A little background first....we've had our 8 week old Jake home for a week now, started crate training him immediately and I think he's doing pretty good...always goes straight to the potty pad when we let him out of the crate and has no accidents in his crate.  Sometimes after being out of his crate for a while he will try and do his business somewhere besides the pad...we watch him close so normally grab him up and place him on the pad....like I said, he's doing good I think...now to my question....

Should we being giving him treats when he does go to the Pad?  Would that help remind him to head there when nature calls?  Thanks in advance...great site!!

Mike

I would treat occasionally, not everytime. You want it to be like a lottery sometimes you win sometimes you don't but you keep trying. If you treat everytime, he will expect somthing every time. If you make it random then he will keep going to the pad in hopes of a treat but it will keep him going to the pad. LOTS of praise everytime, my dogs are both housebroken but even when I am outside with them and they go pottie I still tell them what good dogs they are for doing so. Positive reinforcment never hurts even on what they know!! Best of luck to you

Also, your little guy is just to cute!!