I feel so bad for my gang... they have to go outside and freeze there little feet off. by the time they get back to the door they can hardly stand.. and thats just going to the bottom step. and peeing and turning around and coming back in. I am tempted to break out the pee pads..

is it easy to retrain to use peepads??

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We used a pee pad for Jaxx when we went away for most of the day a couple weeks ago. I put him in the bathroom with all of his toys and bed and then put a pee pad in the corner.

I was worried that he would not use it and the bathroom would be a mess when we got back but it was not he used the pee pad without any retraining. I was also worried that it would make him go back to using the bathroom in the house and except for one incident that has not happened either. The one incident was that my boyfriend left the bath mat down in the bathroom and later that day I found that Jaxx had used the bathmat as a pee pad. I did not blame Jaxx though because we were the ones that had put the pee pad out when we had to go to Dallas for the day and my boyfriend was the one that left the bathmat down.

You might have to show them where the pee pads are a couple times which we did with Jaxx before we left that day. Just keep an eye on them and if you see them getting ready to go take them to the pee pads so that they know where to go.

I have seen dogs with shoes on before, but I think by the time you got them on twelve feet you probably wouldn't need to go outside any more if you know what I mean! LOL.

I have thought about buying Jaxx shoes. I am not worried about his feet this winter so much because it has not gotten really cold here in TX but, I am worried about his little feet this summer when the temps get 100+ (especially if this summer is anything like last summer 70+ days of 100+) I know that the cement and black top is always super hot and I would not want to walk on it at 100+ degrees so I would hate to think about Jaxx walking on it this summer.

You know I have wondered about that. Lulu doesn't go outside so I don't have any experience with hot pavement and dogs, but it definitely makes sense to me.

I trained Amberleah to go on pad and out side, because I no her feet would freeze in winter here, my Pom's always had frozen feet and had to go out side to get them they couldn't make it back in.

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It gets that hot here in Bakersfield too. I would just make sure to walk early in the morning or late at night to get around burning their feet. I know with my dogs, you put anything on their feet/legs they do the Silly Walk (a la Monty Python) and spend more time trying to get them off than actually walking.

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Thank you Jan for the wonderful siggy!

thats what happened to Lola

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Pets are not disposable because your lifestyle has changed." ~ Anonymous