Description
From the manufacturer
3-Piece System
Synthetic Plastic Grass Mat
Grass mat looks and feels just like real grass while being completely safe and non-toxic for your pet.
Detachable Grid Tray
Holes from the detachable grid tray allows liquid to drain to the bottom base tray, so grass mat is always dry and ready for use.
Bottom Base Tray
Bottom base tray detaches from grid tray for an easy and mess free clean up. Simply rinse and wash with soap and water.
Set Include:
- Grass Mat
- Grid Tray
- Base Tray
- Dimensions: 20 x 25 x 1.25 inches
- Indoor and Outdoor Use
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Place potty trainer tray in any room in the house! |
Great for apartments or homes with no available yards. |
Perfect for any patio, porch, or garage! |
PJ –
For reference, I bought this for Reese, my five month old six lb. Chorkie and placed it on my back patio. Previously, we have been taking her out the front door to the grass on a leash. This is so we can just let her out on the gated patio and not have suit up to go out in the cold at all hours of the night. By the way, my puppy seems to be ultra smart. She learns very quickly and is eager to please. She already has us well trained, lol.Day one: I put some turds on it and when she went out she put her front paws on the mat and peed on the concrete. I soaked up the pee with a paper towel and squeezed it on the mat (wearing rubber gloves) and gave her praise. I later discovered you can just pick up the faux grass and pat the puddle with it, much easier! She later pooped on the patio and I moved the poop to the mat again praising her for going potty on the patio (and not inside the house).Day two: She peed on the mat for Daddy, but every time Mommy lets her out she holds her pee and will only poop on the patio, but not on the faux grass. I removed the old piles of poop that I placed on the grass, just in case she needs the space. Remember that prior to this, she only went potty out the front door on a leash in the grass. So this is a totally new and probably confusing concept to her, as this is the back door, no leash, Mommy and Daddy are inside and the grass is fake.Day three: She peed and pooped on the patio, but not on the faux grass. We are at this point pretty happy that she is confident going on the patio. We can hose it off. One thing to note is that she saw me cleaning up the poop and spraying the pee and washing it. I think this confused her, because she has seen me in the past clean her accidents inside the house, after having scolded her. So I think when she saw me cleaning her patio messes she might have thought she did bad. I would suggest cleaning it when they are not looking.Day four: No pee pees on the faux grass yet. Maybe when Daddy gets home he can get her to go. Maybe I give up too quickly. I take her out the front door if she doesn’t perform out back. I’m just afraid that if I don’t, she will go in my new house and I love that new house smell.Day five: She is pottying on the back porch, one time next to the mat, but most of the time nowhere close to it. We have a new problem, for some reason, she now squats and pees on the indoor house carpet right in front of me when I ask her to roll over! I have no idea where this came from, as she absolutely loved rolling over for treats. I think all of this has just really confused her. I’m going to go on YouTube and see if there are any videos showing tips on how to get them to pee on a pad. (No tips found).Day six: Today we got a poop that landed on the pad. She backed up to it and did her business. Technically only half the turd landed on the grass, but it was time for a poopy party! We celebrated her accomplishment. The rest of the day, she did her business on the back patio, but not on the grass. Thankfully she is back to rolling over and not thinking it means to squat and pee. We just make sure to let her out to potty before doing inside tricks (which she loves doing).Day seven: We got a pee on the faux grass! Just one, but we are seeing progress, so we are happy. We let her out onto the porch and watch from inside, no coaxing or trying to direct her to the pad (it’s too cold outside for that). So we are hoping that she will gravitate to that pad on her own.Day eight: The last five peepee’s have been on the pad!!!! The poopoo’s are landing closer too.Day nine: I’m so please to report that Reesie now runs straight for the faux grass to do ALL of her peepee!!! Her poos are still landing elsewhere on the porch, but I’m okay with that because they are easier to clean, especially now that it’s 15 degrees outside (think poop sickles)! Let me reiterate that I have done no coaxing toward the grass, I just patted her initial puddles with the pad to get her smell on it. I then gave treats and praise for going outside, with extra praise for going on the pad. I am removing the poo now from the patio and placing the freshest batch on the pad. We may still buy a second one, for extra space and to take on vacation with us (we stay at beach condos/houses and would probably transport it in the bed of our truck as I’m sure it smells like pee). I saw a video on YouTube where they placed two just outside the door and gated the area to include only the pads, so the puppy had no choice but to go on the pad! Excellent idea!I’m upgrading my review to five stars!!!!! This thing is SO WORTH IT!!!! Especially now that it’s 15 degrees outside!!!! I will update when the poo starts landing on the grass.SMELL: As far as smell goes, there is none, it’s too cold for that, all pee pee is turning to ice in the bottom tray and I just discard the p’ice.
