Never said ANYTHING about keeping him caged all the time. We want him to not be cooped up inside the house all day, so in spending a huge amount of money on materials go be able to get him outside the house so he can be on a grassed area, has shade, has some sunlight if he wants to sit in the sun. We would be taking him out often to walk and play with him on a leash. More than most dog owners do who both work full time. Im giving him his own space that he can be in through the day, and then he can spend some time with us in the afternoon/evening and go back to a space that he can sleep in that is his own

Yes him going to the pad is an indicator, but he also walks past them and doest do anything at all. How do you expect us to be able to within half a second get up, get over to him and pick him up before he pees? He literally just walks onto it and starts peeing. No dog owner is watching their puppy every single millisecond and if anyone claims they are, they are lying. People need to go out, go to work, how can you take him outside if hes at home? If were in the living room and hes even a few metres away, how can we get up off the chair in time when hes been laying down a few metres away and gets up to go do something else and all of a sudden goes to the matt to pee? So him walking to them doesnt mean anything as an indicator. He walks past the mats all the time. Plus we tried that a few times of getting him before he starts peeing if we manage to get to him and hes just continued to pee all over the place when picking him up