I have noticed lots of people giving others advice to use toilet training pads for puppies or dogs.
I have successfully housetrained lots of dogs or puppies in a matter of days and i have never used a training pad ever, I believe if you paper or pad train a dog then what your doing is not house breaking your dog you are taking a step backwards and actually training your dog to still pee in your house just in a designated corner?
Whats the use in that? If your persistant and take the time needed to housebreak a dog then it shouldnt take anymore than 4 days at the very most with plenty of access to outside.
Every time i see someone telling someone else to use puppy pads it just makes me think that person hasnt got a clue. 
I agree with everyone here in saying that sometimes they can be helpful for people who in certain circumstances.
I guess what i was saying is that they are not ideal for someone who has the time and facilities to go the traditional route of housetraining.
I agree with you — house-breaking a dog can be done within a relatively small amount of time if you are consistent and dedicated. While toilet training pads might serve certain situations better than any other methods, I personally would not like to have company over when there are dirty pads lying around, if even for the few minutes one might be in existence until it can be thrown away. To me, for anyone concerned, it just does not promote a healthy atmosphere.
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2010 Mar 12
I just remembered my sister bring her dog to my dad’s house once… He always had newspapers in the corner to use as kindling in the fire place, and the pup had to go apparently, and went straight for the newspapers!! hehehe
Silly thing.
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2010 Mar 12
I never used them either but I am fortunate to work from home so therefore was able to take my dog outside many many times a day and luckily had him house broken from a very early age. I’m not keen on training pads or paper and I agree with you but I suppose some people don’t have much choice if they are working etc and want to save their floors.
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2010 Mar 12
it depends on the circumstance – yes it can extend the training time – but if you work or live in an apartment it can be a lifesaver until the pup can really hold it for several hours – then you can work on going outside.
So I don’t use them, they add a step to training (step one – learn to pee on pad; step 2 learn to pee outside, vs just one step with outside peeing) but they do have their place.
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2010 Mar 12
The breeder we got our GSD from had kept the puppies in the whelping pen with papers and they learned to potty on them instead of the other side of the pen where the plastic was showing. This was until they had received their first vaccinations and then they proceeded to start housebreaking them outside. When we got him at 8 weeks he was already just about housebroken. It took us another couple weeks before we were completely accident free. I did have to leave him in our house for an extended period of time (couldn’t be helped a week after we got him) so I put down newspapers on top of a plastic crate bottom (the removable tray) and when we came home 6 hours later he had only pottied on the tray of paper. No mess on the floor. I was very thankful he had known to potty on paper. But I see where you’re going with this. I hate potty pads. I think they are disgusting. The only time I use them is for foster puppies that are too young to potty outside. I basically line the whelping pen with them until they are old enough and vaccinated to go outside.
*ADD* My neighbor used them for both her dogs. One was 4 years old the other a puppy, but it would only be trained to pee and poop on the pads. Unfortunately it’s aim wasn;t that great. They owned the house and had a fenced in backyard. It was just out of pure laziness.
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2010 Mar 12
Maybe they are useful in apartments, where a garden might not be to hand when a young pup needs to go to the toilet. I have a garden so take the new young pup to the patch in our garden we set aside and give the command "get busy" and then plenty of praise. Obviously accidents will happen, but you expect that.
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2010 Mar 12
A friend of mine has a American Cocker Spaniel, she lives in a flat and this poor dog is still peeing and pooing on newspaper in the kitchen (YUCK!!), he is now 5 years old and knows no different, i think it is disgusting, they shouldn’t of got a dog living in a flat, especially a working breed, he has no where to let off steam and has to sh1t on the kitchen floor…..what a life and how hygienic!
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2010 Mar 12
Training pads do not train the puppy. Crate training is the best and fastest way
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2010 Mar 12
I agree with you — house-breaking a dog can be done within a relatively small amount of time if you are consistent and dedicated. While toilet training pads might serve certain situations better than any other methods, I personally would not like to have company over when there are dirty pads lying around, if even for the few minutes one might be in existence until it can be thrown away. To me, for anyone concerned, it just does not promote a healthy atmosphere.
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2010 Mar 12
Yes, potty pads can be helpful, but if you are going to want your dog to go outside, it is easier to just take the puppy outside from the start. Potty pads are helpful, but can make the job more time consuming! Puppies ultimately have to learn to hold it for a duration and crate training is the best way to help with this and also when a puppy is crated they do not have opportunities for accidents!
Being a pet parent is a 24/7 job-for the life of your pet! This means committment of time and energy……
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2010 Mar 12
I agree with you totally , if you dont have time to train your dog properly or need puppy pads you should not own a dog as laziness is no excuse
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2010 Mar 12
lol, I must be sooooo behind the times here in Australia!
Ive never seen toilet training pads and Ive never even seen a crate used in a domestic situation.
Gee I wonder how I got by toilet training the old fashioned way!
Add On; I never trained to go in a spot in the house either or on paper, from 8 weeks I took my pup outside to go every hour when I was home. He was toilet trained in no time.
Great Question.
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