t.g_cat asked:
My 3 months old puppy has trouble going through the night without *********. We bought him some training pads, the box they came in said he should be encouraged to use them, but he just shreds them as soon as he is left alone with them.
He has lots of toys to chew and play with, and gets plenty of attention all day, so why does he do it, and how do i stop him?
The puppy is almost fully house trained, all other times he howls or scratches at the door to alert me that he needs to go out. I only use the pads at night when im unable to let him out. He gets walked 3 or 4 times a day and is only left alone from midnight to 6:30am
My 3 months old puppy has trouble going through the night without *********. We bought him some training pads, the box they came in said he should be encouraged to use them, but he just shreds them as soon as he is left alone with them.
He has lots of toys to chew and play with, and gets plenty of attention all day, so why does he do it, and how do i stop him?
The puppy is almost fully house trained, all other times he howls or scratches at the door to alert me that he needs to go out. I only use the pads at night when im unable to let him out. He gets walked 3 or 4 times a day and is only left alone from midnight to 6:30am
Ah how sweet,and makes me smile to think of a pups in naps,sorry don’t know but good luck.
he is just being a puppy lol all puppies will do that they are asttracted to things..like a kid is attracted to shiny thinf or touchy feely things..if ya catch my drift
Wee-Wee pads are NOT a good method of potty training unless you want your dog to do his business in the house!!!
Kennel training is your best bet and safest way to train a dog.
Try to crate train your puppy. It was the best advice I was ever given on raising my dog. She is now the most amazing thing ever. In fact, it wasn’t until we started crate training her that she would consider using those wee wee pads. After we started crate training her, she was potty trained in just a matter of weeks. She has never had an accident since. In fact, now she’s very possessive of her crate, even though she barely fits in it anymore. She sees it as a place of sanctuary.
Both websites are great.
I would say boredom. I would forgo the training pads and just go straight to potty training and the great outdoors! My dog was a little stubborn at first, but it paid off. 8 years later I can honestly say he has never had and accident!
Our puppies did this too. It was a nightmare, the pads make a right mess!!
We swapped the pads for regular newspaper and threw a bit of water on them as soon as we’d laid them down.
It worked for us.
But puppies chew, they don’t grow out of it till they’re about 17 months old!!
Good luck.
I wouldn’t suggest puppy pads unless you plan on your dog using them always. I would suggest ******* it up and taking your dog out. Crate training works the best, and doesn’t really take too long before your dog is house trained. I tried puppy pads when we first brought our puppy home… what a waste of money. ( by the way she shredded hers too!) Good Luck!!!
He’s just doing what pups do! Mine was exactly the same. I even tried taping it to the floor!!!!!!!
I found that training pads were a bad idea anyway. They encourage the dog to go to the toilet in the house.
If you let your pup out last thing at night he will get into the habit of going then and waiting to go in the morning again.
Trust me. My parents did the putting paper down thing and it took them 4 months more to train their pup than it did mine!
that’s what puppies do when my dogs were puppies ,they used to do that.
they used to shred them during the night and wee on the floor,lol i gave up in the end and used newspaper it left less mess.
hes a curious puppy and unless you watch him and tell him no when he starts shredding the pad ,he wont learn
You just gave him a great new thing to make a mess with!
You said getting through the night – there is your problem. You need to get up and take him outside. You wouldn’t expect a human 3 month old to hold it all night, would you? Once he gets older, he’ll be able to hold it longer.
A trick for the puppy room at night: duct tape plastic sheeting down to the floor. Cover it with the blankets in one area a potty area with newspapers (in case you don’t wake up on time).
Haha! Because it’s a puppy! LOL! I would say because he’s a bit older than some puppies when learning to potty train, but my dog was 4 months old when I got him. I made sure to buy a crate with him, since I knew I would be out for work during the day and didn’t want him messing up my apartment. I used the pads in conjunction with the crate. While he did tend to shred them occassionally, it would usually catch anything he might have done. I ended up abandoning them after a while because while they made it easy to clean up, I became concerned if he decided to chew on one that he had messed on. He was still trained within a week or so. Crate training is a great way to potty train a puppy, if you have the funds for one, because it doesn’t take long until they view it as their home, and they don’t want to mess up their special place.
If you’re not using them with a crate, having the pads sitting in the house might encourage the puppy to go in the house. While the idea behind them is to slowly move the pads closer to the door, and eventually outside, this can take some time and you might end up having to deal with the dog’s confusion before it finally gets it.
Ultimately, the best and quickest way to train a puppy not to go in the house is a good old fashioned pop on the rear, putting their nose to it, and taking them outside. Also, as soon as you get home, letting your puppy out should be top on your list of things to do.
If they don’t catch on quickly enough, there are tons of resources online for alternatives and support for hard-to-train puppies, or you could check with local pet supply stores. Also, if it seems to be a matter of them simply not being able to hold it for that long, you might want to check with your vet to see if there could be a urinary problem.
Hope this helps!
Its because he doesn’t like being left alone and hes bored!
To stop him you need to put him on the pad every time he signals that he needs to urinate (sniffing, circling etc.). Once it has urine on it your puppy will urinate there again. He will soon learn that the pad is for toilet use.
He should just grow out of this habit.
Good luck
The only time my dog does that is when I havent walked her enough. She seems to take her energy out on the pad. Also make sure your puppy has plent of toys bones to chew on. I did know someone though that walked their pup ALL the time their pup still shredded it. I think some dogs may just be prone to tearing them up.
first of all mate he is a puppy so anything he wants to rip up he will naughty boy LOL…… but i would stop putting them down and put one bit of news paper down as this is a lot cheaper.When he stops this and starts doing his 1s and 2s on it treat him GOOD BOY.. He will grow out of this …. hope this helps.
I think they do it because its fun for them, but I tried it for about two week when my puppy was about 9 or 10 weeks old. Training pads didn’t help me at all, I just had to crate train him and take him out in the middle of the night like 2 or 3 am until he could hold it through the night. Once he got to be around 4.5 months he started holding it much longer. I still have some wee pads left, but they are good for cleaning up any accidents . . . . .they are absorbent. I just soak up any extra moisture with them and then treat the spot.
You say your puppy is nearly house trained, but if you are using these as a precaution does he know what they are?
My puppy hasn’t been able to be crate trained yet (we live in an apartment last vaccination was Saturday) so we have had to use newspaper – she only rips it up when she’s bored left in her pen during the day (like today when I had to go to an exam for three hours). Teaching it to use the paper or pads might confuse him to do it indoors though..
I have 5 month old puppies and when I first put down puppy pads they tore them to pieces. After that I have had to tape them to the floor. Now they *** on them instead of eating them. I would suggest you tape them to the floor like I did. Once they feel resistance they will ususally go for a toy or bone. If that doesn’t work you may just have to suffer and take the dog out at 3a.m.