I always take the pee pads with me. I put it on the backseat floor and put Tessa on it and tell her to pee and she does. When I work at the flower shop and when we go to someone else's house I put the pee pad in the bath room floor put her down on it tell her to pee and close the door. Later when I come back for her she has peed. Tessa is 3 yrs old she has always used the pee pad I don't like putting her on the ground where other dogs have gone. Just keep trying they're quick to learn.