I've had 4 dogs, 1 Maltese, 2 Yorkies (one of whom passed away) and 1 Chihuahua ... I work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and I was able to successfully potty train all 4 of them with that schedule. In fact, they were all potty trained before they turned 6 months old. I had NO problems in that department at all.