Bark Potty Disposable Dog Potty - Multi-Use, Odor Neutralizing, Non-Leaking - Replaces up to 60 Pee Pads - Indoor/Outdoor

I really like this product. I lived in an area with pretty rough winters and my pup was born in November right before the season started, it has worked wonders for us. I lived in a small apartment (2nd) floor in an urban area with almost cero areas for him to potty. He adjusted very quick to it and lasted for over a month with no smell, I Love than it means less waste and mess than the potty pads and it is very easy to install and move around. I have a french bulldog he is now 1+ years and 22 pounds, since he is more of a chunk, I have to renew the box more often (every 2 weeks average in winter), but as a single first dog-mom living in the wild of urban areas with a 9-5 job, it saved my life, and the smell of the box also helped my dog identify 'dirt/ grass' as potty spots so he also does pretty good when we take him outside for potty.

I REALLY like this idea. Yes, it is fully recyclable...which I really appreciate. HOWEVER, The ONLY reason for my three star rating, after a little bit of research on my own I found that bark/mulch is all of $3.50 a bag that would last two to three months. Bird netting is also SUPER cheep (that is the netting used over the top to keep your pup from dragging the bark all around the house. If I use a reusable tray and get my own bird netting and mulch/bark each month I found I would spend about $5 a month on this same concept. My two Havanese breed dogs (toy breed) used two bark potties and with in two weeks I needed to change it or it was filling my home with urine smell. While it was nice to not have to change pee pads multiple times a day $160 bucks every month is WAY too much to be charging for something that costs WAY less to do on your own. I am purchasing my own supplies to create a less costly version of this fabulous idea. I just cannot justify $160 a month for this when I can do it myself for $5 a month. That is a savings of $155 a month....$1,860 a year!!! What the heck. I would much rather only spend $60 a year than pad someone else's pocket that amount. I would be willing to spend $40 a month on this, but NOT $160.

Update: I decided to stop using the potty bark box because it was so expensive. We had to replace it every 2 to 2.5 weeks because it smelled really gross (even on the balcony of the apartment). I tried a dog litter box with paper pellets, but puppy just ate them and strewn them all over the apartment. Also gross. Ultimately the thing that worked best for our puppy was the reusable/washable pee pads. I use Natures Miracle laundry booster and regular laundry detergent on them and they come out clean. Original Review: We are potty training our 11 week old puppy to use this bark box. I gave it 4 stars because, as other reviews pointed out, if the dog’s stool is mushy or he has diarrhea then the bark box goes into the trash. That hasn’t happened yet, but I did order an extra one for that eventually. We have trained puppy to go on the box (on the balcony of our apartment) and he makes it there most of the time or he goes on his walk. This has reduced the number of potty accidents that I have had to clean up in the house. We got this because the landscaping at our dog friendly apartment complex has a lot of bark around the plants and we thought that he might associate the act of peeing outside with the act of peeing on the bark box. That did actually work. We had it inside at first and he only used it once, but after we moved it to the balcony it has become his favorite potty spot. It is very expensive though, which is a negative. I also bought a plastic dog little box and paper dog litter pellets from Petco for puppy to use inside. So far he prefers the bark box on the balcony. Puppy does try to rip the bark out of the box for fun though. The bark box has been surprisingly durable against his efforts. Puppy also chews on the paper litter from his litter box and he drags/plays with the reusable pee pads that we put on the carpet in his favorite “accident” potty spots. My point is, that there is no perfect option, but this is working for us.

Works perfect for my girl. Has no odor when she goes pee. I live on the second floor of an apartment complex with a small outdoor balcony. The product lasts a month! Good purchase

I purchased this product for my mostly house-trained 3 month old puppy. For the past 2 months, my puppy has been successfully box trained. However, because the box is lined with weewee pads, I hated the urine smell it was leaving in my guest bathroom. Because this product claims to be naturally odor fighting, I thought I could swap out the box for this. Unfortunately, my puppy is more focused on eating the bark than peeing on it. It's only been 2 days, so I'm going to see if his behavior changes, but I'm not optimistic and fear we'll be right back to weewee pads. ————————————————————- 3/27/2025 update: I got a new puppy and decided to give this a try again. Thankfully she took to it immediately and has done very well with pottying on it only. HOWEVER, within a week the smell is horrific. My puppy weighs 8 lbs and does not use this exclusively for pottying-Only when I am not home-so I expected it to last at least 2 to 4 weeks. I have an air purifier right next to it but the smell of urine that comes from it is unbearable. I have tried spraying it with simple green to keep the odor down and that does not help. There is no way I can have this thing in my house so unfortunately, will not be continuing to use.