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[quote=Anonymous] It's normal to feel overwhelmed. I did too. We recently brought a lab puppy into our family.  We brought her home at 7 weeks, which is on the earlier side.  Get a crate for her to sleep in at night and a pen for her to hang out in during the day if you can't keep an eye on her.  We set the pen up in our kitchen so she's with us during the day. We put her bed in it and she loved it.  We kept the door open to it so she had the run of the main floor, but when she was really little, she liked hanging out in her pen.  At night, we crated her and made sure she had a nice plush bed to sleep on in her nighttime crate.  She did great in it, but it is like having a baby all over again because when they're little, they do need to go out to pee at night. Our breeder told us not to wake her at night--if she's sleeping, then great-don't wake her. She'll let you know when she needs to go out. During the day, we took her out every hour. Maybe we just got lucky,  but she was easy to potty train and got the hang of it quickly. She's now 14 weeks and I feel like we have a good routine down and know her cues. [/quote]

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