Thread:Jo285/@comment-32899062-20180426064447/@comment-29088925-20180428121820

Lol. The indoor toilet is just a leakproof tray that locks a pad underneath the top plastic mesh layer. Puppies can't hold their bladders for much longer than an hour and so, until the puppy reaches a longer bladder-holding stage, it will need somewhere to go when I'm away for longer than an hour.

And, I live in a city with 4 definite seasons. This year winter weather held on for several weeks longer than normal and we get major snowstorms and ice storms from time to time. We had a major ice storm in '98 that pretty much shut down the city for a while. It knocked over not just hydro poles (which also happened in our ice storm last month) but also hydro towers. During times like that, the dog may or may not be willing to do its business outside and sidewalks may not always be passable, for example, if a hydro pole topples near the house. I'm looking for the right pair of boots with retractable ice cleats built in for our next icy period (not before November) to make it possible for me to get out with the dog for more of the year. I really hate walking on ice!

The good news is that once the rain clears away in the next few days, our high temperatures for the day will rise from today's 12 C to Tuesday's 22 C! So we seem to have finally reached the point where spring weather changes over from transition from winter to transition to summer. That's why I wanted to get a puppy in May; we'll both have time to get trained before the rough weather begins.

Oh, and Kat loves dogs as well and has one. My puppy pictures have her yearning for another. 🐶💗