[sganow]

We keep food available at all times during the day and early evening. Then we put the food up late in the evening so they don't get up as often during the night. Our dogs eat several small meals this way. With a very young pup, you need to be sure he is eating and drinking enough so he doesn't get hypoglycemic. Our dogs sleep in bed with us at night, and have from day one when we got them. We put them in a kennel/carrier when we were gone until they got old enough that we could trust them. After that (probably close to 2 yrs old) we let them roam when we are gone. BTW, the HATE the kennels! LOL