How to potty train a puppy with a busy work schedule
Puppies need frequent outdoor trips to learn where to go, which clashes with long and irregular work shifts. Because accidents happen repeatedly inside the house while you are away, the puppy gets confused and cannot figure out that they are supposed to go outside.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Getting an older dog or rescue that is already house-trained
- 2Relying on family members at home to let the puppy out for potty breaks
- 3Using crate training combined with dog walkers or doggy daycare
- 4rewarding her when she goes outside
- 5coming home for an hour and a half at midday
- 6hiring someone who can drop by to let the puppy out
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
r/puppy1012 people · September 2026
“The only thing stopping me is that I would have to potty train them.”source ↗
Oscaaarr__ · r/puppy101
Where this came up
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