UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty

(as of 12/03/2010 08:24 - more info)

$50

Listed Under: Housebreaking

UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty is designed to make clean up simple, easy, and certainly mess free without burdening the environmentUGODOG has a solid base that will support any canine, regardless of breed or..read more

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UGODOG is an innovative and environmentally friendly indoor dog potty and house training system. UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty will not only keep your dog’s paws dry, but will keep your house dry, just the way you and your puppy prefer it. UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty provides all of the benefits of a dog litter box without any of the mess. Please keep in mind this is a great house training tool that will require some effort from the owner. We offer training instructions with each shipment and encourage folks to contact us directly if they would like any additional guidance on your puppy/dog’s behavior. We have worked with dog trainers to make sure the UGODOG is effective and consistant.
UGO Petcare LLC also offers a 30 day money back guarantee on the cost of the UGODOG.

5 Reviews

  1. K.A.K. says:
    March 12, 2010 at 12:00 am

    The free shipping makes me tolerate the price a bit more. Other than that, the product is fine (I purchased 2). I have 2 Shih Tzu who are 1-y.o. and 2-y.o. who were previously trained to use puppy pads.

    PRODUCT

    The construction of the product seems durable. I don’t expect the base to break anytime soon. I believe the grates will hold up for some time as well, though it would be nice if they sold replacements just in case. It is a bit small and makes me wonder how medium-large dogs could ever use this! Sometimes my dogs go off the side so I can’t imagine a larger dog (especially if they like to spin like mine) making the mark.

    Some reviewers have mentioned that it’s a bit of an eye sore, however, I find it to be a huge improvement over looking at a pee stained white pad! The product is a bit bulky so I will stick to puppy pads for travel. The bulkiness can also affect cleaning, but I find [if they get really messy if a dog gets sick or something] filling up a bathtub and leaving them to soak with some cleaner and disinfectant makes the job a lot easier. The color and discreetness of the product makes me comfortable with placing it in high traffic areas of the house.

    The product description describes the system as being built to be used with newspaper to be eco-friendly, however, I wish they’d sized it to also accommodate PoochPad 20-Inch by 27-Inch Pet Training Pad, Medium, 2-Pack. If you’re interested in using the reusable pads the smallest on the market (17″ x 23″) are the best fit, but do leave some uncovered areas(length). Not ideal, but will save me a few hundred dollars a year (literally, not kidding, I did the math) compared to using disposable puppy pads and since most of my reading is online the newspaper idea won’t go far with me.

    TRAINING

    I’ll try to summarize, but will be more than happy to elaborate if asked. To train them I first used it without the grates and placed a puppy pad inside and placed it where they usually relieved themselves (replacing the old pad holder). One dog took to this right away. After a few days I placed the grates on. When they would go near it or look like they wanted to relieve themselves I placed them on the grates and gave them the command to relieve themselves. They looked at me like I was crazy, but after a while (with high praise and rewards when she go it right) my youngest dog became an expert.

    My older dog was not warming up to the system at all so I had to keep pads out or he would go on the floor instead! I even tried wiping his urine over the grates and stuff to get the smell in to no avail. Luckily I had a week off when the snow storms came through and made it my mission to get him used to it. I started from scratch and treated it like we were house-training all over again. I began with placing the reusable pad on the floor, then moved up to placing the pad in the base, finally put the grates on. I used the same training techniques I did when he was a puppy. If he went to the bathroom in the wrong place and I caught him in the act I said “bad potty” picked him up and put him on the pad. When we got up for the day I took him to the pad and put him on it and gave the command “go potty” so he knew that’s where he goes. After a while I think he got used to the feel of the grates on his feet. The first time he used it on his own he got a huge celebration and treats. He’s been good since. You really have to be prepared to retrain them to use it. It will take time for some, maybe even a few weeks (or months like my older puppy).

