I love the quote "Emma uses the pee pads 99% of the time and the other 1% of the time is right besides them." .. How funny and cute!!
I also use the pee pads exclusively and don't want it any other way... what a convenience time of day and weather is never an issue, potty pads are portable I keep a set at my office for days when my yorkie go to work with me. I don't use the washable type I am brand loyal to the Arm and Hammer brand they absorb odor so that is rarely an issue and the are very absorbent nothing ever leaks thru the only way the flloor will get wet is those 1% times when my Yorkie is nearer the edge than the center, but most time she goes dead center. I highly recommend potty pads forget the grass, plus you don't have the issue of picking up parasite or disease from going in the grass! p.s. My Yorkie is 7 yrs old and have been using pads since she was a puppy. She does not have accidents in the house.