We were in a holiday cottage in the Lake District when Ellie was in season. The cottage had cream carpets so I used the pants on her. She was fine with them and didn't seem to mind them at all. I did only use them when we were in the cottage and took them off her when we went out. No dogs bothered her at all while we were out and about. When our last cocker, Sophie, was in season, we had dogs we had never seen before queueing at our gate!