when i got morgan in april i stayed home for 2 weeks to get started on her training. I crate trained her and house trained her to go outside to potty. After the two weeks i went back to work and left her in her ex-pen. She was just fine in there. No pee pad, and no messes. I went home at lunch every day so she got to go out every 4-41/2 hours still. She never ever messed in her cage. Now that she's 9 months old i don't go home at lunch anymore. mostly because i can't with my new job. There is no way i can get home to take her out. So she stays in her play pen for 8 hours while i'm at work. I come home to find her sleeping in most cases and take her out for her to potty then she gets free range of the house for the rest of the night until bed time.
If you train her right for the first month you will have a good start and might not have any problems.
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