puppy mess

jwright77 · 01-22-2010

I have 9 pups any ideas for potty clean up the wee wee pads are a mess help please!!!!!!!!

Lara's mom · 01-22-2010

How old are the puppies?

SavatheWolf · 02-22-2010

Pads do not work. Very messy and the pups are harder to potty train. Try using paper, the kind that comes in a roll. If you look you can find it very cheap. Lay a sheet down and when they wake up put them on the sheet. D this after they wake up, eat, etc, if you think they need to go. Lay fresh paper over any poo so they don't walk through it. Seperate the paper from where they play, but don't make it to far from the playing place.

OrangeDog · 02-22-2010

I have been using a weaning pen with shavings connected to a whelping box for a while now and fidn it works really well. The shavings need to be changed multiple times per day but it works really well.

Todd · 02-22-2010

How bout laying out some Sham Wows!

No, just kidding:mrgreen: Anyone ever tried using newspaper? Don't think they would be very absorbent would they? Maybe lay something sturdy under the newspaper.

OrangeDog · 02-22-2010

Newspaper stains the puppies and the ink is also toxic from what I have read.

Todd · 02-22-2010

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Originally Posted by OrangeDog

Newspaper stains the puppies and the ink is also toxic from what I have read.

Oh really? Good to know. A lot of people probably do this. I also just read that most newspaper companies are using organic pigments. Here is some info on that I dug up;

One major concern for livestock producers and consumers is the safety of livestock bedded on newspaper containing inks. Until 10 years ago, lead, cadmium and other toxic heavy metals were commonly used in paper inks.

Now, however, most publishers use organic pigments. Most of these pigments are the same as those used in tattoos, lipstick, hair coloring and other cosmetics.

You may have seen the "soy ink" symbol on a newspaper, which tells the reader that the newspaper company is using soybased inks for printing. Soy inks are derived from soybeans, one of Ohio's largest cash crops.

A Pennsylvania State University study of beef steers bedded on newspaper for 140 days revealed no detectable traces of heavy metals in the blood or liver tissues of the animals. It was noted that the paper used was primarily "blackon-white" newsprint and contained a very limited amount of colored inks. Cornell University researchers fed pelletized newspaper at rates of up to 10 percent of the total diet to dairy cows and found no significant risk to human or bovine health.

The newspaper industry has made great efforts to generate a non-toxic waste stream. Printed matter from advertising inserts, catalogs and magazines, however, is not subject to the same voluntary controls of ink quality. Unregulated paper products for bedding of animals that provide meat and milk should be used with caution.