Reddit mentions of PetZoom Pet Park Indoor Pet Potty, 25" x 20" x 0.5"

I don't mean to find humor in your misfortune, b/c I totally get it, but when I got to your 2nd sentence I started laughing, because...of course he is. A daschund. They tend to be a hard dog for anybody but the mommy (or daddy) to love. ;-o

Honestly, if you have a small breed in NYC with this kind of issues, I would recommend litter box training. Yeah, it means you have poop in the house, but...you could pick a room, put a doggie door, put a deodorant back there & check it a lot. Another alternative is a strip of sod (downside is it needs changed often) or those plastic-grass things they make for apartment dwellers. Here, like this: https://www.chewy.com/dog/wee-wee-patch-indoor-potty-small/dp/52776?utm_source=google-product or this: http://www.amazon.com/PetZoom-Pet-Park-Indoor-Potty/dp/B002ZHRTAK

I think your dog has issues that won't be easily fixed where you live, and rather than fight with her all the time, you could cave on the potty thing and probably have a better relationship with her.

Here, try this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002ZHRTAK?pc_redir=1413260530&robot_redir=1

I'm not going to spare you. With your current situation, you should not get this puppy. I'm not saying you can't get a dog (that would be entirely hypocritical), but you shouldn't get a puppy. 8 week old puppies need someone with them at least every two hours, preferably more often. I would seriously, seriously reconsider and look for a more adult dog (even 6 months old would be alright, a year or older would be ideal). There are breed specific rescues if you have your heart set on a particular breed, but I highly suggest going to the shelters and seeing what dog is there that will mesh with you.

If you insist on getting this puppy, the absolute best thing would be for you to hire someone to come in in the middle of the morning and the middle of the afternoon to let your dog out and to play for a while (at least a half hour, more would be preferable) then to crate train your dog otherwise. The general rule is that dogs can hold their bladders for how many months old they are. So once your dog is 4-5 months old, they should be able to hold their bladder for the 4-5 hours you'd be away at a time. So it's going to be 3 months of this, which honestly, in the long run won't be all that much money.

I'd also seriously consider permanently coming home during lunch as even for an adult dog, 8 hours is a long time alone.

The whole point of the crate is that dogs are unwilling to pee where they sleep. So you really don't want your dog peeing in the crate at all.

If you're unwilling/unable to hire someone, next best thing is to either get an exercise pen or find a dog-proof room (preferably something with hard floors - if you don't have tile floors, consider doing something like laying down some plywood and then putting some adhesive linoleum tiles or similar on it and then put the exercise pen on top of that for ease of cleaning) and put a pee pad, bed and some toys/chews in the pen/room.

For that week you're home, you'll want to really work on training your dog to pee on the peepad (or maybe consider getting a small artificial turf thing like this, no clue if this one is any good)

Note that having a dog use a pee pad can make it very difficult for them to become truly potty trained in the future because they're learning that peeing and pooping inside is ok.

I'm in Nor Cal. There are so many beautiful places close to me, it's awesome!

If you are really dedicated, you can make it work. I've had to work crazy schedules like that, and I still kept my dog (only had one at the time) and my horse. When I worked at the shelter, I actually worked 4, 10 hour days, and so did all the other full timers, and they all had a lot of animals like myself.

If you're in a small apartment, a small senior dog can be perfect. They aren't very needy, usually sleep a lot, usually potty trained and are over all that silly naughty puppy stuff. Spend a lot of time with them in the morning, and when you come home. When you're gone, set them up in a bathroom or kitchen (door closed or fenced off with a baby gate,) with a bed, toys (only hard toys, bones and soft toys can be eaten while you're gone and that's very serious,) water and puppy pads or a faux grass potty patch like this one.

My sister actually has that potty patch for her chihuahua, as she lives in an apartment. She puts it on the porch and lets him out to use it. Some people don't like cleaning those though, and use real sod grass instead. In Los Angeles there's actually a delivery service that brings fresh sod to your door for that purpose!

Eventually you'll probably find you don't need to keep him kenneled or cordoned off. If you can hire a dog walker or have a neighbor come walk the dog during the day, you are totally set.

No, this situation is not ideal. But it's not ideal to be lonely for a pet, and it's not ideal that senior animals get put to sleep all the time because no one wants to adopt them. Not all senior animals are perfect angels, but a lot of them are. I know so many poodle, Shih Tzu, Schnauzer, Chihuahua, Lhaso Apso and mixed breed seniors that are just about perfect. They like to cuddle, they like to eat, play a little bit, take a short walk, and then sleep 14 hours a day.

Shit, my 12 year old Schnauzer is exactly that. If you're getting a dog, get this book, this magazine, check out this site, and spend a lot of time volunteering or just hanging out at your local rescue or animal shelter, and tell them your story. This book is also great. This of course is not a comprehensive list, just ones that really pop up to me as awesome.

But if that sounds like too much work, get a senior cat and give them lots of toys and kitty towers.

Edit - saw you want a hiking partner, and just want to say not to discount a senior dog on that account. My Schnauzer still goes on hikes under 5 miles with me, and was doing much longer ones up until about ten. You can always look at a more laid back terrier mix (6 + years) that has energy when you want it but can still relax at home when needed.

Just buy and lay out a couple of [these](http://www.amazon.com/PetZoom-Park-Indoor-Potty-25-5/dp/B002ZHRTAK "Amazon link") for an instant lawn and tell people to get off of it.

Amazon sells this disgusting thing. Hopefully the indoor dog bathroom will advance along with warp technology.

Keep taking her for walks and give her tons of praise when she actually goes outside. If you catch her going in the house make a loud noise or say no and take her immediately outside. If you don't catch her in the act/within 30 seconds of the act, punishing her for going in the house can have negative impact on the training because she doesn't know why she's getting in trouble.
You can also try a grass pad and encourage her with treats/praise to go on that if she won't go outside, it will at least save your carpet.

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Indoor Potty Mats:

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