I am curious to what people's takes are about pee pads. My girlfriend has a little rat dog and she uses a pee pad which I personally think are rediculous. Who in their right mind would want their dog doing its business in the house? If you want something like this, get a cat. Atleast the cats go in a box that is a little more controled.

Along those same lines, has anyone found a difference in the time period that a dog can hold it when comparing a large dog to a small dog. It would make sense that a small dog=smaller organs, but there is also less consumption. Just curious on peoples thoughts.

Thanks
Jake Brandyberry

I've had a couple dogs come into fosterage that'd been owned by elderly or diabled people who lived in situations where taking the dog out was impractical for them. One of them was a small assistance dog.

The pads (mostly) made sense in those situations. Like if the person's caregiver was late or missed a session, at least the dog had somewhere to crap that was "permitted" and easy to clean, instead of under the bed <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I don't think they're very practical with anything over 10 lbs or so. If you can't fit the whole dog on the pad, the dog probably isn't going to be too successful hitting the target.

The pads made for dogs are expensive. If she's going to use them, have her buy adult incontinence pads like are used under bedridden people. They are available in Wal-Mart, etc and are a LOT cheaper.

You'd really flip if you saw what some of the show people do... belt that goes around the male dog's "waist" with a "sanitary pad" fastened to it. One lady up at the obedience club has a thriving business making them for people who can't seem to get the dog housebroken <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

My wife went crazy when I went to housebreak her 2 little long hair twenny weenies. "You can't crate them they will not understand" So in my life we use piddle pads to catch the times we miss them looking for a place. They do hit them and rarely go off them. The funniest thing was when my male GSD had to go, I must not have been paying attention, he walked over to the a pad hiked and hit the bullseye. I yelled and he got put outside and finished and he really did have a full bladder so I was glad he new what to do.

My JRT tries to use my GSD for a pee pad. Seem to be a little contemt there. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
I've found, as a rule, the smaller dogs take longer to house break.