How to get my puppy's puddles on his piddle pad.

Jean
by Jean
JT, a six pound Yorkie, consistently uses his piddle pads. However, as a male, he gets on the pad, lifts his leg, and the puddles shoot off the side onto the floor. Any ideas? The target in the middle hasn't helped.
  16 answers
  • Gracie Gracie on Jan 15, 2018

    Start by putting multiple pads down. I would put something up on my wall too! They do sell attractant sprays that you could use to help him know where on the pad to go. Good luck. Puppy training is the worst!

  • Valerie Elson Valerie Elson on Jan 15, 2018

    just a thought, but our local hospital sells recycled washable chux pads that are waterproof. The ones that go under your bottom when you're lying in bed. Maybe you would be able to transition puppy to these or at least catch the over shoot

  • Melinda Bauer Melinda Bauer on Jan 15, 2018

    I too have a six pound yorkie to train him to pee in the middle I took his favourite snack which is freeze dried chicken, I take a small piece and rub it on his pad in the middle and when he goes to pee he goes to sniff the middle of the pad where the chicken was then pees in the middle this has worked for us. Once he was fixed he peed with legs down this stopped the pee going everywhere too. Good luck happy training. Ps I tried the spray to make them go on the pad let me tell you the smell of it is so powerful and strong I could not stand it I threw it out


  • Valerie Elson Valerie Elson on Jan 15, 2018

    another thought, if he is lifting his leg, give him something to lift it onto, I see several spots, so he is standing at the box and lifting, maybe you can find a small plastic or ceramic ??? fire hydrant or some kind of statue to place at the box and he can learn to lift ONTO that in the center

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    • Valerie Elson Valerie Elson on Jan 17, 2018

      Maybe you can try the rock again and just leave it there for awhile while he gets used to the smell.

  • 2dogal 2dogal on Jan 16, 2018

    Please, train your dog to go outside. Although you can't smell the urine, others can when they come into your home. No matter how much spray or cleaner you use, the odor can permeate the walls and floors.

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    • Jean Jean on Jan 17, 2018

      i can't take him out. So I do have to rely on pads. Maybe I should have a female instead. Too late now. 😊

  • Sandra Hale Sandra Hale on Jan 17, 2018

    We have 2 male pups and we have the same problem. We are going to try taping an empty paper towel roll straight up in the middle of the pad like a small post/pole! That will give them something to lift their leg up to or on so they pee in the center. Only problem now is keeping the paper towel roll from flopping over once it gets wet once or twice. 🤔 Suggestions?

    • Sandra Hale Sandra Hale on Jan 17, 2018

      We also put down 2-3 pads at a time all connected so if they miss another pad will hopefully catch it but sometimes we still have a bit on the green garbage bag we lay under the pads for over flow and so if anything goes through the pad it's not going on our floor, it's going onto the garbage bag.

  • 2dogal 2dogal on Jan 17, 2018

    Having worked with seniors, handicapped and others for half my life in social services, I would respectfully disagree. Convenience is a lazy, although be it sometimes hard, excuse. Small dogs can tolerate being outside. Ask dog trainers. If you don't think so, get booties.

  • Jean Jean on Jan 17, 2018

    I don't have room for more pads around the first one but saw a device online that surrounds the pad on 3 sides, forcing the dog to squat in the middle. I have a little space in my bathroom that I can try that in. This is day one so he has already wet the floor in the old spot. Hopefully he can learn to go to the new spot.

  • Chubby58 Chubby58 on Jan 18, 2018

    Try getting one of those cheap boot trays and put his pad inside of that.

  • Jean Jean on Jan 18, 2018

    Good idea! For some reason I've had trouble posting an update. The 3 sides enclosed is working!



  • Wanda Wanda on Jan 24, 2018

    I have a male Morkie, which I house trained using a plastic storage box with his potty pads in it. Works great, no pee on the floor or walls, and you can wipe the plastic with cleaner, so no pee smell in the house! I started with the tall sided box and cut a door in one end, the 22x22 pads fit in it.

    • Jean Jean on Jan 29, 2018

      I'm going to try this! He has switched to the new location but I still need to protect the sides. This is a great idea, Thanks. 😊

  • Mogie Mogie on Jan 24, 2018

    Wanda what is a Morkie?

  • Castrang17 Castrang17 on Jan 29, 2018

    Jean, just a suggestion, you may want to have puppy's urine checked at the vet, as I am looking at the color. It may be from what he eats or he may have a kidney/urinary infection. Enjoy puppy and keep puppy healthy and happy.

  • Nancy Turner Nancy Turner on Jan 29, 2018

    His urine does look concentrated, is he getting enough water? If you have a back door, could you put in a doggy door? We have one of the ones that is made for our northern weather and extra large in size. You wouldn't need but a cat door for your dogs size. All you have to do is gradually move his potty pads to the door until he gets the idea to go out the door to do his duty. Even my ten pound ankle biter can get through our huge double door one, although most of the time the three big dogs hold the flaps open for her (she is nearly fourteen years old and I think they know it) to get in and out.

    • Jean Jean on Jan 30, 2018

      It does look concentrated. That is more than one puddle in the same spot. He has plenty of water available, but when I get home, he had used his pads more than once. Do you know of a brand that doesn't leak through?

  • Irene Marchionni Irene Marchionni on Jan 30, 2018

    use more pads?

  • Nancy Turner Nancy Turner on Jan 30, 2018

    I usually got mine at Walmart or PetSmart. I never had one leak through, but If they peed to close to the edge, they would end up with some over the edge and under the pad. My little girls never did do good with going outside to pee. I don't know what it is with small dogs, but they don't seem to like to house break. Any dog I have ever had under twenty pounds have been problematic.