Frisco Washable Dog Potty Pads, Beige, 18 x 24-in, Unscented, 2 count

I have a small (~10lbs) senior dog, and her urine puddles up on the surface of all of these instead of soaking in. I bought three 2-packs, so 6 pads that don't absorb fast enough. We've used them all, washed them all, washing didn't change or help the absorbency issue, so returns aren't an option. Three separate packs with the same problem tells me that it likely isn't a one-off issue. Because it doesn't soak in while she's peeing, her feet are soaked in pee and then that's all over the house and I'm cleaning floors and washing the dog. Or, if she has a paw on the edge of the pad while she's using it, the pee runs off the edge, onto her paw, under the pad, all over the floor, under other things nearby... It's a mess. 2 stars because the pee will soak in eventually, I think? We've used washable pee pads for her for over a decade at this point, this is a new problem for us. Are these coated in something? Why won't it absorb?