Will my puppy get confused if i give him a potty pad when I'm not home but when i am home...?

Question

I'll take him outside to do his business

i want him to be able to know how to use both

Answer 1

I am sure he will be confused, get a dog walker, pet sitter, or family help.  Here are some tips, use what helps.

I use a crate* to potty train with, but only for potty training and then I break it down and store it.  I put blankets and a small food and water dish in the crate.  Dogs don't potty where they eat and sleep.  When they are first little, I only expect them to hold their potty for 4 hours, and then 6 hours, then 8 hours and so on.  So when they are first little, I set a timer or alarm clock to wake myself up at night to take them *out.  I only allow my puppy in the bedroom* or the living room, only one room at a time.  They have to graduate to more space.  If I allow them to have full run of the house, it will overwhelm them.  I take them out the same door each time.  I tie a dinner bell to the door handle.  Do not use a jingle bell as they could get their toe caught in it.  So when they are little, I ring the bell for them, and then open the door to go *outside to potty.  When they get bigger, I take their paw and whack the bell and open the door to go potty.  Eventually getting to the place where the puppy will ring the bell and let me know when they need to go potty.  Dogs want to please you, so it is your job to let them know what behaviors please you and what doesn't.  So when my puppy goes potty, I give her a treat*, and clap, and make a fuss and praise her.  So she learns that going potty outside makes me happy.  If she has an accident, make a disgust sound like “tsst”  and take her out right away.  I never yell* or spank* my puppies.  Take them out when they first wake up, after they eat or drink, before nap, finish romping, when their activities change, or when they are sniffing around. Some puppies go pee right away, but may not go p**p until 10 minutes later, so wait for the p**p.  I have a little play time here, because sometimes I think they are done, and they are not.  Puppies train at their own pace.  While I may have a puppy that hasn't had an accident in several weeks, I don't let my guard down.  I don't expect my puppies to be "fully potty trained" until one-year-old.  If they have a setback, shake it off, and start over.  I only have my puppies in the crate when I am not watching them.  When I am sleeping, cooking, ironing, doing chores, basically when I am not watching her.  All other times, she is out of the crate practicing being a "big girl."  This is the time I train her how to behave in the house.  So we are practicing "no barking", 'no biting", "no jumping", and "don't eat the furniture."  I also have to practice "playing inside" so she doesn't knock over things.  You must keep the puppy in sight when they are little because they don’t know the difference between newspaper and carpet, and you don’t want them sneaking off and getting into trouble.   Some puppies can sleep through the night around 3-months-old, but their bladder is grown around 6-months-old.



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*I use a crate to train with.  It is the method I prefer, compared to other methods I have tried.  I noticed that if they are in the crate, while I am doing chores, they are o.k., because the crate allows them to see me and be re-assured.  The crate can also be a comfort when stored in the basement for dogs who live in areas where thunderstorms and tornados are an issue. .  However, use the method that works best for you.....a laundry basket, a cardboard box, a woof-woof house, x-pen, child gates, whatever works for you.



*Outside, pee pad, litter box, whichever method you are using.   When the puppy is first little, keep the pee pad, litter box near the food and water dish, so the puppy can eat and drink, and then go potty.  You can move it away as they get older.  The pee pad has a scent that smells and initiates potty.  Sometimes a pee pad makes a sound that scares some puppies, so you might want to use a litter box if that happens.  The pee pad allows a puppy to walk around, but a litter box keeps the puppy in one place.

*Bedrooms, I use the bedroom and living room for training, because it works for me.  Choose rooms that work for you, but watch for rooms that are damp, or drafty.  While my puppies sleep in the bedroom during training, once they are trained, I let them sleep where they want to.  They don't have to sleep in the bedroom forever.

*Treats.  While I use treats for training, you don't have to.  I like Charlee Bears for training (a little cracker for a little mouth,) I use them for training, but once they are trained, I cut back on them.



*Some puppies will go potty in the same spot each time.  Some puppies have to be told to go potty.  A command like "go out" for pee, or "go finish" for p**p, might work for you, keep saying “go finish” until the puppy poops.  This is a good thing to train if you travel with your dogs.  By using commands, the puppy won't get confused when you are visiting someone, on vacation with you, or when you get to a new home.  The command will tell

Answer 2

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Answer 3

As a puppy yes. While you are training him you need to choose one and stick with it. I have two small dogs that we decided to indoor potty train. Once they were trained to go on the pad without any problems the we eventually taught them they could go outside also. So when we are away from home or on walks, etc they are able to go potty without the pad. For now don't confuse him.

Here is a good article to help you with the training:

http://www.purebredpups.org/Dog_Articles...

Good Luck!

Answer 4

It certainly will confuse him. Our pug was trained to use a potty pad, and no matter how hard we try, she pees on the floor if she feels like it. Leave her in the bathroom when you are at work and be strict. She might not be able to hold everything in for a long time yet, but sure will learn soon. Our accidents are getting less and less, so eventually they all get the message where to do what. Good luck!

Answer 5

I have a 3 year old little dog.....I trained her first on the puppy pads because it was winter and she only weighed 2 lbs, then outside when the weather warmed up....The biggest problem we have with her now is, she will go potty outside, but she refuses to hold it all night and needs her pee pee pad.  Or when we are gone she uses the pee pee pad.  So I'm afraid that we are stuck with the pad now.  So no I would not recommend it unless you absolutely have to use it.

Answer 6

Yes, VERY confusing. It is NOT ok to know how to use both. By giving the pee pads, you are telling the puppy it is ok to go inside the house. You need to make sure you can get home during the day to let the puppy out, until the time when he can hold it 'til you get home. If you can't get home during the day, maybe a neighbor could let the puppy out a couple times a day until you get home.

If your schedule doesn't allow you enough time to properly care for a puppy, you really shouldn't have a puppy. That doesn't make you a bad person, it just means that you have to think of the puppy's needs above your own.

Answer 7

yes this will really confuse him. It's better to stick with one or the other.