Chloe was almost five months old when we got her . Her breeder had her pad trained so we stuck with it . She was sooo small ( about 2 lbs.) when we got her ( she is only 3 lbs. now) I couldn't imagine taking her outside , especially in the cold and snow we get. She will go outside if we are outside...she doesn't get confussed. She knows her pad is OK in the house and outside is fair game
I love having the pads so Chloe can go when she needs to. Sydney , our bigger dog who we didn't pad train ( she was trained right to outside) still looks at me sometimes when Chloe is peeing on her pad like , "hey ...do you see what that dog just did in your house !"