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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 535453" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Puppies cannot go all day without being taken out for potty time. It takes about a year until they can really hold it for that long. So... the youngest I've started with was about 6 months.</p><p></p><p>ONCE they are fully potty trained, you can use a much larger crate/kennel. We have the largest you can get. We "could" put both of ours in one, AND have room for a third dog in there. (Trust me. One of the kids will go in there with both dogs, just for the fun of it, and read books by the hour...) Both have a smaller "bedroom" crate for night (it's all that fits in the kids' rooms!), but during the day, they have room to stretch out, move around, maybe play with a safe toy or two in there. We had to leave our first dog for up to 8 hours at a time, and never had a problem. She got LOTS of exercise and attention both morning and night. And it didn't matter what day of the week or time of day - if I picked up my purse, she headed for the day kennel, and flopped down waiting for me to close the door. I read a quote somewhere that said that dogs naturally sleep 18-20 hours a day... if we're not around, they'd just be sleeping anyway.</p><p></p><p>But a pup... at 4 months, can't be expected to go more than 4 hours without being taken outside (at least during the day... I don't know the night rules). Ours at 6 months, as rescue-dogs, had to be brought up to speed, and could then handle 6 hours. Even now... one of them can go 8-9 if necessary, but the other one has maxed out at about 6... or at least, that's the longest we've tried lately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 535453, member: 11791"] Puppies cannot go all day without being taken out for potty time. It takes about a year until they can really hold it for that long. So... the youngest I've started with was about 6 months. ONCE they are fully potty trained, you can use a much larger crate/kennel. We have the largest you can get. We "could" put both of ours in one, AND have room for a third dog in there. (Trust me. One of the kids will go in there with both dogs, just for the fun of it, and read books by the hour...) Both have a smaller "bedroom" crate for night (it's all that fits in the kids' rooms!), but during the day, they have room to stretch out, move around, maybe play with a safe toy or two in there. We had to leave our first dog for up to 8 hours at a time, and never had a problem. She got LOTS of exercise and attention both morning and night. And it didn't matter what day of the week or time of day - if I picked up my purse, she headed for the day kennel, and flopped down waiting for me to close the door. I read a quote somewhere that said that dogs naturally sleep 18-20 hours a day... if we're not around, they'd just be sleeping anyway. But a pup... at 4 months, can't be expected to go more than 4 hours without being taken outside (at least during the day... I don't know the night rules). Ours at 6 months, as rescue-dogs, had to be brought up to speed, and could then handle 6 hours. Even now... one of them can go 8-9 if necessary, but the other one has maxed out at about 6... or at least, that's the longest we've tried lately. [/QUOTE]
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