Poll? Pee pads, yes or no?

 Nope, never (well, if I have young pups, I put them in my pen to save my floor)

If I could house train my cats, I would (but I don't trust them outside.)

It seems very dirty to me, to encourage a pet to potty inside...

my pups use them, short term, I love em...would buy stock if I could LMBO. It saves me overnight trips outside...that's for "new puppy owners" to do. Wait...I am keeping Ms. RC...that means I will have to start doing that...blarg

rwbeagles

Wait...I am keeping Ms. RC...

Wheeeee!!! I KNEW IT!! 

no.  It certainly doesn't bother me if someone chooses to have their dog use them.  Personal choice. 

 No. 

Only reason I see to use them is when you have a litter of pups. Once the pup is old enough to house train pee pads must go!!

If I wanted something to clean up poop and pee after I would get a hamster.

kle1986

If I wanted something to clean up poop and pee after I would get a hamster

I'm just going to copy/paste what I wrote on the other thread....

FWIW, some people just prefer for their dogs to go potty on pee pads because it's more convient for them and the dog- I do not see a problem with that. When my Grandma had her maltese and her chinese crested she lived on the 3rd story of a 3 family house in Boston- no elevator. It was much easier for the dog to pee/poop there than have my Grandma go up and down 3 flights of stairs 3-4+ times a day carrying the maltese(because the dog didn't go down stairs, he would go up them though), especially in nasty New England weather and at night when she'd be all alone.

jenn52

Don't you have to pick up the poop in the yard?

 

No I live in the country on 15 acres. Dogs go out in the farthest part of the yard and do their business.

ETA:  I am not bashing anyone using pee pads. I just think if the dog no matter what size is capable of going outside then that should be where they potty. I understand its more convenient for some people have their dogs use pee pads.

Just saying pee pads are not for my dogs. Only use them when I have a pup(s) that are too young to go outside. I mean Kujo would probably love to go on a pee pad then going outside in the rain and winter here but the outside is the potty area here. Took me a year to get her fully housebroke. I could have easily broke down and put a pad on the floor like one of my friends have done with their Chi just because she got tired of cleaning up pee and poo but I didnt.

I found one big advantage to paper training my dogs when Rusty became old and had difficulty "holding it" all night.  Because he had been trained to papers as a pup (papers/pads, some difference really) I was able to put papers in the bathroom for him at night and assure him that it was OK to potty there.  He was much happier not feeling like he was letting me down when he flat couldn't help it.

Do I WANT my dogs toileting inside?  Heck no,not unless they learn to use the toilet and to flush, BUT, that training comes in mighty handy when the get old.

 Personally, I am not a fan of them - though its a personal choice. I can definitely see where they could come in handy though. I do not want my dog relieving themselves inside, pads or not!

I've never used them, and unless a unique circumstance comes my way, I don't see myself ever using them. 

 Emma is the first dog I ever used them for. She is mildly incontinent, and struggles to hold it all day. If I put a pad down, she'll go on the pad, and not give herself a UTI. I love them, for that. My dogs don't seem to be able to hold it all day, and it's probably because I'm doing something wrong, but.... it doesn't matter that much, in the grand scheme of things. I can let them out, or they can pee on the pad, and I'll throw it out when I get home.

I am not a fan of encouraging a young dog to pee in the house, no.  In circumstances with incontinent adult dogs, I can see them being useful.  I understand people in high-rise buildings using them or those grass plots.  (One might question getting a dog in the first place, but, eh, it's understandable regardless.) 

But using them in the course of general potty training, honestly, is a pet peeve of mine.  I know, I shouldn't care what another person does, but it smacks of a person who either doesn't truly have (or want to give) the time/resources necessary for a puppy and all its needs - including house breaking.  Or someone purely lazy.  There are a ton of resources for learning how to potty train your puppy, so "ignorance" just doesn't seem like a good enough excuse, to me.  Judgemental of me, I suppose.  I just don't see a reason outside of those described above.... what am I missing that makes this a good idea to teach your puppy to pee inside the house while also teaching it to pee outside the house?

I'm not a fan of using pads.  I surely wouldn't train a puppy to use them, because I tend to like to make things as simple as possible for pups & allowing them to eliminate inside, while working to teach them to eliminate outside seems a little confusing to me. 

I would, if need be, use them for an older dog who just couldn't hold it that long.  Chyna is older.  She can & will hold it for as long as she has to but I know that five hours is when she starts getting uncomfortable.  On days that I know that nobody will be home for longer than that, I have our dogwalker come by & let everyone out.  If that weren't an option, then I probably would use a pad for her.

BEVOLASVEGAS

I'm not a fan of using pads.  I surely wouldn't train a puppy to use them, because I tend to like to make things as simple as possible for pups & allowing them to eliminate inside, while working to teach them to eliminate outside seems a little confusing to me.

Agreed with Amanda. If a dog had a medical condition or something, then yes I would use them to make the dog as comfortable as possible.