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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, don’t put a pad in the crate—you don’t want him peeing on it.  [/quote]

This almost never happens & if it does, it's not the puppies fault it's the owners.

I've been a dog trainer for 10+ years & your cage/crate should be big enough for the puppy to grow into, so usually double or even triple their size (depending on the breed).

If you put a comfy pad in the far back half of the crate & then line the front half of the crate with wee-wee pads, your puppy will NOT pee on their comfy pad/bed... EVER

Puppies/dogs are very territorial where they sleep & they would do just about anything to pee just about anywhere else other than where they sleep.

The problems arise when owners don't set up their crates like they'd want their own house or apartment to be set up... with separate rooms (sections).

You need a very specific area of the crate for sleeping & a very specific area for them to relieve themselves (do you want to sleep in your bathroom?  Well... hopefully not, lol).

You don't have to create a physical barrier between the two sections, just where one ends the other begins... but they should be at the far ends.

Professionally speaking, I always push their comfy pads ALL the way towards the back, so they have the security of sleeping in the back corner which they crave.  Puppies who have been newly separated/weaned from siblings/parents find comfort, safety & security in the back corner (especially if you give them a little furry stuffed toy friend to sleep with). Trust me, no puppy wants to be in a crate all alone - give them a stuffed friend & you'll get a sounder night's sleep too.

Then next goes the food & water in the middle (they won't have an accident in their bowls, I promise) & then the wee-wee pads as far away from the food/water as possible. Place an old or ratty towel in the very front so nothing can potentially leak out of the cage.  Make sure you buy scented wee wee pads for training, as the scent stimulates them to relieve themselves on the pads & the pads alone (after relieving themselves the first time, they'll always go back to the same spot).

If you do it this way, you'll never have any intermingling between bed, food/water & relieving themselves. [/quote]

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