The PAWNEVIA setup guide

How to Set Up Your Dog’s Potty Zone

The pad gives your dog a clear place to go. The routine is what teaches them to use it. Here is the approach we recommend, based on widely used positive-reinforcement house-training principles.

Seven steps

Your Potty Zone, Step by Step.

Part 1

Set up the spot

Gray PAWNEVIA Potty Zone Pad with black edge binding and white bone pattern on a wood floor in a bright hallway

Step 1 of 7

Choose a suitable spot

Pick a quiet, accessible location your dog can reach easily, with room around the pad.

PAWNEVIA Potty Zone Pad with black edge binding kept in the same spot on a hallway floor

Step 2 of 7

Keep the pad in a consistent place

Moving it around makes the routine harder to learn. Once you've chosen the spot, keep it there.

Part 2

Build the routine

Owner kneeling beside a small dog standing on the PAWNEVIA Potty Zone Pad

Step 3 of 7

Offer regular potty opportunities

Especially after waking, eating, playing, or other times your dog usually needs to go.

Owner offering a small treat to a dog standing on the PAWNEVIA Potty Zone Pad

Step 4 of 7

Reward successful use promptly

Praise and a small treat right away help your dog connect the spot with something good.

Owner calmly wiping a spot on the floor next to the PAWNEVIA Potty Zone Pad with a cloth and spray cleaner

Step 5 of 7

Supervise as needed, and never punish accidents

Accidents are part of learning. Calmly redirect and keep the routine going.

Clean accident areas with an enzymatic cleaner made for pet urine, so the spot doesn’t keep inviting a repeat.

Part 3

Keep it going

Owner placing a clean PAWNEVIA Potty Zone Pad back on the floor in a laundry room

Step 6 of 7

Follow the washing and drying instructions

Use the care instructions that come with your pad. Rotating two pads means one is always ready.

PAWNEVIA Potty Zone Pad with black edge binding placed in a quiet corner with clear floor around it

Step 7 of 7

Reassess if accidents keep happening

Check the pad's position, your timing and your routine, then adjust one thing at a time.

This guide is general education, not personalized veterinary advice.

When to Call Your Veterinarian

Sudden or persistent changes in urination, such as new accidents in a dog who was reliably trained, more frequent urination, straining, or discomfort, may warrant a veterinary assessment.

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