So, I haven't been through this in a VERY long time.

I bet the rules have changed greatly?

Im getting a puppy not to long from now.
How should I go at the potty training from 8 weeks and up.

Crate and expen? Leash the puppy and take him potty outdoors, calm praise and then back indoors? Correct?

Any other advice?

How often do we let our puppies out to potty? I have heard 2 hours? Even at night? How long till I can sleep in for 4 hours without having to let puppy out? And i have to figure if I need to hire a long term puppy sitter while im at work for 5 hours, 3 days a week?
As a puppy cannot come to work with me until vaccinations are done.. and I he is settled, and started on basic training.

Can we start with piddle pads while we are not home, like we did way back when with our puppies, in the 90s?

This is not my area of expertize. I need help. My future puppy needs your advice and knowledge.
Do it for my puppy?

Thank you.

This is how I do it.
Take a few days off work.
Once your pup knows where water is start potty training. I take them out every 30 minutes the first day all of the way up to bed. Take them outside every two hours during the night. Right after they drink and eat potty. They play, potty, you train the sit command, then potty. Your first couple days should revolve around taking your pup outside. Praise treats repeat for every successful potty outside. Discard the idea of potty pads, one of the most useless inventions for dogs out there.

Keep it at your side constantly, in ex-pen or attached to you by leash. When thwy have an accident inside remove them from the room and clean it. There is no use using any sorts of punishment for this young of a pup. Once 10-12 weeks hits i would allow 2 hours between breaks during the day and 4 hours at night. I

I take them out so often as all of the puppies i have raised this way has the best and quickest success rate. (Fewest accidents) I wouldnt have someone come to my house to be with the puppy, keep it in a crate.
My current dog only had 5 accidents total inside. It can be done.
Good Luck!

Maybe I should contact breeder....

I cannot take 4 weeks straight off all work..
I will already be down to working 3 days a week 5 hours a day.
That I can give my puppy.

But if I do not work at all, for 4 weeks straight. I will not be able for afford providing training classes, vet bills, for puppy ECT.

Maybe I am not a candidate for 8 week old puppy then?

Oh no, sorry after re-reading just make sure you get it on the beggining of your days off. I originally said to take a few days off, however you work part time already it seems so you would be set!

Fyi, this is how i do it and have done it raising between 13-15 pups from 8weeks to 14. It IS overkill on potty breaks as most suggest that every hour or more is alright. I just simply do it a different way. Neither is wrong.

Yes you are a great candidate for a pup, sorry for the misreading of your post. You have much more time than most to offer.

Apart from Kaiser, I had all my lot from 9-12 weeks old, and I took them out to the same spot in the garden the second they woke up, as soon as they had eaten, and immediately they started sniffing and circling.

I seem to remember it was more exhausting than potty training the children!

Every 20 - 30 mins for as long as I can.

Important to take them out when they wake up from a nap, right after every play session, right after they eat.

No food or water after 7pm.

You'll learn pup potty signals fairly quickly. My parents have fostered several sets of puppies and they rush the pups outdoors as soon as they wake up or as soon as there's a break in play or sudden sniffing or pup just looked at them weird. They had a bit of trouble keeping track of the whole litters and would have the occasional "just couldn't hold it" accident with very young pups(5 weeks) but they never punished them. Just lots of "potty parties" whenever the pups were successful. All went on to their homes potty trained and doggy door trained.

We used wee pads with the 5 week old babies but that was just to simplify clean up in their ex-pen. They weren't actually being paper trained.

Aric. I am "taking LOA" of my other jobs. I will be on "puppy leave" for roughly 6 months.
I need to keep SOME source of income flowing. I cannot afford these crazily priced susan garret classes if I skip ALL work. Cannot happen unfortunately things in life are not free, including heavily priced online webcam classes. :P

I will be gone for literally 5 hours, 3 days a week. This includes commute time, from second I leave house, till second I come home.

Is this okay? Will an 8+ week old puppy be able to stay in crate for 5 hours while I work, 3 days a week?

If not I will have to speak with breeder about keeping my deposit and forwarding puppy to somebody who can afford leave from ALL work... or maybe paying breeder to keep puppy for a few extra months.

Quite obviously when I am home, puppy will get undivided attention.
But what when I cannot take puppy out every 30 min, because of work?

No water after 7pm.
Let puppy out as often as possible. Preferably every 20-30 minutes at 8 weeks-12 weeks.

I am hoping this will work out. I am looking into working with this dog, everything else is all planned and ready. I am on many prepaid lists for classes and such... and honestly this puppy is my sanity net! I need this puppy.

Be sure to thoroughly clean up accidents (there will be some). Any residual odor will encourage a repeat performance. I have always used an enzyme based cleaner.

It can also e a big help if you have access to urine from another dog that you can place in the area you want the pup to use.

Even using their own is a big help.