My boys are both pad and outdoor trained very successfully. They have a pad available 24 hours a day, but we walk a lot and they potty outdoors too. They know if we visit another home or a store, they have to potty outdoors.
I would advise being consistent. If your pup is going to have access to a pad at home part of the day, she should always have access to a pad. I think it would be very confusing to have a pad available only sometimes. It would be extra confusing to combine crate training, outdoors, and pad.
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