I pick up his poop and flush it down the toilet right away. I have never had an issue with a smell from using the pads. I use to use the disposables up until about a month ago. I now use the pretty awesome pee pads that I got from T Bumpkins & Co and I love them. She is a member on this site and her website is Washable and reusable dog and puppy pee pads, belly bands, and diapers by T. Bumpkins & Co.. I have about 12 of them and the designs are great. I wash them with Tide, Borax and white vinegar in warm water in the washing machine. I don't use any softener and I dry them on med heat. They come out fantastic and don't smell like urine. I would have saved money had I purchase these a long time ago. I hope this helps!
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02-18-2015, 05:48 AM | #7 | |
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Ours are pee pad trained and we use the fabulous laminated pads from ezwhelp.com - LOVE those pads. That said, I'd never ever pad train again -- if I had it to do over again, I'd outside-only train FOR SURE. Pad trained dogs tend to have accidents off the pad, you can't do throw rugs at all (bc they usually think they're pads), and I do think it's embarrassing to have pads around w/ guests. Also, if you bring them to other people's houses, they have no clue where to go potty so they might go just anywhere.
__________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann | Pfeiffer | Marcel Verdel Purcell | Wylie | Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° | |
02-18-2015, 06:01 AM | #8 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| My boys have pads available at all times. They are 100% reliable with them. We have also successfully trained the dogs to know that they only have a pad at their house, not others, and not other indoor places. We use disposables. The pads are essential for us because of our house/yard setup, climate, and because my father lives with us/helps care for the dogs. It is much easier on him. The only downside for us is the having company factor. We keep our pad in a visible place. My brothers are fine with it when they visit, but I would never subject anyone else to it. We do not have a lot of guests who stay long, so I usually just move the pad into an inconspicuous place -- although moving the pad may not work with all dogs.
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02-18-2015, 03:18 PM | #9 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canton, GA
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| Sophie Kate is pad trained also and let me tell you today in Georgia I am thankful (it is so dang cold outside). Sophie Kate will also go outside but uses a pad if inside and she needs to relieve herself. I use washable pads from T Bumpkins and change them daily, flushing the poop. Washing is easy, I use hot water with unscented soap and Borax.
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02-18-2015, 03:19 PM | #10 | |
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I don't know that I'd ever have the lifestyle to outdoor train only. That would mean always, every single day of their life, being there to let them out, or getting someone else to. There are too many times where life happens, and what I intend to do and what I am able to do differ. I have to work late unexpectedly, or my car breaks down/flat tire, or like last week, I intended to run home at lunch and an east/west train broke down on the tracks, and there was no way to get south of town, without driving miles out of the way, which I didn 't have time for due to my short lunch break. Knowing that if I'm running late, or something happens out of my control, that ZoE can go potty, drink, eat, is such a relief to me. I don't think I could ever give that up.
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02-18-2015, 03:46 PM | #11 | |
Love My Girls Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Decatur, IL
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The fake grass with a potty pad underneath works for us. When I was using just a potty pad, they would walk through their pee and onto the floor so I was constantly wiping up little pee foot prints. With the fake grass, the pee goes through the grass pad and their feet stay dry when they walk on the pad.
__________________ Karen, mama to Macy and Molly It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. (Mark Twain) | |
02-18-2015, 04:11 PM | #12 | |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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There is almost always someone at home here, so that it isn't an issue for us. The boys have never spent more than 2 hours alone. If we had a safe egress from our house to the yard (no icy stairs), adequate lighting in a safe yard, I would probably do it. Teddy was 100% outdoor trained when he came home to us. I felt bad every time he went to the back door to get out and I re-directed him to the pad. For the first 2 weeks he was home, I relented and took him out in the snow and cold. Middle of the night -- I like that they can pee whenever and I don't have to get out of bed. Poops, I have to wake up and take care of right away anyway, so going outdoors wouldn't be so bad -- but we usually are not nearly as cold as you are. This week is unusual. We might go down below zero. Brrr. We'll stick to pads.
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02-18-2015, 04:26 PM | #13 |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
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| I use only quilted ones at home, but when traveling we use disposable. What a blessing it is to know the babies will have a pad to potty on if they can't hold it till I get back home, or during the night. We now sleep with all three girls, and have put a potty pad on a metal trunk at the end of the bed. They can hop right on the pad to potty and I even have a small metal bowl with a little water for them. Life is good!
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02-18-2015, 04:38 PM | #14 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Richmond VA
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| Not to belabor the point, because you already have some great info, but after having our first dog potty outside until she had to wear diapers, we chose potty pads for the puppies we have now. We are just more aware of the risks to dogs who are barely half the size of our first yorkie when they are in the great outdoors, and there are only two of us at home now to do potty duty. One thing that we like are the Arm and Hammer brand of disposables. My husband says they really have little or no smell. Obviously, we flush poop whenever we see it. Just figure out what you like. We have a few washables, and I am thinking of trying those again as well. They weren't a problem, but it is the washable/disposable diaper thing all over again. Enjoy your sweet dog!
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02-18-2015, 04:42 PM | #15 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: USA
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| I use a fake turf grass over the pad also. On my porch. My porch is gated off so Moki can't run out. Hes train to go outside and use that. He will go in the grass. But in the dark morning I don't let him go into the yard or when its raining. I keep a pee pad in the house incase I don't hear the Poochie bell or when nobody is home for a long period. He rarely uses that. Our pup Weenie is using the pee pads now. But she rings the bells to go outside also. So imo pee pads full time will work if thats all you can use. But going for walks is good for the dogs and going into the yard. But imo the pads are cleaner and have less smell then a litter box. Mainly its easy to throw them away and use another vs cleaning the box. Guest don't care as long as they don't step on them and really who cares. Yorkies are first. |
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