I have had dogs all my life, and have always had them trained fairly quick..When they pee or poop anywhere but where they're supposed too, I take them over to it, put their nose down by it, tell them NO in a harsh voice, then put them on the pee pad and say you poo poo(pee pee) on the paper)..The one I have now is 5 mos. old and has been trained for quite awhile now...the only problem with the pooping, is that she was going in the laundry room, but about 3 feet from the pad, today, she actually did pretty well..