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Originally Posted by sylvan You CAN and should keep him gated in the kitchen unless you are monitoring every minute he is not there. Houstraining is very time consuming but the only way to have a well-trained pup. If you don't give him opportunities to fail and reward all positive steps it won't take as long.
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I agree with this. The mistake you are making is assuming that because the peepad is available to him at all times, he knows that is the ONLY place you want him to go. Peepad - carpet; it's all the same to him.
What you need to do for the next month or so, is to be in a routine to take him to his pad every hour on the hour, or more often, depending on his urgency level, and anytime after play, or after eating or waking up from a sleep. You have to be trained 1st , before he can be trained. Never leave him unattended. Keep a watchful eye on him and when you can't, confine him.
Training him to peepad is the same as training him to go outside. You are the one that is going to have to make the effort in the beginning and for several months to "take him out" (so to speak), before it clicks that the peepad is the ONLY place he is allowed to go.
If you are consistent and persistent and never let up, he will get "it" by the time he is 6 months old, for sure!