Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The official ugodog website had a promo on this Dog Potty and I decided to bite. Our Chihuahua hates to go outside when it's cold and we live in Minnesota, so it's cold quite often. Since ugodog.net threw in some free stuff, I took the plunge. It does work, in that my dog does his business on this thing. BUT the design and everything else about it is simply horrible. - This entire thing is made of plastic. Why does it cost $50? There is maybe around $10 bucks worth of materials here. - There are no safety edges around the tray. My dog raises his leg to pee and shoots all over the bathroom because of this. The best part is that he will often back up to one of the sides to poop, right onto the bathroom floor. Seriously, why no edges for something like this? - The plastic grates (the ones that cover the pan) often let small pieces of poop fall into the messy catch pan. Even covering the basin with newspapers or pads ended up making clean up despicable. To make matters worse, the grates seem to be designed to catch poop inside them! Cleaning this thing is an absolute chore and you have to wash stuck dog crap out of the grates. - My dog loved clawing at the grates and trying to chew on them as well. So yes, he would do his business on this thing, but would often miss it entirely, defecating on the bathroom floor instead. I came up with a solution though and gave this piece of junk away to my neighbor. He read some reviews on it and wanted to try it out for himself. Shortly after he returned the ugodog potty to me saying that it's simply not designed for his dog (or mine for that matter). So here is my solution, and it cost me a whopping $19.74 (that's after tax). I went to my local hardware store and did some shopping. I bought a 6 pack of interlocking drain tile. I bought a plastic bin. I made sure it measured wide enough to fit my tiles. Now the magic happens, and this is a tough one! (Not really, it's super easy). I cut an entrance into this bin, just large enough to allow my dog an easy entry and exit. I also cut off a bit of the bin because it was simply too tall. I placed my interlocking drain tiles inside it. I have been using this "system" for almost three weeks now and thought I should finally review the ugodog sham. For under $20 I made a much better (although not as aesthetically pleasing) litter pan. It has sides so my dog no longer goes all over the bathroom or misses his mark, and the mesh on the tile is so small that nothing but urine goes through. Cleaning is a breeze, and all I do is wash out the bin and tiles every day. The only problem I have now is that my Chi is used to getting a treat after he does his business in the bin. So he will usually stand by it after finishing and bark at me until I give him a Greenie.