Housetraining Help!

Hello!

My fiancé and I recently got a 12 week old Frenchie. We live in a rental with vinyl floors that we are worried about wrecking. We’ve been using pee pads to protect them but I’ve read those confuses puppies on house training. We’ve been taking him out every hour when we are home from work. He goes poddy every time. But he seems to go pee on anything soft when left alone in his play pen including his bed and blankets. I know he’s just a puppy and can’t hold his bladder long but we are consistent with taking him out every hour. I’m looking into something to protect the flooring if I’m going to take the pee pads away so he can learn just to go outside. He loves to act out when left alone in his play pen by ripping up his pee pads or as stated above, peeing in his bed and blankets. Any advice would be awesome for new puppy parents!