HiddenDaisyHiddenDaisy –
I tried the blue and white absorbent dog pads. I really did. They stayed true to their word and absorbed the urine and neutralized the odors, but my Parti Yorkie puppy never consistently figured them out. She’d pee on them (or near them) in her dog pen, she’d chew them to shreds if I didn’t wake up soon enough (I wake up early!), and she’d lay on them like a bed at times. Ewww!! When she was out of the pen, it was a constant battle to get her to pee on her outside-the-pen pad.Enter the PETMAKER fake grass…I bought two – one for inside the pen and one for outside the pen. She figured out the inside-the-pen grass faster because the absorbent pad was gone (I inserted a blue and white absorbent pad under the grass for a few days to have proof that she was peeing there), but she also had plenty of accidents in her pen, so I knew we had to do some training. The outside-the-pen grass was where the magic happened. I started by introducing the grass – putting a treat on the grass and saying, “go on the grass” and then praising her when she walked on the grass to get her treat. She liked that game. Then, when I knew she knew what “grass” meant, I took things to a new level. Whenever I would find pee on the floor, I would flip the new grass upside down and rub it in the pee. If the pee was in a tricky spot, I’d get a tissue (which is not so absorbent) and sop up most of her pee and then rub it on the grass. She started noticing that the smell of the grass had changed and that it smelled like HER PEE.I’d see her doing a lot of smelling around the room before she needed to pee and I’d say “Go pee on the grass” and she’d run to the grass (because she understood “grass”), but then she’d wander the grass and end up peeing near it. Each time she’d pee ON the grass, I’d say a higher pitched, “YES!” to anchor the proper behavior, I’d praise her, and I’d give her a small piece of cheese to reward her choice. Each time she peed off the grass, I’d say nothing and quietly clean up the mess. One day it just clicked. I saw her squatting to pee on the carpet and I was thinking to myself, “Seriously? Not AGAIN.” And just as I was starting to feel really disappointed, I saw her stop what she was doing and run to the grass and pee! Of course I praised her profusely and gave her a well-earned piece of cheese!She quickly figured out that the more times she peed on the grass, the more times she’d get cheese, so she’d come pee 3-5 drops and look up at me optimistically. Of course I gave her cheese and said, “YES!” (because she did the right thing), and the behavior began to be more and more automatic.I encountered one problem with the Petmaker system, and that is the middle layer which keeps the grass from sitting in urine. It’s a great concept, but my little dog decided it was a great chew toy. After waking up to find that she had chewed off over an inch of the corner of the middle layer (and worrying about how much she had swallowed), I decided to outthink her and rub Tabasco on each of the four corners of the middle layer. She smelled and smelled and smelled those corners, and I’m guessing she probably tried eating it once because she has never tried chewing it again. (We used the Tabasco method on a printer cable she tried chewing and it worked beautifully there, too.)I’ve moved on to teaching her to poop on the grass. To aid in this quest, I’ve sprinkled kibble in every area where she normally likes to poop. That kinda made the area a prohibited poop area in her mind. Also, whenever I do any kind of training with her around the house, I purposely drop food or treats in areas where I know she’s pooped. Her options of where to poop (aside from the grass) are shrinking by the day. There are three areas she still tries (probably because I haven’t sprinkled food there yet). This week, when I see her sniffing in those areas, I’ve been saying, “Poop on the grass,” whenever I see her starting to smell out a poop spot. She’ll run to the next poop spot and I’ll say, “Poop on the grass,” and she’ll run to the next poop spot, but eventually, if I can keep up with her, she actually poops on the grass (and gets a better treat than a pee treat)! Today she took things to the next level because no one was watching her or saying anything and she went up to the grass and pooped on it!My next step (once the pee and poop thing happens EVERY time) is to start scooting the grass pad a few inches closer to the door (2-3 inches per day) and then it will reside on the deck and then it will be moved to the lawn where it will ultimately be eliminated. Honestly, I’ll still keep this grass pad for future use because when it snows two feet and I don’t feel like shoveling a path to the lawn for my little 3.5 pound Parti Yorkie, I want her to know that she can just “pee on the grass!”
