we crate trained at first; up every 2-3 hours and put him on the pad. We got xpen and it was the best thing ever. Everything Hot Rod needs is right there, bed, potty, food, water and toys. We
watched him like a hawk and when we put him on pad, we told him to "do your stuff", then we praised him everytime he'd use pad and gave him a small treat. Hubby took him out at about 4 1/2 mos and he went all on his own and has been doing so ever since! I think he prefers to poop outside since he hops around so much but he will go on pad, sometimes it lands right at edge or over. I also noticed that he doesn't like a dirty pad, I can let it go for 3 pees (if he has mostly used one side of pad, sometimes 4). We started to notice Hot Rod pooped about 5-10 minutes after he would wake up in am so we take him out right away and he "does his stuff". He gets a treat
everytime we come in.
We let him have free reign of the downstairs at first but due to a couple of accidents I put a barrier to keep him in the living room with us and xpen. At night he goes into xpen or when we were not right there for a extended period of time. I've just added the hallway and kitchen areas to his domain. I've even felt more comfortable with leaving him out of his xpen while I am somewhere else in the house for a length of time. Hope this helps some.
