What is it? and What I like?
The porch potty is really cool! it is nothing like I have seen before, its very need and the look is very neat, and dose not make it look like something for a dog.
What is is, is something that can be used to train your dog to use the bathroom indoors or if you live in a apartment or a housing development that dose not give you the capability to take your pet outdoor. Thats what I really like about it.
At first I was not sure if this was going to work honestly, Roxy my Corgi Pomeranian mix. She is about 5-6 years old and and is already trained to go outside so I did not try to train her to use the "Porch Potty" but I do foster for a local rescue in my area, and shortly after I got this product I fostered two 14 week old German Shepard mix puppies, and we were still working on potty training and in about a week we went through a whole pack of potty packs, so I knew I had to give this thing a shot.
Well while I was cleaning up the puppy area and the grooming area I had the "Porch Potty" set out, and I notcied on of the puppies go on it, and start to sniff around so I just said "Go Potty" and they did I was really shocked and gave them a lot of praise and after that they would start using it, not only to pee, but they would also poo on it which made clean up a lot easier!
What is is, is something that can be used to train your dog to use the bathroom indoors or if you live in a apartment or a housing development that dose not give you the capability to take your pet outdoor. Thats what I really like about it.
At first I was not sure if this was going to work honestly, Roxy my Corgi Pomeranian mix. She is about 5-6 years old and and is already trained to go outside so I did not try to train her to use the "Porch Potty" but I do foster for a local rescue in my area, and shortly after I got this product I fostered two 14 week old German Shepard mix puppies, and we were still working on potty training and in about a week we went through a whole pack of potty packs, so I knew I had to give this thing a shot.
Well while I was cleaning up the puppy area and the grooming area I had the "Porch Potty" set out, and I notcied on of the puppies go on it, and start to sniff around so I just said "Go Potty" and they did I was really shocked and gave them a lot of praise and after that they would start using it, not only to pee, but they would also poo on it which made clean up a lot easier!
Setting it up!
Setting it up was the easy part! I had no problems setting this up, the instructions that are included the packaging are very easy to follow and they come with everything that you need. I took me maybe 20 minutes ti get it all set up and that was it. I was glad when i had it all set up because I knew it was ready to use. When it first showed up my ister had already brought it into the house, and I was suprised to see the size of the packaged because I didnt expect the "Porch Potty" to be as big as it was, but I forgot to mention this was the larges potty that they make ! and I love it because I work with a lot of different sized dogs, and a lot of dogs come into my care, that I dont know what size dog I will have next. But, aome products have very detailed instructions that are really hard to follow, But these are really easy to follow and everything is labled are packaged together, setting up the sprinkler system was very easy to do, and that was one thing I didnt expect to be so easy.
The different types of Porch Potty's
Small Porch Potty
The Small Porch Potty Standard has 4 square feet of grass. The stylish wicker base is easy to clean and durable. The small size is perfect for indoors or when space is limited. Manually rinse daily with a watering can to keep odors away. It drains automatically to a 14 foot drain hose or optional catch basin.
Porch Potty Standard
The Porch Potty Standard has 8 square feet of synthetic grass. It has no sprinkler system, so simply rinse daily by pouring water over the top to keep odors away. It drains automatically to a 14 foot drain hose. Perfect for the typical patio without a hose nearby.
Porch Potty Delux
The Porch Potty Premium waters and rinses itself clean using the built-in pop up sprinklers. The gravity fed drain hose empties it automatically. Perfect for a patio or deck with a garden hose nearby. Use real Training Sod or the included Synthetic Grass.
How the Puppies took to it?
They took to it very quickly which I was kind of suprised about, because I am going to be honest I didnt thing they they would I thought that they would just chew on it which they triied. But when they used it I have to say I was shocked because, it made me happy. That feeling when you know your pet or even a foster has some where to go to the bathroom when you are not home or even when there is bad weather and they cant go out, it made it a lot easier. I think that they liked it because, they were able to use the potty inside but not get into trouble.
Where I have it set up?
I have this set up in my grooming area of my basement. I have a heated basement that we use for multiple things including my grooming area. I have this set up right across from my rooming table, My grooming area is also the place were I keep my foster and let them play when I am home. I think that were I have it, is a good place for me and the dogs because tha ts were I keep the dogs when I am not home, and when they are allowed out they would be able to use this is there is no chance of them being able to go outside, or if I am working with a pupyp on potty training.
Pictures of the product in use!
The puppy used in these pictures was a 14 week old German Shepard Mix puppies when writing this he was my msot recent foster alogn with his brother. By now they are both adopted, but I will have mentionedd this product to the new owner, if they choose to use it, they would already know how.
My final thought of the product?
I love it! I do plan to train Roxy my Corgi mix to use this product I dont know how easy that will be as she iis fully trained to go outside, but they do come with a little book on how to train your pet to use this, this would also make hotel stays very simple so that if you are traveling you dont have to worry about boardingg them somewhere just becasue you dont know if you will make it back to the hotel room in time too let the pet outside, I think that people should still train there pet to go outside but if you are in a situation were you need your pet to use something like thsi I highly recommend this!