What's Up with the Dog Poop Mat Commercial

Training Dogs to Pee About

Jenny Jones
I know dogs have accidents in homes, especially when cruel masters and mistresses lock the animals all day long pent up in a house. It is not what dogs are about. It's like cleaning off a pig and putting the pig to lie down in a soft fluffy bed and think you are doing the pig a favor. You are not be doing the pig a favor. Sorry. Pigs naturally like to waddle in the mud and muck - that's what makes them happy, that what pigs do. We do not understand the ways of pigs because we are not pigs but for a pig being covered in dirt is like wearing a cool pair of jeans. Dogs like to nose dive. They see with their noses most of the time. They relish in the smell of fresh dog dung, and other esoteric scents in the environment. It's like humans put them in a place that sells perfumes and they would go sniffing around like crazy trying to decipher the different scents trying on some scents on their wrists and delight in the aromas of these concoctions. Dogs are happy when they are hunting for scents, different scents, poopy scents, foul scents. They do that because they are dogs.

Primping and preening these animals to make them our slaves, to project our human idiosyncrasies on the poor creatures only reflect our own neediness and unwillingness to grow up. If you truly love your pet dog, you will not emasculate him or cut off their toenails or lock them up in miserable houses all day with no dog contact etc. because that's makes a dog's life really human and that sucks you know it.

Now, coming back to this stupid mat that someone has manufactured to give dogs a place in your living room to pee and poop is taking humans to the dogs. This is so gross - I cannot even watch the commercial. Imagine having your guests over and the dog plumps a hot one out. How can you eat or drink in an environment like that? Encouraging a dog to pee and poop in the home does not make for a hygienic environment. How can you maintain a clean and welcoming environment when the stench of dog pee and poop hang in the air or worst a masked scent that produces something out of this work by using of febreeze - please this cannot be healthy for a human being. People dogs are not babies no matter how hard you try to make them so, just take the dog outside please and let them do their thing.

Published by Jenny Jones

Writer, poet, actress, activist. I love writing and giving my opinion on matters of importance to the general public. I am a student of life and I feel we are the sum of our experience and a little more....  View profile

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  • Jenny Jones9/27/2010

    What is a dog doing in a high rise apartment. What a crappy dog's life to have. This is dog abuse! Why we humans always want to own and control everything to prop up our forever flaying self-esteem, ego or just our pitiful human condition that never appears to get enough love! Because we don't love ourselves.

  • The dog poop mat9/27/2010

    The purpose of the dog poop mat is really for people who, say, live in high rise condos and don't want to pop out in the middle of the night so Fido can tinkle. They can put it out on the balcony for those urgent moments. It does not replace walking a dog! The smart/fiscal thing to do is to purchase a square of sod from your local gardening center (i.e. Lowes and Home Depot, if you're in the States) for a couple of dollars. Change it out as often as needed and it's biodegradable if you dispose in a suitable manner. For extra protection underneath you can put a layer of visqueen. But again, it's not for constant use.

  • Dog Whisperer8/30/2009

    That's easier said than done dumb ass.

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