...topic on this forum.? One that still puzzles me. I want to find out your opinion with my own situation. I'm picking up an 8 week old puppy in 6 weeks. I work 8 hours and so doers my GF. I can pop over at lunch but not every day. I have set out a crate within a play pen that also has an area for a dog litter. So the dog will have space and an abundance of toys to keep him entertained. My mornings, evenings and weekends would be devouted to the little lass. Is it cruel that some days I cant make it back to the pup, or would it be worse that it goes to a pound and kept in a cage a quarter the size of the play pen? thats maybe a bit of an exaggeration but you know what I mean, I'm on the fence.