Unless you can take the puppy out every hour, you really can't crate train. Puppies can hold it longer during the night, urine production slows down, but a young pup will only hold it two or three hours at night. You could keep it in a crate overnight and take it outside every few hours, and during the day keep it in the x -pen with plenty of pee pads. When you get home from work, you could take it outside and reward it for going pee. Pee pads are a great convenience for humans, and if you are going to be gone for long periods of time, there really are necessities. |