On the toilet training front, we have trained our recent puppy without pads or paper, essentially because you then have to train them twice, once to use the pads, then again to use outside. Not sure what sort of outside space you have but we made essentially a giant litter tray 2m x 2m which is filled with bark and mulch, and as over the first few days as soon as she looked like she was going to go we ran outside with her under the arm and put her in the middle of it. Within three days she was pretty much trained (still get the occasional accident of course) and as soon as she is on her bark\mulch she knows she has to go...
On the toilet training front, we have trained our recent puppy without pads or paper, essentially because you then have to train them twice, once to use the pads, then again to use outside. Not sure what sort of outside space you have but we made essentially a giant litter tray 2m x 2m which is filled with bark and mulch, and as over the first few days as soon as she looked like she was going to go we ran outside with her under the arm and put her in the middle of it. Within three days she was pretty much trained (still get the occasional accident of course) and as soon as she is on her bark\mulch she knows she has to go...