I'll be rooting for you Diane. I think training Wallee was one of the toughest for me as well. We had a little confusion with seasons changing and him going both outside and then coming in and peeing on my carpet. Luckily, he picked a favourite spot every time to pee on the carpet no matter how often he went outside so I ended up putting his pad there. It wasnt my favourite place to have it as it was in the living room. I tried moving it to the door and putting something over that spot during Christmas but the sneaky brat started going beside the dining room table. So, after numerous steam cleaning adventures, I decided to put 2 pads over that area and if he is running and playing, he will go there. I still put him outside when he wakes from sleeping and when we come in from being out. (Weirdly enough we have let him stay in the living room when we are out but he doesn't go pee till we get home)
He will be 1 on the 27th and "in our home" I feel we wre now safe with him going outside or if we are not watching, he will just use the pads. Hopefully when summer comes, we will try more outside and less pads....babysteps.