LJALJA –
This might be the best doggie “accessory” we’ve bought so far! We’ve had the Petmaker Puppy Potty Trainer for just over a month now, and it’s proven absolutely invaluable for our 11-lb miniature poodle.We bought this potty — as opposed to the many other potty options — because it was the only one that would fit inside of a 48″ crate and still leave room for a doggie bed and water bowl. When we’re out, we can leave our dog in the crate and not have to worry about making her hold it too long. We also had a problem with our dog getting up in the middle of the night and pottying on the living room carpet, and this has completely solved that issue.TRAININGFor training, when she started doing her “potty dance” late at night, we’d set her inside the crate and then physically block her in with our body (instead of closing the door), so she didn’t feel locked in. The first several times, she’d wander around the crate confusedly, push at us with her nose in an attempt to get out, and then finally relieve herself on the potty. Each time, we’d give her a ton of praise and petting for using her potty. Initially, she really did NOT want to use the potty and used it only because she was trapped and had no other options, so we spent a lot of time sitting in front of the crate waiting for her to go (takes patience!), but the waiting time got a teensy bit shorter each time. After two weeks of doing this at night (we take her out during the day), she started wandering over towards the potty when she needed to go but she wouldn’t actually use it unless we put her inside and waited for her to go. Now it’s been a month and she just uses the potty when she needs to — with ZERO accidents in the house!USAGE / CLEANINGThe Petmaker potty has a layer of faux grass that sits on top of a raised plastic drainage tray, and both of those fit inside a larger black tray. The grass and the drainage tray aren’t “locked in” and could slide around if you push them, but this hasn’t been an issue for our 11-lb dog. We put a potty pad underneath the drainage tray, which makes clean-up MUCH easier. Our dog uses the potty multiple times per week and we haven’t had any issue with smell. We change the pads every 1-2 days and then clean the whole potty in the tub with a diluted bleach solution about once a week. Our dog has shown zero interest in chewing on the grass or the pad, but she isn’t much of a chewer in general.PROS- Fits inside of a 48″ crate with plenty of room for a doggie bed- Big enough for an 11-lb dog to sniff around / circle around / find the “right” spot- Faux grass layer is raised and drains quickly — does not stay wet after use- No issue with smell when using potty pads + cleaning 1x per week- No more spills or misses (compared to potty pads alone)- NO MORE ACCIDENTS IN THE HOUSE!CONS- Grass does “shed” — we’re still finding stray strands all throughout the house- Grass takes a while to dry after cleaning — we may buy a second one for use while the first is drying- Bottom tray is shallow — if you’re not using pads, it would be very easy to spill pee everywhere when emptying
Jessica –
We got this as a transitional training tool for transitioning from pads to going potty on grass. Put it inside and put a pad on top of it, removed the pad, put it out on the patio. Helped our newest puppy not be afraid of the grass at our apartment complex and give him a familiar place to get used to going potty outside. We still keep it on the patio and it’s helped in several potty emergencies when our puppy gets distracted and doesn’t ring his potty bell. Our older dog has no interest but to be fair his only exposure to fake grass has been the dog potty rooms at the airport which he’s never particularly liked.
