Help!!!!!

[luvofallhorses]

12 hours is WAY too long to expect ANY dog to stay in a confined space like that, especially a young puppy.

I agree 100%!

[wolf_Q]

If she must be confined for 12 hours at a time (where will you be for 12 hours? ) you may try getting one of those wire pens for dogs and set it up in the kitchen, laundry room, etc, that way she will have more room to move aorund. You could put some puppy pee pads that she could use to potty on.

[grybai]

If no one can be home for 12 hours, you should consider getting a puppy pen instead of a crate and using puppy pads. 12 hours is way too long even for an adult dog, especially one that size. You may also want to consider litter training her since she's a small dog.

[Ginger's Mom]

Amy and Grybai are absolutely right. I had a very hard time housebreaking Ginger, because she was left alone for 9 1/2 hours a day. Someone suggested that rather than leaving her in a crate, I gate her in a room (I used the kitchen) and put down puppy pads. It definitely made a difference, she was housebroken a few weeks later. Now it may not be that quick for Tink because she is still very young. (I tried a puppy pen, but she kept climbing out and meeting me at the door, so I had to get a gate that had slats that only went up and down, not across.)