UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty

by UGODOG

Product Features

• UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty is designed to make clean up simple, easy, and certainly mess free without burdening the environment
• UGODOG has a solid base that will support any canine, regardless of breed or size
• UGODOG uses two smaller, removable, fitted grates rather than one large one to make cleanup of the grates easier and more convenient
• The UGODOG grids are specifically designed and engineered to support dogs and accomodate their delicate paws. The beams of the UGODOG grids are thick and convex in shape to cushion dog's paws.
• The UGODOG grates also allow the pooh to settle on top making clean up easy and mess free. Simply lift the grate with the pooh on it and drop the pooh in a recycled waste bag and throw away. The grates allow for your pet's paws to remain dry as the urine passes through the cubed openings and on to the base below where canine pee pads, or more preferably newspaper, absorbs the urine and odor

Product Details

• Item Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00152R5YQ
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (106 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #505 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies)

Product Description

UGODOG is an innovative and environmentally friendly indoor dog potty and house training system. UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty will not only keep your dog's paws dry, but will keep your house dry, just the way you and your puppy prefer it. UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty provides all of the benefits of a dog litter box without any of the mess. Please keep in mind this is a great house training tool that will require some effort from the owner. We offer training instructions with each shipment and encourage folks to contact us directly if they would like any additional guidance on your puppy/dog's behavior. We have worked with dog trainers to make sure the UGODOG is effective and consistant. UGO Petcare LLC also offers a 30 day money back guarantee on the cost of the UGODOG. UGO Petcare LLC. offers an online training manual with each order. For a link to our online training manual contact UGO Petcare LLC at [e-mail] and provide your Amazon order number and we will send you the link.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

133 of 136 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars saved me $30/mo, December 8, 2008

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P. Nguyen (Oakland Gdns, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty (Misc.)

I recently bought the ugodog from their own website and received it this Sat. We own a three year old German Shepherd mix. Obviously this is not a small dog by any means.

My first attempt failed miserably. Bee (dog's name) had no idea what to do with it. She didn't even want to step on top of it. I was really angry and thought about that review I read here (the only one star review). So, I physically picked up my dog and planted her on it. She did not like this very much. She sat on it and looked up at me like, "What do you want me to do now?" I told her, "Dai di, con." that's vnese for "Go pee pee". Still a vacant stare. She's obviously scared from me picking her up. So I tried again two hours later. I know for sure she REALLY has to pee this time. Of course she's no dummy and remembers me picking her up. She sat there in front of the bathroom and refused to go in. A little nudge (not too forceful) and raising my voice a little made her a little more obedient. Sure enough she went in and started sniffing around. I closed the door leaving a little gap to peek in and said, "Dai di, con." To my amazement, she sat down and relieved herself.

I hope my little story helps those that couldn't make this work for them. This is a godsend and has saved me $30/mo on the pads. This is DEFINITELY worth the money considering the $150 alternative that I was going to get. Please people, this is no substitute for a walk. S/he still needs the exercise. Have fun ppl.

Pros:
1. The two grates have 4 or 5 legs around the center to support heavier dogs.
2. Dog's feet will NOT get wet if s/he pees a lot. this happens often with the pads for us.
3. easy to clean. I just dump the urine in the toilet and spray some of that Simple Green product then rinse away.
4. for me, it's not too big to be an eye sore in the bathroom and not too small that the dog has difficulty planting herself.

cons:
1. $50? damn. The Chinese can probably have this made and sold for less than half this price for the exception of quality control. ;)
2. i don't see replacement grates. I might step on this by accident and break the grates.
3. Since it's a small company, the advertisement isn't ubiquitous. :) I wish I found this three years ago.

87 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Idea - Great Product - GET IT!, May 22, 2008

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Jacli Primo "voice actress/singer" (Loxahatchee, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty (Misc.)

I have a ugodog that I purchased for my 12 week old shih-tzu puppy after weeks of less than positive experiences with newspapers, disastrous experiences with Purinas Second Nature puppy litter box and expensive pads. Mi-Joo is now 9 months old and has been successively using the UgoDog since the second day. I had great hopes for the puppy litter box but she spent far more time chewing on the side of the box and even the litter than I had ever anticipated. I promptly traded the expensive litter for newspaper but had the same misfortune. I then bought pads which seemed to work but still had glitches.

