Have you ever used pee pads with your puppy opinions of why ?
I just dont understand the logic in 'em. Your training the dog that it's O.K to pee in the house.
when you take them up hes gotta be confused as hell. To me you took on the responsibilty of pet ownership and just cause you dont want to walk him in the weather you resort to that.
it difficult re training when you took them up I compare it to diapers on a baby surly your 3 year old child was taken off diapers and potty trained but some people just keep them on the things pee pads amazing logic to me ! Its got to smell in the house.
the cost in these things ? Seems lazy to me to take on a puppy and not train him while you sit on the couch watching re runs of MASH ! Opnions and logic please as Im baffeled that you get to the top of the food chain and let a beloved pet urinate in your castle. Everybodies answers are great disabled and 40 degrees below zero are ones I can understand but Im sorry I dont want to go out in the rain either but dang it I took the responsibility when I got the dog Doberman and Im king and if Im taking you out in the rain and cold the your going like it or not Im pack leader.
are animals people.
yes My child YES But Im king and hes an animal.
aint easy.
I don't think it's necessarily that people are too lazy to walk their dogs, although some are.
if you work during the day and can't get home at lunch time to let the dog out, it's unfair to make a puppy hold it that long. Besides, they would just empty their bladder when they couldn't hold it anymore and besides the mess, they would be learning it's okay to pee anywhere in the house or worse, in their crate, if crated. At least with the puppy pads, it's done in one spot and the puppy doesn't suffer. I personally believe you shouldn't use them unless you absolutely have to.
definitely shouldn't be used because you're too lazy to take your dog out.
I don't know where you live, but where I live we get long stretches of 40 degree below weather in the winter.
stretches can hit anywhere from November right through March. If you have a small breed or mixbreed puppy, it cannot even withstand 2 minutes out in that cold. So peepads are necessary until they grow large enough to withstand enough time outside to pee or poo without freezing through and through, or until spring hits (which here is about April). I have potty trained 5 puppies and two rescue small breed older dogs using pee pads or newpapers and have never failed to convert them to outside in the warmer weather. It really is not that big a deal to have them pee in your house in a designated area for a short time. I actually prefer paper training to peepads.
It is a matter of management. I have three little dogs in the house and I have a job where I am required to be there from 8-5. It would be cruel to leave them in the house all day with no relief so I put the papers down in the laundry room.
know they are there and use them. I try to get home every day during my lunch hour but sometimes I can't make it.
make use of the papers when they need to, saving my carpets.