Well, it's now been a week and a day. Their training is going really well. I still have to ring the bells for them (I use their paw) but I knew it was going to take some time for that. But I am very happy with their progress with going potty outside. I'm glad I don't have to wash pee pads anymore also.
This weekend will be a big test since it is going to be raining. I hope they want to go out and potty as fast as they can. We'll see. I am going to continue to update their progress every few days for a month or so from now that way everyone who was interested in this will know how they are doing. I'll be trackng their progress on the bell training (or their own way of letting me know they need to potty), any kind of accident they may have in the house, how they do in differnt types of weather, how long they can hold it on their own before they let me know themselves they need to go potty (I've been taking them out every 30-60 min without them giving me a que, but I'm going to "test" them soon) and any other improvement or set backs they may have.