When training do you use puppy pads in case there are accidents or do you steer away from that and just mop up that way you aren't sending mixed signals to your dog?
Laura Napier
I can definitely see the benefits in using the pads in your circumstance. It seems like it works great for you and your pup. I'd rather my dog use a puppy pad than to get eaten by a hawk!
Roberta
All my other dogs I trained to go outside. Now I have a 3.7 lb Yorkie, and the breeder recommended using puppy pads for her. She is doing great. When she peed on her pad, I gave her one treat. When she pooped, she gets two treats. I use the washable pads or throw aways I buy on Amazon. I don’t like the odor, so I keep changing them. It has its pros and cons. It is more expensive to use pads, and you can get an odor even if you clean up the poop right away. And, the reusable pads need to be washed. But, she can never be allowed outside alone because of hawks coming down and getting her or other animals. It is nice using the pads at nighttime, during a storm, and in the winter. Also, when I take her to my daughter’s house, I just take a pad along and she does great.
Laura Napier
I've never used puppy pads because I was always skeptical of how the message would be received. If I'm house training them and they are supposed to go outside, I think it would be confusing to change up the rules. The exception to that is when a house trained dog gets older and the urgency increases or desire to go outside goes away. At that point, they don't need training, just love and accommodation.
Laura Napier
I can definitely see the benefits in using the pads in your circumstance. It seems like it works great for you and your pup. I'd rather my dog use a puppy pad than to get eaten by a hawk!
Roberta
All my other dogs I trained to go outside. Now I have a 3.7 lb Yorkie, and the breeder recommended using puppy pads for her. She is doing great. When she peed on her pad, I gave her one treat. When she pooped, she gets two treats. I use the washable pads or throw aways I buy on Amazon. I don’t like the odor, so I keep changing them. It has its pros and cons. It is more expensive to use pads, and you can get an odor even if you clean up the poop right away. And, the reusable pads need to be washed. But, she can never be allowed outside alone because of hawks coming down and getting her or other animals. It is nice using the pads at nighttime, during a storm, and in the winter. Also, when I take her to my daughter’s house, I just take a pad along and she does great.
Laura Napier
I've never used puppy pads because I was always skeptical of how the message would be received. If I'm house training them and they are supposed to go outside, I think it would be confusing to change up the rules. The exception to that is when a house trained dog gets older and the urgency increases or desire to go outside goes away. At that point, they don't need training, just love and accommodation.