What Are Puppy Pads?

House-training your new puppy can be time-consuming, and puppy training pads can be a real benefit. When your adorable little bundle of fluff, teeth and tongue arrives home, it will be confused about the new environment. Even pups that are supposed to be house-trained will have accidents and make messes in the home. Puppy pads help you to train the puppy to toilet outside and assist in avoiding messes and puddles in the home.

  1. Puppy Training Pads

    • Puppy training pads are absorbent mats that can be used to establish toilet routines in puppies and untrained dogs. The pads are usually treated with chemicals to attract dogs and encourage toileting behavior. Puppy pads vary in size but are usually about the size of small household rugs.

    House-Training Your Puppy

    • Puppies are adorable, but training routines should be established.

      You should make space available for your puppy training pad. Situate one or several pads in areas around the home. You need to keep the pads in the same place for a while to ensure speedy house-training of your puppy. Every time you see your pup sniffing around for a suitable toileting place, pick it up and carry it to the pad. Keep the tail tucked between its legs to avoid accidents. Stay with the puppy until it has completed toileting on the pad and praise it. It won't be long before the pup makes its own way to the pad to complete its toileting needs.

    Training the Puppy to Toilet Outside

    • Once your puppy is trained to use the puppy mats, and accidents are few and far between, you can move the puppy mat outside. As long as the pup has access to the outside, it will soon understand that toileting is an outside affair. You can also use a dog crate to teach the pup to hold itself until it is out in the yard.

    House-Training Basics

    • Dog crates can be useful if dogs are home alone for periods.

      If you spend as much time as possible with your puppy, you will learn to recognize signs of toileting needs. Punishing the pup for accidents that happened when you were not around is illogical, because the puppy will not understand the reason it is being punished. Clean up messes as they occur, spending as much time as possible with the puppy to avoid accidents in the home and teaching it to use the puppy mats. You will probably find that your puppy will be unable to control its urination for some time. Spontaneous urination is common in young dogs and occurs when they are excited or frightened; you need to come to terms with this aspect and ensure you have plenty of carpet cleaning fluids available.