Puppy Pad Problems

So we have discovered that Wendel does NOT like to go potty outside. I don’t know why… but he really likes to go potty on the potty pads in the house and refuses to go potty outside. Wesley took him out for a last potty last night and he told me that Wendel was obviously uncomfortable and holding his potty and he finally decided to let it go outside and he put both of his front paws against the wall outside and pooped right up against the wall standing on his back legs! He is so funny! He is really good at going on the little puppy pads though. He hasn’t had an accident (knock on wood).

Wendel loves to chew the pig ears that we buy, and Mo Mo was never interested in chewing them. Now that we have Wendel, Mo Mo likes to wait until Wendel does all of the work and gets them all mushy and chewed then tries to steal them from him. A fight will ensue and Wendel always wins. Even if Mo Mo gets it from Wendel we just don’t think that it is right to take Wendel’s hard work and give it to Mo Mo so we give it back to him.

We are going to have to figure something out regarding Wendel’s pooping on the puppy pad in their room. They have their own bedroom that they stay in with a little baby gated area that has their puppy pad, water, food, and their beds in it. Wendel goes to poop on the puppy pad then they play in there and they run in the poop. By the time that I let them out in the morning they are both covered in poop! They are still smiling though… but I have to spend 8 times the regular amount of time that it takes me to get ready in the morning when I have to clean up two puppies, change their flooring in their room, change their pad, hose off their baby gate, and dry them both off. It is crazy! Their beds just got out of the dryer from the last poop incident!

Anyway, if you have any suggestions about how to remedy this problem let me know. I have thought about putting a little box around the puppy pad and having the box opening face the wall a little bit so that they can’t run into the box, but since Wendel can’t see very well I don’t want him to think that we got rid of the puppy pad all together. I also am apprehensive about elevating it for the same reason.