cocker spaniel 17 weeks old

Question
Hi, I gave my friend a cocker spaniel boy as a present when he was 7 weeks old. He is somewhat outside potty trained, but then again not really. He still has accidents inside- and now that I am taking care of him for the next month I'm struggling to correct his behavior. This is also my first time training a puppy (or any animal) so I can't seem to stop him from peeing and pooing indoors despite the scolding I give him afterwards. He refuses to use the wee wee pad and sometimes he might accidently pee on there, but when it is dry he ends up laying on it- sometimes he tries to chew on the ends of the pad. He has major dependency issues and whimpers when I am not in the room with him or comes around looking for me when I disappear from room to room. I'm so lost with what to do with him- he's been trained to sit, but isn't even potty trained properly. Please help.

Answer
Hi Michelle;
Okey dokey, you need to understand WHEN he needs to go out.
Right after he wakes up, even from a short nap, he will need to empty his bladder.
As soon as he wakes, take him outside.
When he pees, make a big deal of it, like he won an academy award.
Pet him, and in a very enthuastic voice, tell him what a good puppy he is, what a smart puppy he is. Really lavish on the praise.
If you see him start to sniff around, or go around in circles like he is looking for a place, or the instant you see him lift a leg, say, "NO!!!" in a very stern voice, and grab him up and take him out.
Priase like the dickens when he then goes outside.
After he eats, within 5 minutes with some, up to 30 minutes or so with othere, they need to move their bowels.
Watch him after he eats, and when he starts looking for a place to go, grab him, go outside, and when he goes, heap on the praise.
That teaches him, and shows him what it is you want him to do.
You can do the same with the pads.
Put it in a place that is just big enough for the pad. A box etc, that he cannot get out of. Put him in there when he has to go, and when he goes on the pad, praise him lavishly. Don't allow him access to the pad any other time.
Where he has gone in the house, and you have scrubbed or shampooed until you can't smell any odor, HE can still detect the odor, and that makes it as a place for him to go.
I use Simple solution to scrub up where they go.
I get it at Petsmart, and Petco stores. I don't know if other stores like Walmart carries it.
It comes in formulas for cats and for dogs.
It removes the smell so they can't detect it.
If the pee has soaked into the pad under the carpet, you may have to really soak that area, and maybe have to treat twice.
Get him some toys to play with. Kong toys, and Nyla Bones are both good toys. they are hard enough so that he can't bite off a piece and choke on it, and one of them, you can put cheese or peanut butter in for a treat, and to keep them interested in it, and busy for longer periods.
These toys safely provide the gnawing they need to cut their teeth after they start losing the puppy milk teeth, to ease the sore gums and help push the new teeth through.
They will teeth again at from 8 months to about a year old.
To train them, you need to SHOW then what it is you want them to do, so you take them to where you want them to do it, and praise them big when they do it right.
Charlotte