The art of the Dog.
Should I use the same schedule on the weekends?
So during the week the new puppy has a dog walker that takes her out of playpen at roughly 11:30 and 2:30, and I get home around 5:30.
Should I use this same schedule and put her in the pen on the weekends too? Even though I know that means she's probably going to pee or poop inside?




I wouldn't really suggest the playpen/restricted part but the poop schedule yes. You might need to clarify what you mean by that she'll still poop inside? Has she been going inside even with the dog walker on that schedule?
Yep, she has. On a weekday her going outside schedule looks like:
6:30 7:30 8:00 11:30 2:30 5:30 7:00 and then as needed. But sometime between 8:00 and 5:30 she'll have gone inside.
AUGH how is she such a stealth pooper. In the 2 seconds it takes to walk around the table she manages to leave a trail of poop before coming out the other side.