Being a dog owner since 1979 in Canada where we have brutal winters with snow storms and blizzards, I always knew indoor dog potty systems would be a great idea. So this is the way I’ve approached puppy training at home: indoors.
Add in the fact that we lived in high-rise apartment condos for the better part of the last few years along with the lousy winter weather, it was more practical to train my dogs indoors. When commercial dog litter box systems hit the market spearheaded by Purina and their Second Nature line, they just made things so much easier instead of using newspaper all the time.
When I got my third and fourth Lhasa Apso dogs, Chester and Roxie, they both started litter box training from day one when I first brought them home at ten weeks old. They are both very quick learners and can relieve themselves both indoors in the place I want and outdoors like other canines do.
Although unlike my first two Lhasa Apso who lived in high-rise condos with me, Chester and Roxie started their home life in row houses. So we never had to worry about slow elevators, but still had winters to deal with. And this is when we especially appreciate the dog litter box.
When we see other dog owners struggling with their dogs outside in a snow storm, we feel nice and cozy inside our warm home without a care in the world. This is the same thing that happens during stormy rainy days at other times of the year. We stay inside where it’s dry since my Lhasa Apso just hates getting wet.
However, I did learn something really interesting from my readers about a training program I developed to help other owners, particularly newbies, housetrain puppies using an indoor potty system. Many of these people were in the southern US states like Texas, Florida and Arizona.
Honestly, I wasn’t expecting readers from that far south as they generally don’t have a problem with snow in winter. But then I realized that their summers are brutally hot, and in fact, too hot for their dogs to venture outdoors during the day.
So in these cases, dog litter box training is also advantageous for hot summer days. Although it is not as bad as in the south, we also enjoy the summer days when it is better to stay inside with the air conditioning. We have had several days here in Canada when my Lhasas and I didn’t leave until the afternoon. Even the sidewalks and pavement were too hot to walk on.
This is why the indoor potty system works so well. Whether the days are too cold or too hot for both canines and humans to be outside, our four-legged friends don’t need to keep things inside their bodies when they have access to a bathroom created especially for them inside our homes. .
They just go to their dedicated spot when they need to, just like we humans do. For more information, as well as videos to demonstrate the use of a dog litter box, please see the author bio section below.