Originally posted by tlunn@Jul 25 2004, 02:01 PM
Brinkley is being trained on wee wee pads in the house...I wish now that I had put the wee pads in a litter box for containment reasons...when I tried to back step on this after the fact...he was NOT cooperative. I hated to mess up the potty progress...so stuck with the pads on the floor.
I am going to try the pad frames...and if that doesn't work, going to invent something myself. He often aims for the pad, but goes just off the edge....crazy thing....I buy the BIG pads..so he has lots of room....he prefers the edges....
Brinkleys mom -- my jong would always pee on the edge too ! always on the edge and i always had to clean the carpet..i used a lot of paper towels and the miracle cleaner thingy...i even used TWO pads that is 21inches big EVERYDAY just so she could have more space and not pee on the edge..i used 2 everyday for about 2 months....
i was using too many pads so i tried using one but still she missed a lot and peed on the carpet..so for my last attempt, i bought the frame at petsmart and wow! she doesnt pee on the edge anymore ~ she likes stepping inside the frame and circles around and just pees inside, no more messy cleanup later..
maybe the frame will help you too...i hope you dont have to invent something..
im having trouble with jong coming up to my bed..its 21inches high and she cant jump so i made her steps out of boxes for her to step on..shes good with going up but she cant come down...
i was thinking of buying the doggy steps thats around 100 dollars ! but it seems like a waste of money, so finally i went to school (i go to an artschool) and went to the model shop with all the power machines to cut big pieces of wood and stuff and asked an instructor if he could make me a ramp for my dog...we're not supposed to make "outside projects" in the model shop but the instructor was kind enough to make one for me secretly..it took about an hour for him to make it and it was sooo huge and heavy !! but great ! i was thinking that i should paint this pink ! it'll be so cute!
i also saved 100 dollars ! (he didnt charge me anything! so kind ! )
so yeah i carried the big heavy thing to the parking lot and drove home happily and showed it to my baby at home..
and yeah..shes not using it..
gosh....i feel so bad..its great inventing something imaging how happy ur baby will be, but the space of the little wood sticking out on the ramp for feet grip that the instructor made was too wide and jong;s back legs cant reach it .. her legs arent long enough ... sooo....
anybody in the Los angeles area that needs it? hehe
i would be happy to give it to anybody for free if anybody needs it...