YNP #009: Why Indoor Pads Should NOT be Used When House Training Your Puppy
Your New Puppy: Dog Training and Dog Behavior Lessons to Help You Turn Your New Puppy into a Well-Behaved Dog
Debbie Cilento: Dog Trainer | Dog Behavior Consultant | Owner of Playtime Paws | Belly Rub Specialist
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🗓️ 5 July 2017
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Indoor pads (or wee-wee pads) have a purpose but house training should not be one of them.
Indoor pads are one of those products that seem like a good idea and great tool to make house training easier but in the long run it does anything but.
Not only does it add more work in the long run but it is possible your pup may never get fully housetrained.
In this episode, I talk about why I strongly discourage the use of indoor pads while housetraining.
If your intention is to eventually teach your puppy to only go outside these pads can be detrimental to this training.
If you plan to use indoor pads indefinitely, I give you a few reasons why that may not be a great idea either.
For some indoor pads are a great option but for most, they are not.
Potty training is a right of passage for any puppy owner. It’s a time-consuming process that can be frustrating at times so it’s only natural for us to grab something that might make it easier. However, I promise you if you put in the work now, it will be worth it in the end.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to your new puppies podcast. Starting you and your dog off on the right paw. Here's your |
| 0:16.8 | host Debbie Salento. Hello and |
| 0:35.0 | today we're going to episode nine of your new puppies podcast. I'm Debbie and today we're going to talk about |
| 0:39.0 | indoor potty pads or wee wee pads. |
| 0:44.0 | They're the pads that you use, they sell them in the pet store, they're square, they're |
| 0:48.7 | super absorbent, and if your dog goes on them, it's really super easy to clean it up. |
| 0:54.0 | Now I'm going to call them indoor pads for the sake of this episode. |
| 0:58.0 | Now I discourage the use of these pads in the process of potty training for many reasons that we're going to talk about today. |
| 1:07.0 | Now there are valid reasons for using these indoor pads. |
| 1:12.0 | For example, if you have an aging pet or an ill pet that just who just can't get outside as much as he used to and it's not going to change. |
| 1:22.0 | These pads can be a lifesaver for pet owners in that position. |
| 1:27.4 | And maybe you plan on using pads permanently. It's just going to be part of your lifestyle with your dog. Maybe you live in a |
| 1:35.1 | top floor apartment or you have a small dog and you plan on using these pads permanently. |
| 1:42.0 | That could also be another reason, but I'm also going to give you |
| 1:45.0 | some things to think about if you're planning on going that route as well. Now, it's no wonder why |
| 1:49.9 | some of any of us use these pads while we're potty training or house training are puppies. |
| 1:55.8 | Because first, they're marketed to us that way. Like I said, these pads have a place, but |
| 2:01.2 | not when you're house training your dog. But when you walk into the |
| 2:04.3 | pet store there's half the aisle is filled with these pads and there's all |
| 2:09.5 | puppies on them |
| 2:15.0 | and they give you instructions on how to use these pads to house train your puppy. But when it comes down to it, they're just trying to sell more pads. |
| 2:18.0 | That gives them a broader market. |
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