Hi Shebasudha
Welcome to Cockersonline
Regarding the newspaper tearing :roll: Indie, my pup, was forever doing this. I did exactly what Jane has just said I removed it alltogether :wink: I took her outside every hour when she was very young and then increased it slowly as she grew up, until she was at the stage where she can now ask me to let her out
This worked great for us
During the night she was in a crate, so she keeps that clean anyway! I am sure if you try this with Mike, he will soon get the hang of it
I hope this offers you a light at the end of the tunnel, do let us know how you get on. By the way, when the photo gallery is up and running, you will have to post a picture of your pup