[Lovetodream88]

I personally have never pad trained a dog I always teach them to go outside. I would take them potty before bed, put them to bed and if they woke up crying I would take them potty and then put them back to bed. I always keep the crate in my bed room where they can see me. I'm not a huge fan of putting a potty pad in the crate because they generally know not to potty where they sleep so that is kinda telling them to potty where they sleep. If I was gone during the day I would use a play pen set up so they have room to move around and then use the crate at night.