dog potty training question?
i just adopted a 1 year old or so dog from a friend of a friend, recently. i was told she was trained to go potty on indoor pee pads. that said, the first 2 weeks or so i didnt use the pee pads, and just took her outdoors as often as i could, and she successfully went on the grass for two weeks.
now, 3 weeks later, i’ve taken her back to school w/ me and she has to stay indoors for hours at a time, so i have been leaving her with pee pads when im gone. the first week she didn’t use them at all, and would go outside when i took her. but this week, its as though she has discovered the pee pads and only seems to use those. i can take her outside, but she almost fights me to stay off the grass. i will wait for several minutes, and she wont go potty. then, a few minutes after i take her inside, she will go on the pee pad.
ultimately, i want her to be able to go outside most of the time, and reserve the pee pads for emergencies when i am not home.
what should i do? should i just take the pee pads away completely? ive been leaving them on the floor even when i am home. maybe i should just set them out when im gone?
thanks for your time!
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Honestly I think that you should get rid of the pee pads completely. In the end, all it really teaches her is that it’s OK to pee indoors, and not go outside.
Go back to puppy basics; bring her outside once an hour. If she’s going to be left indoors for extended periods of time, crate her.When you are home, put her in her crate and let her outside once an hour. But you have to make sure that she pees every time.
I hope this helps. =)
Get rid of the pee pads and buy a crate – use the crate when you are not home, or are too busy to watch her.
Eventually she will be house-trained again.
Pee pads are useless and only teach the dog its okay to potty inside
I would say the dog is getting confused with your different ways of pottying pick one and stick with it.The dog will for the most part when your gone once used to using the potty outside again hold its bladder sometimes maybe on occassion there will be an accident but thats what being a dog owner is all about.As the dog gets older it will be able to hold its bladder longer and longer.Or if you would rather buy pee pads for the rest of the dogs life continue with that training.Its up to you how you want to train the dog.But I would stick with trying to take the dog outside to potty its cheaper.
GOOD LUCK!