It looks like maybe you are using the kind of pads that are meant for hospital use and that kind of thing? The commercial pee pads have a hormone on them. Only dogs can smell it but it is a scent that encourages them to potty on that spot. It certainly helps with the process. I know they sell a liquid housebreaking aid that you could try putting on the pads. It might help to attract them to pee in the right place. I have read mixed reviews on them so I can't say for sure how well they work. I do know that if you get a good brand of puppy pee pads it will help.
Puppies have a muscle that controls the flow of urine and their stool but it does not start to develop until they are about 16 weeks so you really have to keep them close to the potty when they are young. They really don't have control. The scent of the urine does help attract them to the right place to go. They have an inborn instinct to want to pee where someone has already gone even if it is their own.
It isn't too soon to start putting them on the pad when you think they may have to go. Reward them when they get it right. Don't punish for mistakes. Rewarding the correct action is much more beneficial in potty training. You do have to have 6 hands and a dozen sets of eyes, however, especially with the size litter you have! You are going to busy for a while. |