I have taped both of mine's ears and it is working. I tape them for 3 days and then take the tape out and leave them alone until they fall and then I tape again for 24 hours and continue to do this until they stay. right now they each have 1 ear taped.. as for the puppy pads, i do not use those cause I do not want mine to get used to going inside at all. but when i was doing that the first 3 days they were the same way. it was as if they each wanted their own pad.. and I would not let them out of the kitchen unless they have just gone potty and you are going to be right there with them every second or until they have no accidents in the kitchen at all..but I'm no expert on housetraining at all cause I am trying to do it myself.. good luck, I hope it works out.. oh, and here is a link to the instructions I used to tape my pups ears.....
http://members.cox.net/jrogan/ears.html