Taking away the pee pad...

My breeder had pee pad trained my puppy Coton so when we got him, we trained him to go outside but when we went out, we left him in the kitchen with a pad. He soon started to rip up the pad and pee on the floor so we took away the pad and started to crate him. He is now 7 months and pretty well trained (no accidents while were home) so we would love to stop crating him.

Unfortunately, if we leave him (even for an hour) in the kitchen, he pees on the floor (I know this is our fault for using the pads to begin with). How do I train him to stop doing that??? Note: we cannot leave a pad now bc he still chews it up and we would like to be done with pads all together since it clearly just trains him to pee inside.

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Aug 26, 2013
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Pee Pad NEW
by: Vicky & Jonah

Sick w/the crate usually around a yr they calm down in the chewing phase. U r not gone long it will b ok. At least if ur Coton gets out it cannot chew wires or such. Pee Pads r not good for their health & all puppies go through the chewing stage. It will go away. One nice thing being pee pad trained is it helps w/traveling, winters, hot summers etc. It sounds like ur doing things just fine during puppy mania.

Aug 21, 2013
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wee wee pad NEW
by: Laura

I buy the human pads, they are bigger and cheaper. Rite Aid and Vons.

Aug 21, 2013
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wee wee pads NEW
by: Laura

We live where there are coyotes, bears, hawks, etc. and we have no fences. And I am handicapped. My girls are 10 and they still use the wee wee pads, and they trained our new pup. I LOVE THEM. When they were young they did rip them up some, they got over it.

Aug 21, 2013
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pee pads NEW
by: sherry cotton candie

Guess I am in the minority here but I still keep pee pads down and love them. The girls do not tear them up nor do they use them unless they are left behind and really need to go. I feel better knowing they have the option of relieving themselves if they need to while we are away.

I do not believe they encourage them to pee inside as they only pee on them-not on floor or carpeting. We were recently gone for two weeks and one night Candie who has anal problems had to poo.
I had left her a pad and that is where she did it. Much better than our hosts carpet. I was very proud of her because although she is 5 she was a rescue and when we got her last summer she was not even potty trained. She knows they are not for all the time and has not had any accidents in the house in months.

It will be interesting to read all the opinions on this but for me I think they are great.

Aug 21, 2013
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Pee pads and outside NEW
by: Iris

If you check my past postings, I had Tuffy trained both ways because I had several surgeries and was bed ridden and didn't always have someone to help with Tuffy. When he was a puppy I bought the two part pee pad trays at Petsmart that you clip the paper pads on to. It is stationary and sanitary. Plenty of room for the dog to stand on and the pad wont shift. Tuffy has his spots outside and like to mark territory wherever I walk him. He needs to go out often, particularly shortly after he eats and drinks and when he wakes up in the morning and last thing at night. When I re-trained him to go on the pee pads again, I brought the tray in from the garage and he watched me put it near the door and put the pad on it.I told him good boy, pee pee on the paper. And reinforced the praise when he used the pee pad. Tuffy knows it;s just for emergencies, when I tell him go pee on the paper, he will only if it's urgent, otherwise he will hold it and wait to be taken out. Remember, our Coton's are very smart, and as far as I can tell,, my Coton seems to be a mind reader too!

Aug 20, 2013
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Crate vs. loose NEW
by: Betty

Our little guy is 3 yrs. now and whenever we leave the house (except for maybe 10-15 mins.), he goes into his crate, generally with a treat ball. He loves it, it's big and secure and he can nap until we return, and it's a "known" for him. Note, we never leave him in it more than 4-5 hrs. and that only happens, max, once a month.
We, too, went through that silly pee pad syndrome and I hated it. Finally at about 4-5 months, I just started taking him out every 4-5 hours, set the routine, and the pads went by the wayside. He never has accidents in the house and always lets us know if he needs to go out.

Aug 20, 2013
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Similar problem NEW
by: Anonymous

I'd like to read any responses on this. I have a similar problem

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