Okay, so I am in the grueling process of housebreaking. I just caught my Yogi peeing on the carpet. I clapped my hands together loudly and yelled, "No!". I then brought him to the pee-pad for him to finish his business. He seemed pretty scared and did not finish and went to his bed instead. Right now, I have him confined to a leash in an area in the kitchen. He has just enough length to do his business on the pee pad and to sleep in his bed. Is this efficient to do? Does him being confined like that really teach him anything? Honestly, I just brought him home from a friend's after being out of town and I want to play with him but since he had an accident, I just don't know if that "clap and no" is good enough?
What do you guys do? Also, since he is not fully potty-trained, does this mean that he should not be allowed to have any freedom. I supervise him 100% when I take him off of his leash but I read somewhere that they should be confined most of the time until they are better trained so that they associate going potty in the right place with freedom.