Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I love my dogs, but I hate that they have recently started marking my house. I've had them for 7.5 years since they were 6 months old) and they were neutered when I got them. They are male schnoodles who weigh 22 and 25 pounds each. Within the past year, they've started peeing, and I can't seem to figure out why. I decided to screw the "why" in the equation and just put a bandaid on the problem.... hence these diapers. For starters, I ordered the large. Rufus can attach the Velcro fully; Jonesy - who is a tad "bigger boned" - has to really stretch these diapers fully out. The Velcro seems strong and stays on fairly well. Did the diaper(s) ever "fall off"? Yes. But I was able to figure out that it was from them "helping" each other out of them (rigorous rolling on carpet with "pawing" by brother-dog). Yup. They really dislike them. I put them on and they got all dejected and embarrassed. I swear, their whole demeanor changed. But they need to suck it up.... you pee, you pay. So I deducted a star for the fact that my chubby 25 pound dog was bursting at the seams. Now on to absorbency. These are fluffy, thick diapers that seem to have a ton of absorbency. Ironically, the first day we got them, a MASSIVE rain storm hit. My boys HATE to go out in the rain. They fight us NOT to go outside. Soooooo, I decided to let them win this battle. The next morning, the rain stopped in the late morning. I took off the diapers and let them outside. Both diapers had pee, and one was rather significant. Amazingly, neither leaked!! The elastic gathering worked plus they really seemed waterproof. Score one for me!! Now came the dreaded cleaning of the diapers. I will preface this by saying that when this issue first started a year ago, I bought belly bands that you placed a sanitary napkin inside to avoid the dreaded clean up. Worst purchase ever. Those pads never stayed in place. I'd find Depends pads all over my house (plus the Velcro fastener was tiny and didn't seal well). Not to mention tat I had to purchase Depends pads. No matter what you tell your friends that you bump into while purchasing them, deep down they will always think they are for you. Anyway, I rinsed the bands in hot water for a few minutes until the pee-odor went away (I didn't even need to touch the pad part yet). Then I added a few drops of detergent onto the pads, foamed it up (yes, I used my hands at this point), and then squeezed/rinsed until the foaming stopped. I hung the diapers over my utility sink to drip-dry. Easy. The diapers dried well. They were fluffy and the Velcro worked perfectly. I ended up buying a second three-pack. Now I have one on each dog, one dry one ready to swap out, and one drip-drying. I'm hoping that this gets them to stop going in the house (barring the rain storm, the diapers tend to only have small drops in them). If not, they can wear these forever. They may look a tad stupid, but at least they are going through it together.