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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  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. |
Thanks for the input. This is why I am wondering if the "Pet Apartment" is a good idea. Here is the link
Puppy Apartment
This combines the idea of crate training without fully restricting them to hold it. What do you think about this as an alternative to keeping my pet in a x-pen?