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Play the game of "leave it" with her. Whenever she has the pad in her mouth, tell her to "leave it" and offer her a high-value treat or squeaky toy(whichever is her passion - food or toys). When she does drop the pad to take the better deal, praise her and instantly replace with pad she had in her mouth with the treat or the toy and quietly remove the pad as you repeat "Good girl leave it!" over and over and praise her with physical rubbing/patting. It will require a container of treats or pile of squeaky toys on the table, ready for the "game" so keep your table stocked with whichever she prefers to trade her pad for - the food or the toys. So every time you see her with the pad, tell her to "Leave it" in a VERY upbeat and lilting tone of voice, grab your item of "trade" - food or toy - and go toward her smiling and laughing a little. Let her see the "trade" and when she drops the pad for the other, praise and offer the treat/toy instantly, removing the just-dropped pad and praising vocally as you do. Eventually, she will learn that she had rather have the trade, will readily drop the pad and take her choice eagerly. After a time, you can just say "leave it", as she approaches the pad and she will run to you instead for her treat/toy. Finally, as she approaches the pad, say "leave it", and just praise her w/out the trade item - lots and lots of praise. Eventually, she will learn that "leave it" means don't approach the pad or whatever the item is that you don't want her to take in her mouth. The trade items and all of the praising are just tools to get her to look at this training as a fun game alone the way but this game is also teaching her to listen to you as it has great rewards. Eventually, she will learn to listen to and respond favorably to commands that you give her because is has become a habit - it will be what she does. But make a fun game out of any form of training with a young dog or dog you are just training so they will engage more readily but all the while you are training them to learn to do what you say as a matter of course without thought on their part. Have fun and watch her respond!