NikiiNikii –
I could not be happier with this purchase! I have a smaller than average Pomeranian, with a bladder to match. He doesn’t typically make it through the night before he has to go, and his favorite spot in our room to relieve himself was right at the foot of my husbands sink. In the interest of continuing our happy co-habitation, we searched for a quick solution. I’d researched other products like this one, both real grass and artificial turf. The real grass sounded interesting, but expensive over time ($16-20 per patch of grass to be replaced each 2-3 weeks with my size dog + $10-20 shipping cost per patch… Modestly, that’s $500 per year on my 4lb dogs potty… I spend less on more important things annually.)That being said, I gave this one a shot. I had read another review that recommended combining this product with a puppy pad for easier clean up, and that’s exactly what I did. Others also mentioned their pup had little interest in using it and had to coax their pet to use it by leaving them without an option to go elsewhere. This luckily wasn’t my experience. All I had to do to get my little guy interested, was put it in the area of most common offense and wait. I didn’t introduce it to him, or make a big deal of its arrival. I unpackaged the product, which was delivered in an enormously oversized box, added the puppy pad below both the turf and middle layer (see pictures), and placed it on the floor in front of my husband’s sink. It was used within 24 hours of initial set-up! Also worth noting, we were able to move this potty to a more convenient location so that the hubby could continue hygiene as usual; the dog was unbothered and has continued using his new bathroom, even in its new location. I plan on buying another for my daughter’s room because if he, for whatever reason, sleeps with her, he inevitably has the same problem there. I’m sure he’ll be happy to have access to a restroom on either side of the house. And at this price, it’s totally worth it.Regarding the use of the puppy pad, I purchased the Neat’n Dry pads in the size photographed. Be advised, the seller has the default listed 10-pack for the same price as the 50-pack I purchased. These fit PERFECTLY in the medium sized trainer. The stains photographed are from a couple of days use. I’ll likely replace this tomorrow. I haven’t noticed any odors from the turf or the pads, even after the time mentioned. I do plan to follow the maintenance care suggested by others: exchange the pad for liquid waste once 1/2 saturated (Approximately 3-5 days for my 4lb dog); remove solid waste as it occurs; and wash all components, the turf, base and middle tray once weekly with hot water and a mild solution on the plastic parts to sanitize between pad changes.I’ll be updating my review as the weeks pass with this regiment to comment on the durability of the turf. Examining, it appears to be the same stuff you would purchase from any home improvement store from the bolt. If anything did happen to the grass, it seems it would be easy and inexpensive enough to replace. 🙂
Robert G. –
I have a cat that’s a chonk and it’s not so easy in a litter box so he uses that for urine works fantasticBut I don’t like trying to carry with urine I. Take 4layers of paper towel to line the bottom that absorbs the urine
AG –
Good product and concept. My dog did care for it.
Chloe –
Our 10-week old puppy used it on the first day when we take him home. One trick probably helped: before we took him home, we left the grass pad on the patio for about 2 weeks, with 3 layers separated, not stacked together. It rains here a lot, I wish the nature can reduce the plastic smell – it might not seem much to human nose, but dogs have very sensitive nose and they can tell it doesn’t smell like grass. We also put the pee pad underneath like some other reviews recommended. The thing to note here VERY IMPORTANT: put the pee pad at the bottom layer, don’t put it directly under the grass layer. The middle layer is meant to separate the grass with the pee, so the grass won’t be soaked in the pee. That’s very important because if the grass is soaked in the pee, it smells like hell and it’s hard to wash it off. And our puppy refuse to stay in the same room with it (no matter it’s indoor or at the patio), he would lift the grass up, find and tear up the pee pad under. But if we put the pee pad on the bottom layer, he’s fine with it.Pros:If your puppy can pee at one place, the pro is very obvious. We started of by leaving the grass pad in his play pen. Our puppy only pees at this grass pad since the beginning, unless he couldn’t find where it is. He only had a few accidents when we move the grass pad to patio. After we had it for a couple of weeks, we purchased another one so we can wash one of them and let dry, while puppy still have another clean one to use.Cons:Our puppy might think the texture is like carpet texture. Of all the a few accidents he had, almost all were on our carpet (we do have hardwood floor at some areas, and carpet at some other areas). Dogs recognize both texture and smell when they are doing their business.Our puppy is a border collie – for bowel size reference. He pees about 15-20 times a day. When we put the grass pad indoor, we need to change the pee pad underneath every two hour, and wash/scrub the grass pad every day at night. When we start leaving the grass pad in the patio, we need to change the pee pad underneath twice a day, and wash/scrub the grass pad every 2-3 days. It’s not like some other reviews says, you can change/wash it every week.Another thing is now our puppy is at about 25 pounds, the grass pad starts to get slightly small for him (we ordered size medium). He sometimes would drop a couple poop outside the edge, but it’s still fine for now since it’s on the patio. I wish there’s a bigger size.But we use this grass pad only because he hasn’t finished taking his vaccines, and can’t go out yet. Our living area is on the 2nd floor of the house, backyard is on the first floor. He pees so frequently that it’s a lot of work to take him downstairs and go through the garage to go to the backyard every single time. I’m also worried about feet infection for the puppy, since it rains all the time here in winter, and the backyard gets muddy. When he’s able to go out, we’ll start to let him go outside. And when he’s older and starts to pee slightly less frequently during the day, we’ll make the complete transaction.
Ashley Colby –
This thing is amazing! Perfect for training a puppy! I did buy the extra grass patches to switch out when I’m cleaning because it does start to smell quick, but I really have no complaints. Saw other reviews that say to put a puppy bad underneath and I would 100% recommend doing so. Love this thing!
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