[Cirlonde]

Originally Posted by cj125

I don't understand this.. could you please explain it to me?

Sure! I'm not always the best at communication! My husband is home with the puppy during the day. So he lets Chloe out of her crate for an hour and a half to potty, play and eat during which times he watches her closely to stop any accidents from happening. Then she goes back up in her crate for two and a half hours to sleep. Then he lets her out again for an hour and a half. This way, she's learning to "hold it" for four hours at a time.

What I meant by "We started out with much smaller lengths of time, but as she's gotten older we've lengthened both her in and out times." is that when we first got her, we were doing like one hour out of the crate, one hour in the crate. But we've allowed her more freedom and longer stretches in the crate as she has gotten older. It also allows him time for all the things he has to do during the day, without neglecting her or allowing her to put herself in danger while he can't have his eyes on her.

Eventually, we hope to be able to have her out all the time unless we're gone or during the night. But she's just not that trustworthy yet!

Hope that made a little more sense!!
-C