The entrance to the litter box was simply too high for a 5 pound puppy to get into on her own when she was racing against time. Plus, I would then be stuck cleaning soaking wet foot pads and legs. Disgusting. I have a beautiful yard that I have no intention of turning into a giant toilet so I knew I had to do something. Enter the UgoDog.

When Mi-Joo needs to go she simply walks over to the box, circles a couple of times, does her business, waits 2 seconds while I wipe her "whats-it" and then races me to the toilet to flush the tissue. Simple, clean, easy. No more wet paws or legs. The grate is fantastic for catching urine. For poop, well, that can be a nasty little mess. But I figured out a while ago that when she poops all I need to do is place a piece of kleenex down below her rear-end. Then when she is done I fold it and flush it and we're all done. It's all good!

For clean up I spray the entire thing down with a vinegar spray and wash with hot water. If I am in a real hurry I will cheat with Dow Scrubbing bubbles spray but either way, as long as you don't let poop get directly on it, it is super easy to clean.

Cons: 1) The sides are too low for a young pup and you will have to help them aim. 2) The box is both too shallow and too narrow (in width) to successfully use newspaper - besides then you have to pick up sopping wet newspaper, eeewwww. 3) The grates can allow poop to fall in and create a nasty cleaning event. 4) The box is simply not sized to fit any of the pee pads on the market so you will have to do a little creative fitting of the pads yourself... 5) $50 (including shipping) really does seem like a high price to me. I don't see why this product could not be sold for $20-$25 instead.


Pros: 1) The grate system allows for a completely non-messy urination experience, no dripping! 2) The grates are soft and easy on a puppy's sensitive feet, thereby encouraging her to get with the program. 3) The box itself is rather tough and stands up to even vigorous chewers (like mine). 4) The whole system is fairly light weight and super easy to take and go. You can move it to different rooms, even take it when you travel. 5) The system cleans easily. 6) UgoDog prevents even newspaper from leaking onto your floors/carpets. 7) The double grate system allows for quick disposal of even diarrhea (provided you place kleenex down first). 8) Fairly unobtrusive as well, no unsightly giant box to dominate whatever room it is in. Also, the fact that it is so easy to move allows you to easily train your pet to eventually go in the room of your choosing.

Bottom line, this is a great product and although I have a couple of tweaks I would wish for I still think this is the best thing on the market. Get it, you won't be disappointed.

BTW, Yes, I still use pads (clean go puppy pads are your best bet value wise, btw) but now I use less than half the number of pads I had before.

110 of 117 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced and overrated, May 19, 2009

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MD - See all my reviews

This review is from: UGODOG Indoor Dog Potty (Misc.)

I got this for my small breed puppy. I was using puppy pads but wanted to save money and help the environment by trying this instead. After trying it for just over 2 months I really wouldn't recommend it.

First of all, it's 100% made of plastic, so I don't know why it's so expensive. I can get plastic litter pans with metal grids for my rabbits for $12 so I really don't know why one for my dog was $50. It's also very thin.

I tried using it with newspapers under the grid, but it made my bathroom smell horrably like dog pee, even when I replaced the paper after every time my puppy went. I tried it with litter, and the thing is so thin that I wasn't able to put a thick layer of litter. The pee just soaks the whole bottom of the tray and then the pee soaked litter sticks to the bottom of the tray so instead of just being able to scoop up the pee soaked areas, I had to empty and scrub the whole thing or else it would smell. So much for saving money. About the only thing that worked well for me to use to line the bottom of this thing was Puppy Pads, which was what I was trying to get away from in the first place!

It's such a pain to clean this thing too. If it's pee I can just rinse it but my puppy was sick for awhile and it was horrable cleaning his loose poo out from the cracks in the grid, gross!

Another thing is that this tray has no edges so a lot of the time my dog will accidently hang his back end off the end of it and miss the tray completly. And I don't know how my male dog would use this once he starts lifting his leg to pee?

Honnestly it was such a pain I went out and got another thing of Puppy Pads. I think I'm going to try a diffrent dog litter box - one with high sides and a deeper tray. I really wish I didn't spend so much money on this thing.