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? asked in PetsDogs · 6 years ago

what is the best way to train a puppy to go to the toilet on a puppy pad?

i will be getting a puppy next year and since i am disabled and need a stair lift to get from my room to outside we are thinking about pad training it instead of taking her outside every 10 minuets like we have always done (this will be my dog only so she will be wherever i am and most of the time im upstairs in my room). she will be taken outside as well i just cant keep going up and down like that all the time, for one reason it would cause me to have more seizures. our airedale never needed to be trained as he never went in the house so it has been nearly 9 years since i have had to toilet train a dog

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  • 6 years ago

    I had a hard time training mine. Something that worked for me was to clean up her pee with a pad. If it was a small puddle, I would grab a pad and absorb a little of it on the corner. Then every hour to two (keep in mind my puppy was 3 months old) I would take her and place her on the mat. Close to the spot that I had absorbed her pee. Don't rub her nose in it, she will approach the scent. I was pretty consistent on it and eventually my puppy would get to the spot and before she even really sniffed it she would pee right away.

    As soon as she would pee I would make this huge deal and always repeat the same phrase "good potty!" and feed her a treat. 3 years later... now she comes and tells me when she's peed on the pad to get a treat :)

    Be patient but consistent. Once I had the pads down, I taught them to go outside. Now in the winter they go inside and in the summer outside. =]

    Good luck!

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    If you start using a pee pad, you'll be forever cleaning up after your dog because he won't have any idea about NOT emptying indoors. Puppies need to be taken out roughly every hour during the waking day, and once overnight. I'm sorry for your disability, but if you don't have the ability to take a dog outside to do his biz., then please reconsider whether a dog is for you now.

    Puppies often think a pee pad is for chewing, with the result they can choke on one and for sure, if you use a pee pad, which he won't always use as he gets older in any case, you'll have one very confused puppy.

  • 5 years ago

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    The thing about proper dog training is that the more you know, the more you can use towards training your dog. If you have gotten a new dog or puppy, you should work on training them right away. If they are going to be indoor dogs, you can start crate training them . This prevents bathroom accidents or your items being chewed on. Start off with the right sized crate, so that they have enough room in the crate to move around a bit.

    If you are trying to crate train your dog or puppy you must understand that you can not expect them to be able to hold their bladders for extremely long periods. You must provide times for them to go to the bathroom. They don’t want to go in their special place. So it is up to you to take care of them. If they have a accident don’t get mad at them, it wasn’t their fault it was yours.

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  • 5 years ago

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  • 6 years ago

    you dont. "pad trained" puppies are NEVER housebroken. They will use rugs, bedding and other surfaces that remind them of a pad. If you cannot deal with housebreaking a puppy, then consider getting a young adult dog or an older puppy instead.

  • 6 years ago

    You shouldn't use puppy pads, because that teaches the dog that it is okay to wee and poo indoors!

    Puppies should be taken out side to toilet from the first day your bring them home.

    Every couple of hours they need to go out to empty their bladder/bowls.

    Dogs are clean animals, it's unnatural for them to potty in their own "den"

  • 6 years ago

    Don't do it, train it properly to go outside. Perhaps consider getting a cat, instead of causing a dog to suffer from neglect.

    All dogs, need exercise and elimination outside.

    Is there no one in the house that could do this for you or hire a professional?

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    I would recommend to get an older dog who is already house trained. You might even look if you can get a service dog. A service dog would be trained and well behaved and could assist you.

  • keith
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    A minuet is a 17th century dance. Do you mean minute?

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    research on line on how to potty train your dog ......lots to read ....not going to do it for you

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