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Should I feel guilty about indoor potty training my apartment dog?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Small (up to 22lb) | Female | unspayed | 3 months and 11 days old | 5 lbs

I want to know should i feel bad about wanting to train my havapoo to go potty indoors & outside. i live on a 3rd floor apartment & work 40 hours a week & its not ideal for me to take her out everytime since im not going to be there

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Answered By Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA

Veterinarian, Certified Dog Trainer

Published on July 30th, 2017

No, you should't feel bad about this if you need to do it because of your schedule. It can be more difficult to reliably housetrain a puppy if you're using something like pee pads indoors, but many owners do this when needed. So if this is what works best for you, don't worry - it should be fine to go ahead and train her this way :)

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