Quote Originally Posted by Taz_Zoee
I just thought I'd clear that up before anyone started giving her a hard time for it...oh wait, there isn't anyone on here that does that anymore. hee hee

ZING!!!

Good one!!

With your scheduled... IMO... a puppy would not work out. Unless you or your hubby could come home a few times a day. If you just left a puppy with pee pads in the house to let them go whenever, housebreaking is going to be hard.

I use crates, I've been lucky because when I adopted both of my dogs they took to the crates with no problem. They are not in crates all the time, but they are today because we are expecting thunder and Buddy freaks out and will tear my doors down and/or break windows out of my house. So it's for his own safety. Otherwise, they have free roam of the house.

I think it's easier to crate train a dog in the beginning instead of waiting to see if there will be behavioral problems, THEN trying to crate train. If the dog doesn't have any problems and can be left with free roam of the house, then great!! You don't need to use a crate all the time, but it's a good thing to have them be used to it when/if it ever were to become necessary.