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@kjpugs: If you have 3 dogs you'll have to train all three to use them, and I think 3 dogs could make things smell. I would try keeping a closer eye on him and bringing him out more often...
Well, when my dog was a puppy we trained her to go on a patch of fake grass (called a pet loo) that was out on our porch (we live on the 3rd floor...and the middle of the night pees were getting crazy going outside all the time). So when she has to pee, she goes to the porch and paws at the door. She's 2 now.
When I can, I take her outside. When I can't (dark, not dressed) etc. and I don't think she can hold it, I put the pee pads on the porch. She goes on them.
I think you could train your dog to go on pee pads. You might have to collect some of her pee somehow and then put it on the pads to get her used to it first.
@Navy_Wife: They are disposable. Once they are peed on they absorb the pee (kind of like a maxi pad) and then you throw them away. I don't find them to be bad!
@Navy_Wife: The other two have no problem holding it. And it's not possible to take him out more when we're both at work (and he's in school, so financially we can't afford a dog walker, etc.) It's not so much the peeing smell it's our area rugs- we just threw one out, because after two years of accidents it started to stink up- I'd rather throw out a pee pad than a carpet.
@MademoiselleL: That's not a bad idea to try using their pee since they tend to pee one after another anyway! Thanks for the tip!
@kjpugs: Have you tried restricting them to a room without carpets?
We trained out 9 year old dog to go one them. He even squats like a girl to make sure he hits it. He's so polite!
I would definetly give him something to pee on. He probably really doesn't want to be going in the house, but can't hold it anymore, so I think making him comfortable about using a pad is the best bet. I'm sure he'll take to it quickly..he likely hates peeing in the house as much as you do.
Honestly, I find the doggie pee pads to be counter-productive. You're bascially teaching your dogs that it is okay to pee in the house instead of outside.
This happened to my FSIL's dog when he got old. She bought him doggy diapers, or a cheaper way, she bought normal human diapers and just cut a hole in it for his tail.
@Mrs.KMM: I agree with this completely when it comes to puppies, but as it is an older dog with a bladder control issue, no amount of training is going to fix the problem.
Of course, the best option is to go home and walk him, but she already stated she can't do that. And as he gets even older, the amount of time he is going to be able to hold it will be less and less. Her only real options are to pad train or put a diaper on the poor thing.
I wouldn't use pee pads, I would use either a doggie litter box or one of those trays with the fake grass, (it collects the pee in a tray under the "grass" and can then be emptied). Both options are a bit more sanitary than pee pads, and probably less wasteful. And both would probably work better than a pee pad at collecting urine should he use it more than once or if the other dogs used it as well.
Also, you can restrict his access to water like you would with a puppy, so he is less likely to need to go while you're gone, but that means you would have to restrict water for all of your dogs.
If you dont want to collect his pee they make something call "wee-wee" that you can put on the pad and it gives it the smell. Just be careful, we did this when my dogs were puppies to train them, and even now when there is a typhoon or something and they cant go outside- my dogs sometimes go up to it, smell it, then potty because they THINK that they are on it. Very frustrating because they are trying to be good but I still have to clean up a mess! Thank God we have tile floors!
give it a try.
When my dog had puppies, she got a bladder infection and diarrea. We noticed that she was going on our rugs when we were gone, so we put out pee pads (which we had for 'one day' when the wee puppies got older). She used em. But this was only for a day or two and then we got to the vet and got her all fixed up.
The reusable grass thing would be better (as mentioned earlier by someone). The pee pads can be expensive and wasteful, and you might have dogs that want to play with them.
Buy a small pack and give it a try. Put it down in a place where she went before....the pads are supposed to have some smells on them to make them pee on them.
Good luck.
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Hi guys! So I have three mature dogs. One of them is very mature- they guesstimate around 9 or 10, small breed. Which is pretty old. His bladder is starting to get iffy. We've done the vet thing and nothing is (currently) wrong- it just seems like a matter of old age. The issue? What to do at home! Sometimes he can't hold it!!!! My friend uses pee pads for her puppy (she lives in the city) and I was wondering if anyone had any success training their dogs to use them when they were older. All our dogs are pretty much potty trained to go outside, but they're rescue, so "trained" is a very relative term in general.
Any training advice? Or other ideas? Our living room is starting to smell like pee! Help is appreciated!