Quote Originally Posted by animal_rescue
It might be at first but be consistent, when he has an accident place the poo on top of the puppy pad and leave it there for him to sniff out. As for pee you could probably place the top of the pad on the mess so it will soak into the pad then clean up the mess with whatever you use to clean it and leave the puppy pad for him, hopefully he'll get used to the idea pretty quick.
Good idea - thank you very much!