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Foster Mom of 37 Rescue Dogs Warns: Don't Buy Another Pack of Pee Pads Until You See This
If your dog pees on the rug the minute you leave, marks the same corner every day, or has accidents during storms, read this short article before you spend another dollar on pads, sprays or training.
This is the calming diffuser my vet recommended to stop my dog's indoor peeing.
Because pee pads and training were doing nothing.
Hi, my name is Linda. For the last 12 years I've fostered rescue dogs in my home in Ohio.
37 of them so far. Puppies, seniors, shy ones, loud ones.
And I've cleaned up after almost every kind of indoor accident there is...
- Peeing the second the front door closes
- Marking the same corner of the couch every day
- Accidents during thunderstorms and fireworks
- Peeing when guests walk in
- You name it
I thought I'd seen it all.
Then I adopted Rosie.
Pee on the Rug Every Single Day, Even After 6 Weeks of Training
Rosie is a 4 year old shepherd mix. She came to me as a foster and never left.
She was sweet. Gentle with the cats. Perfect on a leash.
And she peed on my living room rug every single day.
Not when she needed to go. She went outside like a pro.
She peed when I left for work. When the mail truck came. When it thundered.
I did everything right. Or I thought I did.
I bought pee pads in bulk. I took her to a 6 week training class. I tried every enzyme spray at the pet store. I crated her when I left.
My husband started calling the living room "the swamp."
And the worst part? When my sister came for dinner, I saw her face change at the front door.
The smell hit her before I did.
The Shocking Reason Rosie Kept Peeing
I finally took Rosie to my vet, Dr. Ellis, and asked her to check for a bladder infection.
The urine test came back clean.
Then Dr. Ellis asked me one question that changed everything:
"When does she pee inside? Right when you leave? When it storms?"
Yes. And yes.
"Then she's not being bad, Linda," she said. "She's stressed."
It sounds strange, but it's true.
For a lot of dogs, peeing indoors is not a potty problem. It's a stress problem.
A door closing. A truck. A storm. A new person in the house. To a nervous dog, those moments feel like danger.
And when a dog feels unsafe, she does what dogs have always done. She marks her space to make it feel like hers again.
House soiling affects roughly 1 in 5 pet dogs, and it's one of the common reasons dogs end up back at a shelter. 1
As a foster mom, that one hit me hard. I've driven too many of those dogs home from the shelter myself.
Here's the bad news...
If the real cause is stress, then almost everything we buy for indoor peeing is aimed at the wrong thing.
They manage the mess. None of them touch the reason it keeps happening.
That's why so many of us get stuck in the same loop for months. Scrub. Spray. Repeat.
So what's the solution?
You need to make your dog feel safe at home. All day. Even when you're not there.
But how do you do that?
Most people are told to "spend more time with her." Or to try calming pills.
But you can't skip work. And I didn't want Rosie walking around like a zombie.
Luckily, Dr. Ellis had a better idea.
Calm Her Down 24/7 Without Training, Pills or Changing Your Routine
It's all possible thanks to something called the "dog appeasing pheromone."
When puppies nurse, their mother gives off a natural scent signal from her skin. It tells them: you're safe here.
Dogs keep reacting to that signal their whole lives. People can't smell it at all.
Researchers have tested a synthetic version of this pheromone for years.
Dr. Ellis wrote one name on a sticky note: TheraPetMD.
"Plug in one in each room where she spends time," she said. "It does the calming while you're at work."
Introducing TheraPetMD
TheraPetMD is a plug in diffuser that releases calming dog pheromones into the room, 24/7. Its refill uses an analogue of the dog pheromone (2%).
No training. No pads. No pills. You plug it into the wall and let it work.
- Safe and drug free. No chemicals or medications.
- Works 24/7, even while you're at work.
- Covers up to 700 sq ft per diffuser. One per room works best.
- Made for dogs. Only dogs detect the pheromone, so it's safe with your other pets.
- Vet recommended, with 300,000+ pet parents served.
I plugged in three. Living room, bedroom, kitchen.
Within a few days, the puddles got smaller and further apart.
By the end of the second week, I realized I hadn't bought paper towels in a while.
The first big storm came in week three. Rosie slept through it. On the rug. Dry.
My dad uses one for his rescue, Buster, now. And both of my neighbors bought one after seeing what it did for Rosie.
When my sister came back for dinner, she didn't make the face.
But don't take my word for it...
TheraPetMD has over 4,000 five star ratings and reviews. Here's what other dog owners said:
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Turns out my dog indoor peeing was due to stress. We put a few diffusers around the house, and no accidents for 2 weeks now, he goes outside! Glad we tried this.
Used pee pads and tried potty training but nothing worked. Got these diffusers and finally no more messes around the house
Every time we left the dog alone because of his separation anxiety, we'd find pee on the floor, so frustrating. Saw an ad, bought a few diffusers to give it a shot. No accidents since we plugged them in, so far so good!
No More Scrubbing. No More Smell at the Front Door.
Just imagine...
- No more checking the rug the second you get home
- No more pee pads, sprays and paper towels on every shopping list
- No more smell hitting your guests at the door
- No more dreading the next thunderstorm
That's what TheraPetMD did for Rosie, and for my dad's Buster.
How to use it
Now, I know you probably have two questions...
How Many Do You Need? And What Does It Cost?
Each diffuser covers up to 700 sq ft, but walls block the scent. So it's one per room your dog uses.
According to TheraPetMD, most customers use 2 to 3 diffusers to cover the home. I use 3.
Now the price.
A single new living room carpet costs about $1,800. 4
A 6 week training class runs $120 to $600, and private sessions up to $400 an hour. 2
Rosie's pee pads and sprays alone were costing me around $60 a month.
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That's about $1 a day to protect the whole house.
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