How to get my puppy to pee in the middle of the pee pad for training?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | unspayed | 3 months and 4 days old | 30 lbs
My puppy has pee pads to help with potty training but she constantly pees at the very end of it, so I end up having to clean it up everytime anyway. Is there anything I can do to help her pee on the center of it?
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Published on August 2nd, 2017
The difficulty with pee pads is when dogs have their front feet on it, they think they are good and don't realize their back part isn't on it! You can buy plastic "trays" to put the pads on that has them step up onto it and then they typically are more likely to put all four feet up on it. Good luck!
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Published on March 6th, 2018
He is very young to be trained so you are ahead of most by getting him that close. He likely needs more time to learn how far everything reaches and how to stand. You can try to place a second pad next to it, to give him a bigger space. If the pad is in a corner or against the wall, it may need to be moved out some so he doesn't feel so cramped and can stand on more of the pad to help.
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