I mentioned to a friend (non-dog owner) that I had to rush my GSD outside today in the minus-15 cold to do his business.
Her response: "can't he just pee in the bathtub?"
I just laughed. Didn't even know where to start. Maybe there are people that do this, I don't know. But from my point of view, there were so many issues with this question that I didn't even know where to start. Funny stuff.
I know there are people out there who own dogs who have never been consistently trained to go potty outside. These people just put down "wee-wee" pads which the dogs use. Maybe they use them or maybe they miss half the time. I'd hate to think of the size pads those of us with big dogs/multiple dogs would have to have. (Not to mention the odors in the house.)
A few of my friends have dogs that will not do any of their business "on leash". That is one thing that my breeder recommended I do; teach my dog to go on leash and on command. I use "get busy". Comes in real handy when travelling and there is no where to let them go off leash.
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I know some people with small dogs and lab size dogs that allow them to go in the house, they do use weewee pads and that pet grass thingy but... yuck, gross... If I had a dog that went bathroom inside, it would soon find itself living outside. I can deal with fur balls, and paw prints but excrement and urine inside, No.
My animals are not "like" family, they ARE family.
I didn't get the super extreme cold most of you had, the lowest it got was 1F in central NJ. The minpin was the best- she waited until she was absolutely ready, was done faster than it took to put a coat on her.
The 40lb baby...bloody hell. He doesn't like cold, he hates snow, is afraid of the neighbourhood bunny and as such his housetraining has experienced a setback.
He was doing well- making it thru the whole night while I'm at work with a dry bed and a huge victory wee when I take him out in the the morning.
I am so dissappointed in my handling of him during this global warmacooling snap.
It's a process, and back to square 1 we go.
We are at a balmy 20 degrees this morning so poopy time didn't feel like getting sent to a gulag in Siberia. 20 actually feels warm after all the single digits! How do the Wisconsinites do it?
Niomi Smith Webboard User Reg: 04-20-2009
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No matter how cold it is - all of my dogs go outside to potty. They run mind you, sometimes peeing mid-run, but they do it outside. Even the 4lb Poms!
The coldest day in recent memory was - 54C....even then the dogs went outside to potty - and we bundled up and did two 20 minute runs.
Sometimes I wish I had an indoor yard so I didn't have to go out at that temp, but alas, I am not a millionaire and can't afford a custom built house, so we make due with what we got LOL
Jamie Craig Webboard User Reg: 09-01-2009
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Ryuk's trained to pee in the bathtub XD but it has nothing to do with cold. When we're in those huge city hotels during a convention it can take 15-20 minutes to get outside, at this point he usually gets this and will ask well before he needs to go to go out, but when he was younger this was a much better alternative than us hitting the lobby and having him throw his OB out the window to pull me to the door trying to get outside.
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Funny question from non-dog owner in this cold
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