sjl79 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Hello all. I have a 21 week old mini foxie boy who has been reliably toilet trained for about 2 months. We have a pet loo on our balcony at home that he uses, a pup head at work (he comes to our office 5 days a week) and he knows to go for a wee / poop on our walks too. My question is that with winter coming I'd like to not have to leave our bedroom door (that leads onto the balcony where his pet loo is) open as it gets chilly. He sleeps on the bed with us, and has puppy stairs that he goes up and down on (usually once) during the night to relieve himself on his pet loo. A doggy door isn't an option, so I have bought some puppy pee pads and the frame that you can buy for them and am going to trial leaving this on the floor near the closed door. Is this too many loos? Will he get confused? The pads are scented, so I'm hopeful he understands, any thoughts guys? He just can't hold his bladder all night yet as he's so tiny at 2.6kg. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyliegirl Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 is it a balcony sliding door? if so you can buy one of these http://www.piginmud.com.au/joomla/dog-patio-doors/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjl79 Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 The ONLY non sliding balcony door in the entire house is the bedroom door! Which is such a bummer ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjl79 Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 Bumping to see if anyone can help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvsdogs Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I would definitely NOT use puppy pads. Seeing he uses the puppy toilet reliably, I'd put a large sheet of heavy plastic on the floor near the door, with his pet loo on top. Puppy pads would confuse him & set him backwards. If that idea doesn't suit, I'd get him used to sleeping in the laundry/bathroom/kitchen with his pet loo, a crate or a comfortable doggy bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjl79 Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 Yeah, I am worried puppy pads will set him back, ideally I'd love for him to hold his bladder through the night or at least let us know when he wants access to the balcony. For eg, last night we came home and accidentally closed the balcony door and so he just peed right near the dining table - it's like he didn't realise there was anything wrong with it either! He's 100% trained with access, but without he will happily go anywhere. The layout of the bedroom won't fit the pet loo in our room, so I think the door will stay open for a while yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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