We seem to be going through quite a few Puppy Pads around here. If I don’t have both eyes on Rita, 100% of the time, she’s in her little pen. On the floor is a big blanket looking thing that is waterproof on the side next to the floor and it’s washable but I keep it covered in Puppy Pads so if she does have an accident, I don’t have to keep washing that big mat. I’m not even sure calling it an “accident” is right at this point. Some of it is my fault because I’m just not going out with her at midnight when I’m here by myself.
Rita is quite happy in the little pen because we had gates up to keep her off the carpet anyway. She doesn’t like to be held and she never was one to sit with us. She has her big comfy bed and her heating pad so she’s happy.
The other day when I read that there could be an issue with toilet paper again (I don’t even know if it’s true), I thought about people who use disposable diapers and wondered if any of those people keep real diapers just in case there were to be a shortage of disposable diapers. I saw this article on the Lake Charles TV station. It isn’t saying there’s going to be a shortage; it’s saying Kimberly-Clark is going to increase the price for disapers (baby and adult), Kleenex and Scott Tissue. Not blaming them . . I’m sure everything is going up soon . . probably more than once.
I picked up a grocery order at Walmart yesterday and I added a box of Puppy Pads. I knew I had one unopened box in the laundry room closet, as well as a partial box but I had forgotten that there was a box still in Vince’s car from the last time I picked up a grocery order that included Puppy Pads.
Once Vince gets here, one of us will take Rita out right before we go to bed and that will hopefully mean we will not be having to replace the Puppy Pads every morning. I put 7 down in that pen and she seems to have perfected a method of standing in one spot and soiling three or four pads . . just get it right on the corner of all of them!
Whether she stops doing it or not, I think we have enough Puppy Pads to last us a while. I have no idea what I pay for them. I need them; I buy them. I should make a note of what I paid for them today and then, in six or eight months, when I need them again, see what the price is.
Here you go . . Pet All Star Training Pads, 22 x 22 – box of 100 for $18.96.
sue says
I used to order them 600 at a time online from Value Pet. I just looked and in the 3 years he’s been gone and yes the price has gone up…check it out and see if it’s cheaper. I didn’t get the very cheap ones as they are just that. I got the higher quality.
Judy Laquidara says
Never heard of Value Pet. I will check it out. Thanks!
Cindy F says
I went to the grocery store this morning and noticed that the toilet paper I use was almost out. I found it strange as it’s been well stocked for awhile. I went ahead and bought a pack and wondered if something was going on.
Judy Laquidara says
I ran in Walmart this morning and didn’t even look at the toilet paper/paper towels. I’m not even sure I believe all the reasons I hear but the bottom line is . . I still have enough toilet paper.
Nancy H. says
I saw an article in bloomberg that talked about the reason for the coming TP shortage. It is because of a shortage in the containers that they ship them in. I was wondering where all the container went but some of this logistical stuff is not making much sense. If you look at a TP package it is made in the USA but apparently the pulp comes from overseas since the US doesn’t harvest as many trees as they did 30 years ago.
I also read in bloomberg that there is going to be a coffee shortage. Can you imagine what is going to happen when we have cranky caffeine deprived people? We are having a lot of road rage in our area maybe people forgot how to be courteous during the lockdowns.
Judy Laquidara says
I agree that a whole lot of what we read doesn’t make sense.
Courtesy does seem to be a forgotten behavior and that makes me sad. It also seems that people find it easier to be rude while wearing masks in the stores. Addie and I were in Hobby Lobby today and a lady at the checkout next to us thought something had been rung up incorrectly and she got downright hostile. I was just wanting to hurry up and get out of there.
Coffee shortage? Oh, no! Vince is a bear before he has his coffee. That’s scary! 🙂
Karen says
Would a larger size pad reduce the number you have to use to cover the area? I order mine from Chewy. They measure 27.5×44
Judy Laquidara says
I’ve tried using larger ones and it ends up costing more because once she pees on one, I have to toss it. I she pees on a corner, then there are several to be replaced. If she pees in the middle, there’s just one. Also, because of the size of her little fence, I still have to use 6 large ones where I have to use 7 small ones to cover the bottom.
The small ones are about 19 cents at Walmart and 20 cents at Chewy. The larger ones I like at Chewy are either 56 cents or 73 cents so it’s way more ecomical to buy the small ones, even though it takes 7 instead of 6 to cover her area.
When I would just keep one out in case she needed to go and we weren’t home, the larger ones were great!