In Praise of Pee Pads…
It’s raining and cold today–has been all weekend. It’s wonderful to hear the rain knocking on the roof, but it’s a pain in the butt for Bailey. She hates walking in the rain–and she doesn’t like to potty on a wet surface. It’s days like this that make me thankful she’s trained to potty on pee pads. When I first house trained Bailey, I lived in an apartment in downtown Dayton. I couldn’t take her out for a walk as often as I wanted to because of our location, so I trained her to use a pee pad. I started by covering the entire floor of my apartment (so glad I lived in a studio!) with pee pads. Each week, I narrowed down her “target” until finally we were down to one pee pad in a corner of the sleeping alcove. I buy ‘em in bulk from Sam’s Club–they’re actually pads like hospitals use to protect the bed. Much cheaper than buying a name-brand puppy pee pad 24-pack from the pet food store. I really think the pee pad option has helped Bailey not to break training–Bichons have a notorious reputation for being hard to housebreak! And they’re a life-saver on days like today–Bailey absolutely refuses to get her little white fluffy paws wet in order to go potty. Ah, the life of a puppy princess…
