sigh, my Hot Rod (4) pees on the pad with no problems. He prefers to poop outdoors and has for awhile. He just doesn't like to poop on the pads and will hold it or find a spot in my front hallway.
We've go so far as to gate off the front part of the house again.
But its worked. "crate" training 101.
It must be something as they get older. Maggie is 3 1/2 and has for the past several months seem to stop wanting to use the pad to poop as well. She will if she has to but seems to prefer going outdoors. We have pads in daddy's garage and they "go out" throughout the day and nite as well as go for normal walks. The garage thing started last year when it was knee deep snow outside. It's worked great as hubby takes them out first thing in the morning and we I get up, I take them for their walk.