Explaining to Children Why They Cannot Have a Dog

(07-03-2013, 12:28 AM)Rube Wrote: Is pad training the same as training a cat to use a litter box? I'm not quite sure what a 'pad' is, but I can believe that a chihuahua can be left in a small apartment if it has some way of relieving itself.

The pee pads are like 2ft x 2ft big and they're basically just a flat thing off cotton and a plastic-y bottom, kind of like the consistency of like a plastic bag, but a little more heavy duty than that. I generally do a mixture of letting mine go outside to potty when I can, but also she'll sneak off and take tiny little pees throughout the day, I think she's just very used to peeing whenever she wants at this point. I have lived in an apartment with a roommate with a larger male chihuahua, and we went through pee pads way faster, also males life their legs to pee so it's harder to keep them on the pad. We used to make an area of 4 pee pads when we had our 2 dogs together, I wasn't a big fan of it honestly. With mine, a pad lasts about 1-2 days only, but I've noticed she's very good about not stepping in her own pee spots, so that helps them last a little longer. They don't always hit the pad perfectly, so I actually made a little cardboard box with like a 3 inch edge she can jump into it, so she stays more centered on the pad, if that makes sense. Then I lined the bottom of it with a garbage bag just in case too. I did this because I have my pee pad in a carpeted room and I don't want to risk her peeing too close to the edge and getting it on the carpet. Hope that helps! Feel free to ask any more questions you have!