Hartz Home Protection Lavender Scented Dog Pads, 50 count, Super Absorbent & Won’t Leak, Odor Eliminating

Almost perfect
I have 5 dogs so pee and poop are pretty much my life. Ideally, it would all happen outside. But my life is less than ideal and at 3 am in a cold rain, it ain’t happening. So I buy a wide variety of piddle pads. I know good ones and I know bad ones. These are remarkably good.I put down a fresh one every night in the bathroom for my small bladdered female. I swear she gets up more often than I do!These will hold quite a lot!! I have been amazed to see how much! My four males will sometimes use them when my arthritic bones don’t allow me to hustle them downstairs at warp speed in the morning. I would not be exaggerating if I said they held several cups.I can’t speak about poop holding abilities. Thankfully, she is a middle of the afternoon pooper but I would think they would hold up admirably.The smell is intense for a few seconds after opening each new pad but dissipates quickly to a light, fresh scent. It doesn’t cover up urine but it tries.My only real gripe is the backing. It is very slippery on tile flooring. She has had her feet slip out from under her a few times. I’ve tried several things to help prevent that like placing these directly on top of my bath mat but they still slip a bit. It’s the cotton liner slipping against the plastic backing. I would be wary of she had arthritis or a bad joint but thankfully she doesn’t.

Useful for my needs, can’t beat the price
I have a cat, that for the life of me, and for reasons that are wholly his own, refuses to use the litter box unless it’s sparkling clean; I’m talking fresh litter and a scrubbed out box. I don’t know if it’s him being a Pica kitty (cats who like to chew or eat non-food items), but I’ve been fighting with him about this for over a year. I kept finding new places that he found to use as his private potty, cardboard boxes were a favorite, empty or not. It was only recently, after our move into an apt, that I finally understood this little quirk. What I had attributed to occasional upset or stress over his adoption and our moving was really an aversion to a “dirty” box, though he will poo in it, go figure.After cleaning up yet another mess, this was getting old, I finally eradicated the smell (Rocco and Roxie enzyme cleaner works wonders). I didn’t want to undo my hard work so I put one of the pee pads that I use in the cat box (Tidy cat Breeze pellet system. A godsend for those with disabilities since taking care of a traditional litter box can be hard) along the wall where he frequently likes to go. He did his business on it and then crumpled it by trying to bury it, tearing the plastic so it can’t be used in the litter box system. He only peed a little and there was a whole other end to this pad that could be used. Did he use it? Noooope, true to his nature, he can only use it once and needs a clean one for every time. So I’ve got a few strategically placed to lessen the chance that he’ll go on the carpet.So began my search for pads that were fairly inexpensive and large quantity. I found these and thought $5! What a steal! So I ordered three, in case the price changed. They arrived on time and discover that there were a bonus of two more pads per pack.I put them out on all the usual places and they work fine for my overly picky feline. He hasn’t been able to put any holes in the back lining. And despite their size he still only uses one at a timeI’ve read where some ppl complain about the smell. Well, to me, it’s a light lavender scent. I’m sensitive to perfumes and cleaners and I don’t really smell them. They are thin, very thin. You look at them and think “how can this possibly stop urine, much less catch it.”. Well it seems to work. Now mind you I’m only using these for a single cat. So I imagine that the urine load is a bit less than what an average dog puts out. I did notice what seemed to be bare spots in some of the pads, where the inner material does not fully cover the area of the pad, see pictures. They also seem to have a rather large side wall and if I’m not careful in placement he will pee on the edge and it will slide off and onto the carpet.These aren’t bad and so far have suited my needs so I would buy again.

This is the thinnest pee pad I ever had. The advertise thickness was not true! The pads seems like there os only 1 layer of it. Very useless pads!

Bought these for my chihuahua and they work perfectly.

I don’t like the smell of lavender so was a little cautious. I’m glad I took the chance – the scent is nice and light, slightly sweet, and covers up well. I was also worried about my very picky kitten (she peed on my bed once when I changed her litter box) but she took to it right away. The gel absorbs liquid very quickly. Only reason this is a 4/5 is size. I wish there was an option for a larger pad.