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I agree with Tenna that it is VERY difficult to get them to switch from pad/litter to outside. By having them use pads/litter, you have taught them that it is GOOD to go inside. So, when you try to switch to get them to go outside, you are now telling them that all that training was wrong.
My McGinty was pad trained when I got him...and oh lord! It was really hard to get him to go outside. However, his old owners had taught him to go outside as well as use the pads; meaning that he used the pads most of the time, whenever he was in the house, but if he were outside he would go there too. I think it helped a lot, as he did understand that going outside was good...he just had to get that inside wasn't so good. However, he did have a period of MONTHS where he would pee on anything that was on the floor inside the house trying desperately to find the non existent pee pad...which was rather sad as he was trying to be good.
All in all, I say the longer you wait the less of a chance you have of succesfully being able to switch him; or rather the more difficult of a time you will have in trying to switch him. I understand that it is 30 degrees outside, but many people here have chis and cold weather. Heck, it even gets 30 sometimes here in Florida, but we all bundle our doggies up, put on some shoes if they have them, and trot them outside.
It is your choice, but I would say stick with one method of training.
My McGinty was pad trained when I got him...and oh lord! It was really hard to get him to go outside. However, his old owners had taught him to go outside as well as use the pads; meaning that he used the pads most of the time, whenever he was in the house, but if he were outside he would go there too. I think it helped a lot, as he did understand that going outside was good...he just had to get that inside wasn't so good. However, he did have a period of MONTHS where he would pee on anything that was on the floor inside the house trying desperately to find the non existent pee pad...which was rather sad as he was trying to be good.
All in all, I say the longer you wait the less of a chance you have of succesfully being able to switch him; or rather the more difficult of a time you will have in trying to switch him. I understand that it is 30 degrees outside, but many people here have chis and cold weather. Heck, it even gets 30 sometimes here in Florida, but we all bundle our doggies up, put on some shoes if they have them, and trot them outside.
It is your choice, but I would say stick with one method of training.
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