[Marilize]

I'd love to use washable pee pads, but I can't seem to reconcile their use with our house-training theory. The theory is very simple: the potty area must smell like the potty area and the rest of the house must smell fresh and clean.

I regularly foster puppies for welfare and I use newspaper to train them. I use an expen and a separator for the 'bathroom'. The bathroom is lined with newspaper and I will add to the pile with more newspaper, on top of what is already there. This keeps their feet clean and the potty area smelling bad. This theory works very well for us, our current foster pup, Charlie, is almost potty trained after being here for about 3 weeks.

I'm thinking of using washable pee pads underneath the newspaper, to protect the floor. But I've tried that with my own Yorkie puppy and it didn't work. It worked way better for my older male, who likes peeing on my rugs. They are both outside trained now, with the occasional accident when it rains. They don't seem to want to go on the washable pads I have. Is there any specific way to get them to go on the pads? How do you train them to do that?