[kimmiek]

Originally Posted by Gingergirlsmom

Great advice. 10 hours is a long time. I use crates for one of my dogs during the day, but not for 10 hours, and you can't housetrain a dog by being away for that long. For crate training to work you need to be able to put the pup on a reasonable schedule of play, eat, eliminate, crate, eliminate, play, eat...etc... and for that you need to be around 24/7.

If you get an expen or use a gate in the kitchen, etc, and work on pad training then your little one will have someplace to go during the day. It'll still be a difficult road to training with that much time alone, but I think you can get there. If you decide to pad train, take the above poster up on her offer to give you more advice. Seems like it'd be a great way to go in your situation!!!

Good luck.

He jumps gates... or climbs them... I have no room for an Xpen in my small apartment. I would've bought one by now if I did.