I am at work all day, usually from 8 or 9am until around 6pm. I leave in the morning and put Diamond in the kitchen since it's hardwood floors and put up the baby gate. She usually just lays in her bed the whole time. Then, around 12 or 1pm, I have a great petsitter who comes and takes her outside and feeds her. After that, Diamond is alone from around 1 or 1:30pm to about 6pm. She is in her crate in the afternoon. She is pretty good.
She rarely has accidents in the kitchen or in her crate. I hate to leave her but I would be poor if I wasn't working! Hopefully, someday when I am married and have kids...I can stay at home with the kids and Diamond