Quote Originally Posted by Blueberry View Post
I used to bike with my Maltese in a pack on my back. He loved it. He was a good apartment dog too - the only downsides were 1) health problems and 2) monthly (at least) groomer visits.

I would not, however, train a dog to use pads. Our experience was that it took longer to house train, and our dogs got really confused - they thought it was OK to go anywhere in the house if they could go in one spot. I know our experience is unusual - I just wanted to throw it out there.
Mental image of someone biking with a little dog in a backpack--cute! I would second the pad thing...friends of mine have a Maltese who was trained to go potty on newspapers, but he sometimes goes in other places in the house instead. I wonder if something more like a litter box would be different/better...more of a specific place to go.