i'm a nurse and work almost fulltime. my mother in law takes care of him if i have the day shift. if i have the eveningshift he stays at home and my boyfriend takes care of him when he comes home from work. i let him out in the morning at about 6 a7. then he goes again at about 2 and the last time he goes out is at about 9. inthe weekends it varies.
when he was a pup i began to let him out after eating,sleeping, drinking and playing. after about 2 weeks he went once in the hour. after that the time between letting him out increased.
every time i couldn't watch him he went into his crate. i'd give him a bone or treat and went to do the thing i needed to do. when i had the time to watch him he could roam around the house. the older he got the more he roamed. when he was 9 months he didn't need his crate anymore.