April 21, 2011
I have 2 five month old puppies and one of them uses the pee pads most of the time. The other one chews them up. What can I do?
Full Question:
I have two pomeranians female & male around 5 months old. The male uses pee pads most of time-he's more calm & listens better than female. She uses pee pads sometimes but loves to chew them up. I went & bought natures miracle brand which did help her to pee on pad more but still they want to chew them up. I'm very tired of this. I've told them 'no' firmly & corrected them over & over & over! What can I do? I have used the treat method also. I'm exhausted. I've never had this type of problem wth my rat terrier? What else can I do? I would like for them to use pee pad & outside but outside only in winter because of so many fleas in summer here, even wth revolution flea control on.Thx,
Joy
Cindy's Answer:
First of all, you send mixed messages to a dog when you allow them to use the house as a bathroom sometimes and other times expect them to go out. We don’t recommend pee pads for this reason, they are a bad idea.
Telling a dog no for something they’ve already done won’t accomplish what you want, you need to control your dogs in the house so they can’t make mistakes and then praise them when they make the right choices.
We have a section on the website about house training. I’d get rid of the pads altogether, get a couple of dog crates and start over house training them like they are new to your house.
In my opinion, the risk of fleas isn’t a good enough reason to not take a dog outside.
I’d recommend Your Puppy 8 weeks to 8 Months and Pack Structure for the Family Pet as well.
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Cindy Rhodes
Telling a dog no for something they’ve already done won’t accomplish what you want, you need to control your dogs in the house so they can’t make mistakes and then praise them when they make the right choices.
We have a section on the website about house training. I’d get rid of the pads altogether, get a couple of dog crates and start over house training them like they are new to your house.
In my opinion, the risk of fleas isn’t a good enough reason to not take a dog outside.
I’d recommend Your Puppy 8 weeks to 8 Months and Pack Structure for the Family Pet as well.
For future questions, you might benefit from learning to use our SEARCH function, which is located in the top left corner of every page of the website. If you type in your key words or question it will find you articles, Q&As, free streaming video and links to threads on our discussion forum. Our website has over 16,000 pages and it’s very likely you’ll find the information you are looking for. I hope this helps.
Cindy Rhodes
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