Protect Floors with Dog Diapers

As we all know, dogs will keep going back to the places they smell their scent. Even if we can not smell it, they can. My little Yorkie ruined our carpet, which we are pulling up and replacing with hardwood. We tried everything to keep him from peeing on the carpet; treats when he peed outside, rooms gated off, scat mats (mild shock when stepped on), and of course he has a litter box, crate, and fenced back yard. He would sneak and pee if we left the room even for just a minute.

We don't want him to ruin the hardwood like he ruined the carpet. So, although it sounds silly, as a last resort we started using dog diapers! The male version just looks like the dogs are wearing a back brace. You stick a sanitary pad on the inside and it wraps around them with Velcro. My dog wears it whenever he is in the house, but we take it off him when he goes outside (because we want him to smell himself in the backyard!)

So far, so good! Just the presence of the "diaper" seems to be deterring him from peeing. And the pad held his urine well the times we didn't get the diaper off him in time (like when he ran outside to pee), so it seems to work. This diaper-deal is actually working out quite a bit better, although his "manhood" is confined, he is not as confined! He has more freedom now than ever before because we have been able to take down some gates and let him roam around the house more. My thoughts are now focused on prevention.

I would say replace hardwood boards the dog has peed on or get the smell out just enough for you to not smell it, and then put a diaper on your dog so he can never mark your floors again!