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I am bringing home an 8 week-old cockapoo puppy on April 19th and am busy preparing for the new arrival 
I would love to hear about things you thought would work well (and didn't), or things you wish you had known to prepare for, or maybe something you did that worked really well.
A little bit about our situation:
Two very calm, easy-going kids ages 11 and 9 at home.
Two geriatric cats and one 4 year-old cat, all indoor-only
House is completely open, so unable to gate off rooms. Planning on doing an exercise pen with crate attached for the puppy to have a safe area to play.
Both of us work but have schedules that allow us to be gone no longer than 4 hours at a time. Have a dog walker to come in if puppy will be alone more than 2 hours.
Planning on puppy sleeping in a crate inn our bedroom at night and staying in exercise pen in living room during the day.
I would love to hear about things you thought would work well (and didn't), or things you wish you had known to prepare for, or maybe something you did that worked really well.
A little bit about our situation:
Two very calm, easy-going kids ages 11 and 9 at home.
Two geriatric cats and one 4 year-old cat, all indoor-only
House is completely open, so unable to gate off rooms. Planning on doing an exercise pen with crate attached for the puppy to have a safe area to play.
Both of us work but have schedules that allow us to be gone no longer than 4 hours at a time. Have a dog walker to come in if puppy will be alone more than 2 hours.
Planning on puppy sleeping in a crate inn our bedroom at night and staying in exercise pen in living room during the day.