I have an apartment puppy!
When I'm not able to make it home on my lunch hour, Minnie stays in her crate from 8:45-3:15. She has no trouble holding her bladder, and she's four months old. During our first month of training, I came home every day for lunch, and she had only two accidents in her crate. In the last month, she had only one accident in her crate, and that was when I didn't come home until 4:15.
Minnie sleeps with me. During the first month, she had about four accidents on the edge of my bed--it was too high for her to jump off and get to the pee pad. She quickly learned to wake me up at night, and has since learned to hold her bladder or jump off the bed (though she can't get back on yet). She's a wonderful dog.
Pee pads have been great, too, though she does sometimes miss the edge of the pad.
I've never had a problem with neighbors. Shaking the can reduced Minnie's barking dramatically. I turn the radio up when I am gone and play a white noise MP3 on repeat on my computer. I also make sure that she gets enough exercise so that she isn't up late at night.
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