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Puppy in need of serious housebreaking

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I just got a new puppy less than a week ago. He's a male shih tzu and pekingese mix. Anyway, that's not the point. The point is-- is that he's almost 3 months old and still lacks in the potty training department. He's had accidents, as expected but more than I want. Sometimes he has anywhere from 2-5 accidents a day. I have puppy pads layed out throughout my home and he doesn't even attempt to use them. When I brought him home for the first time, I did exactly what the instructions said...set the pup on the training pad so he can sniff it out and realize what it is for. No luck. He just walks over them or drags them around like a toy. I know that it's wrong to scold the pup for an accident if I didn't really catch him in the act so I'm going to start following that rule better but when I do catch him in the act, I put his nose in it and tell him no and then I put him in his crate for a little bit and then put him outside. Is this the right way to be doing it? I need some serious help! I'm getting tired of cleaning up mess after mess and having to watch his every move.