"We have tried the wee pads - by the way Phyllis, you will surely find that the ones
for humans are far less expensive than the ones for puppies - once your puppies are
used to the set-up, you won't need the odor impregnated puppy pads. We had tried
these, but the Cavalier puppies had a ball with them - of course, we did not use your
tray method, which sounds like a good
one....seems a shame to deprive the pups of the fun of chasing after each other with
long streamers of blue plastic trailing behind....made for a great game of
chase!"...from Hillary (I say this because I am in my office with a "backdoor" way to
get into my email and it does not copy the author of the original post)
Hi,
In order to have success, you must use the ones made for dogs. I also tried the
cheaper, human ones and they always tear them up within 3 minutes of putting the pad
down. They do not work.
The reason for the tray is that there are no loose ends. I wrap the tray like a
package and secure the underside with scotch tape. There are no ends for temptation.
Once they get the idea they can tear them, you can never go back to having
well-behaved pups (in this dept.)
I do just want to add my own opinion on the subject of litter or wee-wee pads.....
Cavaliers are beautiful, proud dogs with dignity. They are not little teacup Yorkies
or those Mexican ones (whose name I will not attempt to spell.) I have had puppy
buyers tell me they plan to train their pups to go on wee wee pads since it would be
easier in an apartment or some other reason, and I have told them I would never sell
them puppies and hope they bought another breed. It would break my heart to see a
grown Cavalier trained to go on paper, etc. It would remind me of a senior citizen in
diapers.....sometimes necessary, but lacking in dignity.
I don't see any reason why a puppy leaving for a new home between the age of 10 to 12
weeks would need anything but an attentive owner who is working with the puppy (and
anticipating some accidents) to create a well trained dog who can adjust to a
reasonable schedule.
JMHO....Phyllis
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