What are the Benefits of Using Dog Pads?

Are you and your family welcoming a new four-legged pal to your home? While this is an exciting time, it’s also one that requires preparation as you plan out many facets oof life with a dog. This includes a host of new responsibilities such as thinking about vaccinations, planning a dog walking schedule with your kids, finding a vet, and creating a plan to potty training your dog.

The best ways to potty train your puppy include methods that make the process consistent as well as use crates, employ a schedule, and incorporate dog pads. Read on to learn more about the benefits of potty-training and how to use dog pads on your journey.

As you’ve entered the puppy potty training phase you’ve probably realized how frustrating and tiring it can be. Trying to keep your home free of puppy pee can feel like a full-time job. This is where our dog potty pads can help protect your home, providing your dog with a clean place to go to the bathroom.

With multiple layers of protection and softness, the Scott^® Pet Guard Advanced Dog Pads are designed to keep your home pee-free with up to 100% leak-free technology. Featuring odor control technology, up to 16 hours of absorption, and a training scent, our puppy pee pads are designed to make your potty-training journey easy by helping your pup identify the designated spots for urination.

At the start of your puppy potty training journey, your fur baby won’t know the correct places to relieve themself. However, our Scott^® Pet Guard Advanced Dog Pads are portable where you can move them around your home, giving you the convenience and flexibility to teach your puppy the designated spots are for peeing, and which aren’t.

One of the best parts of using dog pads during your potty-training journey is minor and easy clean-up! There’s nothing worse than walking into a room led by the smell of pee only to find a puddle of it on your floor. Dog pads provide a simple solution, helping you to avoid this by training your puppy to pee on the pad. And when you’re ready to change out a pad, simply dispose of it in the trash. How easy is that?

However, if you do find yourself needing to clean up a little urine puddle, using the heavy-duty Scott Xtreme Cleaning Wipes will clean up any pee on your floor, or in your car along with a fresh, citrus scent.

Similarly to women, unspayed female dogs have a reproductive cycle. But, unlike human women, this cycle doesn’t happen every 28 days. Happening only once or twice a year, your female dog will go into heat every seven months. This can start happening anywhere from between the ages of 6-12 months but depending on the size of your dog this can happen later as larger breeds can experience their first heat cycle between 18-24 months.

One of the easiest ways to identify whether your pup is in heat or not is to check for discharge. If your dog is in heat, you’ll likely notice blood in her discharge. This can be annoying to try and remove from your furniture or bedding so making sure to use dog pads around the home is essential.

Combined with potty training, using dog pads can help prevent urinary accidents and bloody stains around your home while your pup goes through her heat cycle.

Whether you live in an apartment or a house, your new puppy might initially be afraid of going outside while they settle into the new environment. Having dog pads at your disposal will help you prepare for any accidents while they get used to their new home.

Living in an apartment, your space might be limited, and without the advantage of an outdoor area your puppy might be confused about where to pee. By using puppy pee pads you can create designated spots for them to urinate by placing down dog pads or moving them around as needed.

If you’re using a pen or crate for your puppy, it’s also helpful to place a pee pad in their crate as this will help eliminate accidents during the night. Dog pads create an ideal way to help your puppy pee in the correct place and once you’re done disposal is easy.

Stormy and rainy days might mean more indoor time for your dog. Although they may like running around and bathing in the mud it's best to bring your puppy or dog inside if you’re expecting bad weather.

When your dog is unable to urinate outside like they usually would, using our dog pads provides a safe and mess-free way for them to relieve themselves. With up to 16 hours of absorption, our soft quilt-like pads create a comfortable place for your pet to pee without staining your furniture or floors. Additionally, our odor control technology traps smells and common pee odors.

Not just great for puppies in training, dog pads are useful tools for aging or sick dogs who might not have full control of their bladder.

If you have a sick or senior dog, they might have a hard time physically going outside to urinate or be suffering from a weaker bladder.

These conditions can lead to an increase in indoor pee accidents. Make life easy for yourself and your pet by using dog pads to make urination easy and keep your space clean and free of accidents.

Taking your furry friend with you when you travel with your family or on a solo adventure can be a great idea filled with many happy memories. But one thing that can quickly ruin the fun? A car that smells of urine.

If your dog is along for a ride be sure to pack dog pads in their crate and keep some extra on hand. This will come in handy for those long stretches where you may not be able to stop along the way and once you have reached your destination disposal is easy. This is also helpful if your dog isn’t traveling with you where you can pack some dog pads to a friend or loved one who will be watching your dog in your absence.

Whether you’re traveling, potty training, or have an elderly or sick dog, Scott^® Pet Guard Advanced Dog Pads and the Scott^® Pet Guard Dog Pads can provide comfort and relief while also keeping your home clean and dry.