[RowdysMom]

I have never had any success in pad training any of my dogs. I once had a mini poodle who would pick a place to go (on the floor) and so I would put papers there (this was YEARS ago, no pads, or at least I didn't know about them). I would move the papers from place to place - wherever she decided to go. She would use the papers for a few days, then pick a new spot and I'd move the papers again. This went on for months. The moving the papers was in response to NOT being able to get her to go where I wanted her to go. Finally, we moved out of our apartment and into a house with a fenced yard. It only took her a couple of days to be potty trained to the outside.

I also tried to pad train Rowdy - didn't work - maybe it's me!!! Anyway, it was relatively easy (just a few weeks) to train him to go outside. We took him out every 30-45 minutes and said "go potty" (about a thousand times) and eventually he got it. He really got it when we got a doggie door and he could go out by himself. He rarely had an accident after we got the doggie door.