    SUMMARY

    The price is ugly, but the initial investment makes it cheaper in the long run than my old system. I was going to give it 3-stars, but settled on 4 because it meets the criteria for the new house-training setup. Not 5 because of the price and sizing.

    I wanted [and it met]:

    -Something that would save me money compared to what I was using at the time which was a plastic pad holder and disposable pads.

    -Something that wouldn’t become a toy or project in the middle of the day. My youngest dog started tearing up pads and showed the older one how much fun it could be.

    -Something that I could use reusable poochpads with. I wish it was better sized to accommodate these especially since they help with smell.

    -Something that would keep paws dry (especially after moving to a place with wall-to-wall carpeting).

    -Something that was more eye-pleasing. Most people have to ask what it is now!

  2. Luis A Mercado says:
    February 23, 2010 at 12:00 am

    I have a small to mid size Boston terrier which can hold his own for the whole night and when he has to go, he has to really go. Let’s do some background first on my experiance with indoor dog breeds, with people who have to work the entire day away from home and no yard for thier dog. That is me and I just don’t have the capacity to take him out when he needs to go at different times in the day and do not want to crate train to prevent personality traits from forming on a bad level of becoming destructive or unsanitary. Initially I used pee pads on the floor which worked for a time and then ended up sliding on the floor which caused at least 2 daily clean up messes, which required mopping wiping, repeat. I then smartened up a little and got a holder which held the pee pads, which helped at first but ended up being amusement for my dog to tear at and rip upf leaving fluffy white stained paricles of debris everywhere in the home. I started using this device with a few squirts of spray to intice my puppy to go on it.

    He went right away and got the idea.

    Pros

    1. No pee paw prints leaving the area of the UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty

    2. It is big enough making it an easy target for a small to medium size dog

    3. The gates are removable seperately, and not made of metal so no rusting worries.

    Cons

    1. It is a bucket type device and a little pee pools the entire bottom, so clean daily recommended or it will stink your room.

    2. Fecal matter can get pushed down in the grate after a normal accident, which means when you clean it, the angles get fecal matter sprayed in different directions because of the cube cut outs.

    Highly recommend using this device with pee pad inserts underneath the grate. Makes it so easy to just come home lift a grate, pull out a pad and replace and spray the top of the dirty grate and clean. Dog doesn’t see the paper and won’t tear. Poo is poo, so just be glad it wasn’t on your floor or carpet. Don’t get a grass top, New! Ingrass Puppy Potty Bigger & Deeper Now! Free Bottle of Puppy Attraction Aid Spray 20″ X 30″ Indoor Outdoor because this makes it extremely difficult to clean and urine dries on top and fecal has to be scrubbed off. Leave the grate top empty and free of any other junk. I wish the grates locked in the the tray, and was a little deeper, because I may have used some sort of kitty litter to avoid the smell of urine and clump up capability.

  3. H. Douglas Jennings says:
    February 12, 2010 at 12:00 am

    I have a Jack Russel and he went to pad right away. The pad works great and is easy to clean.

  4. Christine M. Arnold says:
    December 11, 2009 at 12:00 am

    I started traing my dog to use this product about 2 weeks ago and so far so good. It is easy to clean. My dog seems comfortable using it. to make it short, we are happy with the purchase.

  5. Michael L. Tajima says:
    November 24, 2009 at 12:00 am

    i have a 2 month old shih tzu and this thing saved me money on pee pads-they are expensive!

    Just keep placing puppy on there every time he starts sniffing and he’ll get the idea.

    I had problem with him peeing on the ugodog.. but not pooing there ;p i had to be vigilant and watch him every time he circled to place him on the grate! yea could be cheaper to manufacture.. but its value to me is awesome so i dont mind the price at all. Look around.. there are other options available where the replacement artificial grass costs 2x one of these and its a recurring cost!

    This is a great buy for small breeds. I not quite sure if i’d use if i had a large breed dog.. MAYBE for a medium breed dog… maybe ;p

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