How old should my puppy be to leave crate for a puppy-proof room?

They are adorable! At four months of age, 10 hours is too long for Coco and Chaz to stay in their crate. Their bladder isn't big enough to hold their urine that long, and they should be let out to potty every three to four hours. I would consider hiring someone to stop by at least once or twice a day to let them out to potty if you can't leave work to let them out. Dogs should be in crates no longer than eight hours, even if they are older. I hope this helps!

This will really depend on the individual dog some dogs at young age are potty trained and well behaved and some dogs never get to that point. My first dog stayed in carate for 6 months and my second stayed for 6 years. It is all based on the training and how you all want to train/manage the dogs.

Thanks for your question. There is no "right" amount of time for a dog to spend in the crate. A general rule we tend to follow is that puppies can go without a potty break for 1 hour for the age in months plus 1. So an 8 week old puppy is about 2 months, so if you add 1, that is 3 hours. During the day you really don't want to make Jasper wait much longer than this at a time, or he is likely to have accidents. Some puppies can hold it longer, and some more active puppies need to go more frequently. They can typically hold it much longer overnight while they are asleep. If you are crate training your puppy, I recommend they sleep in the crate at night, and some practice during the day is good. Occasional crating while you are home can be beneficial so they don't always assume crating means you are leaving. The length of time doesn't matter. Even 30 minutes is a good "practice" length of time. Then of course, keeping them in the crate when you are gone is the important part, so they stay out of trouble. I hope this answers your questions. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

The general rule of thumb for crating is 1 hour for every month of age plus one. This means he can be crated a maximum of 3 hours at a time before needing to come out, go outside, etc. It would be best at his age for him to be with someone throughout the day instead of short visits during the day.

The crate should be mainly for night time and when you are not at home and he stays unsupervised, the rest of the time he should be outside the crate. there is no specific restriction regarding carrying or holding him as long as he is not sleeping or tired.

I highly recommend crate training puppies regardless of where you adopted them from. The general rule for leaving dogs is how many months plus 1 in hours. So if he is 6 months old, you should be able to leave him for 7 hours. Congratulations on your new puppy and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

I think it is fine to leave her in the crate when you are busy and don't have time to watch her. She probably can't hold her urine for more than a few hours so you should try to at least let her out every 3 hours when left in the crate. It is obviously best to limit the amount of time she spends in her crate but if you can't monitor her then it is fine to crate her. Make sure she is getting plenty of exercise, training, and socialization so that she learns how to become a well behaved dog.