I use the adult pads that I buy at Sam's Club. They are bigger and cheaper than doggie pads. They cost 20cents a piece and they are about 2 ft x 3 ft. Sissy Girl pees on one end for a day then I turn it around and she pees in the same spot but on the clean end. She won't go to the other end on her own. She is stuck in her ways. So I get two days out of one pad. As they get more mature they will develop their own likes and dislikes of their potty business. Winters are very hard on chi's. We heat with wood. Sissy Girl crawls under the heater to stay warm. When she gets too hot, she will come out and walk a few feet away from the heater and flop down and roll over belly up. It is so funny. Her ears are red and so is her belly. When she cools back down, she will be back under the heater again. We feel her ears to see if she is getting cold. Cold ears means cold chihuahua ! LOL CRANK UP THE FIRE, THE BABY IS COLD is the joke around our house. On really cold mornings before the wood heater gets going really good, Sissy Girl wants to crawl inside my robe to stay warm. She paws at my stomach telling me to OPEN UP and LET ME IN WITH YOU MOMMY. I really like it cause I now have a 102 degree chi keeping me really warm too. Gotta love them! Jean
>________________________________ > From: mom_2b_2006 <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 2:19 PM >Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Hello - New Here > > > >So you are thinking just totally train him for indoors vs. pee outside and poo >on pads? Is that what you mean by confusing him? > >I really don't have a problem with that. I wonder if the baby pool idea would >work better than the puppy pad? He doesn't stay in one spot when he's going >so I wonder if a puppy pad area is enough? Opinions on that? > >Does anyone have links to puppy pad training? I am going to need to figure >out how to make the switch. > >This is quite different than growing up with labs, but I wouldn't trade my >little guy for a lab now! I never thought I'd be a "small dog" person. Funny >how things change! :) > >Thanks for the reply! > >--- In [email protected], Jean <jeanwasy@...> wrote: >> >> Jessica >> Since we are going into the winter months, I would total puppy pad train. >> Moose will be able to go outside come warmer months with no problem. Don't >> confuse him now when he prefers the warmth of the indoors. Their little feet >> are very sensitive to the cold. I think they hurt in snow or ice. I am >> sure you don't want to have to bundle up to take moose out in the winter >> either. >> Jean >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >________________________________ >> > From: mom_2b_2006 <jesscerny@...> >> >To: [email protected] >> >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 1:16 PM >> >Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Hello - New Here >> > >> > >> > >> >Thanks! >> > >> >Do people reply to each post or to their original post? I will get the >> >hang of it. >> > >> >So my little Moose went outside this AM so that was good. >> > >> >It was cold, around 30 degrees this AM, but it was warmer than it was >> >last night. It will get much much colder too. We have many days with >> >below zero. >> > >> >I will have to invest in some warmer sweaters! Last night at one point it >> >seemed painful for him and I felt so bad! He is only out for like a >> >minute! >> > >> >I'm just going to see what he does and how he can tolerate it. Then I will >> >have to try the baby pool in the garage or puppy pads in the house. >> > >> >For anyone who uses both puppy pads AND going outside - especially during >> >seasonal changes....can this work? I feel like it could. Moose already >> >knows what "go potty" is and is a pretty smart little fella. >> > >> >Thanks for the welcome. >> > >> >Jessica >> > >> >--- In [email protected], "okiemare@" <okiemare@> wrote: >> >> >> >> Dear Jessica >> >> First...welcome to the group. >> >> There are some awfully nice people here always willing to help. >> >> One of them I know lives up north.That would be Peggy who lives in NY and >> >> is >> >> very knowledgeable. >> >> I live in NE Oklahoma and we use the pads. >> >> I have 3 Chihuahua's all males. >> >> Mine never like to go out when it is cold. I don't blame them! If it is >> >> cool >> >> in the house they shake. They wear t-shirts all the time in the Winter >> >> even >> >> in the house. >> >> What I am getting at is maybe it is just too cold for your baby outside. >> >> I would go with the pads if it were me. >> >> As far as how often they potyy....they usually move their bowels once a >> >> day >> >> but pee a lot. >> >> Hope you get some help. >> >> Mare In Oklahoma >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------Original Message------- >> >> >> >> From: mom_2b_2006 >> >> Date: 12/11/2012 8:53:55 PM >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Subject: [Chihuahuas] Hello - New Here >> >> >> >> >> >> Hello! I just joined. I have a rescued male Fawn. He's awesome and is a >> >> year >> >> old. He's pretty much potty trained too. However, we are in WI and it's >> >> cold >> >> here now. He hates it. We do sweaters, tried boots, etc and it's difficult >> >> to get him to poop outside. Thankfully he will typically pee pretty fast. >> >> >> >> I know he has to go, he acts like it. He tells me and "barks" but when he >> >> gets out there he just shakes. >> >> >> >> He typically went once in AM and once in PM. If he changes and only goes >> >> once a day or every other is this bad? He seems okay otherwise. >> >> >> >> I was considering putting puppy pads in a kiddie pool in the garage and >> >> taking him there but he pees outside just fine. >> >> >> >> Ideas? >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> Jessica >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > >
