I crated Riley during those exact same hours when getting him housebroken. He was a fast learner so he was trained by 4 months. Now I don't have to go home during my lunch hour. On occasion I'll let him have free run of the house (my bf doesn't like me to but what he doesnt know won't hurt him lol) while I'm at work but in general I leave him crated when I'm not there all day. When I get home at 4:30 we take a long walk and I make sure he gets to run around as much as he wants. I've been feeling guilty about him being crated for so long so I ordered an ex pen for him on ebay today so he'll have more room to play. I think with the ex-pen everyone wins. |