I had the same problem with the rugs!!!..What I did was pull up the 2 area rugs I had ..and steam cleaned them, I then rolled then up and out them away, I got Maximus suing the pads for both pee and poop and now that he is 5 months and has that pretty much down I put the rugs back down. The trick is that he has a set place where the wee-wee pad is and he know that THERE is where he has to pee/poop...also it helps if the area rug isn't too light because I think for some reason they have a problem deciphering between the wee wee pad and the rug. Also when I was wee wee pad training I bought a housebreaking "aid" spray that you spary on the pad and the phermones are supposed to attract them to pee there...I had Maximus pee pee pad trained in about 2 weeks..the poop took almost 2 months...lol, but what I did was reward "great" treats when he got all the poop on the pad (piece of ham, cheese, or chicken breast) things you won't GIVE AT ANY OTHER TIME!!!..also make sure to give a treat everytime they successfully pee on the pad and you see it (cheerios, pupcorn, nutro chicken and rice stick cut into pieces, etc.) pm me if you have any questions!! |