And, as far as pee pads go. I'm not really a fan of them myself. But, if you have no way of getting up to take him out in the night, and, he's peeing every night, wouldn't it just be better for him to be peeing on something like that then on the carpet? I'd only use them as a last resort, after trying the crate. But, if there's no other way to prevent him, I'd think it would be alright to use it. And, if he does pee more on the pee pad, after you've tried everything you can, I don't see how him peeing peeing three times on a pee pad instead of just once is going to be that major of a difference. it'd still be better than him peeing at all on the carpet.