Like I said, I am not too familiar with the wee pad thing, because if you see a post farther down I had a post titled something like "has anyone NEVER used a pee pad" or something like that, and the people who DIDN"T use pee pads found that it confused the puppy (which is how I feel) but some people living in high rises etc... HAVE to use it!! But even wee pad users said IDEALLY outside is the best.
So since I don't know much about the pads, I thought someone once said NOT to put pee pads IN THEIR crate, so some people just leave a pad outside the crate so the puppy can go out of his crate to do his business and then go back in!?!?!?!
The first night we had Scruffy home, I put him right by our bed for 2 Minutes, and then I couldn't listen to the whimpering, so we put him out in the hall, I guess that distance gave me the courage to ignore him, and after just 3 nights of ANY kind of whimpering, that was it.
I hear my baby right now..........what time are you getting your pup??