For a dog that is a year old, how many potty breaks would you say are necessary? Obviously it will differ from one dog to another but I wanted to get an idea of how many times a day other people with a dog this age take him or her out.

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My dogs (1.5 yrs and 7 months) go out:

1) First thing in the morning (sometimes once more before I leave for work, but not always)
2) As soon as I get home from work
3) After dinner (about 20 min after they get feed)
4) Right before bed

They also get let out as they "ask" which is usually 1-2 more times in the evening per dog (but sometimes they don't go potty when they "ask" they just want to go play or bark at the neighbor dog).
Yes, I'd say about 6 times a day, less on busy days.
Ella is a little over a year old and this is what works for her.
First thing in the morning (7am), after I get home from work (1pm), before dinner (5pm), after my son goes to bed (8 pm), and before hubby/me go to bed (midnight). And with nice weather she will get extra walks. We don't have a fenced yard, so each one of these times is a walk with one of us.

Now what that works out to is about every 4-6 hours (7-8 at night).
However she can got up to 8 hrs, if needed.
We live in an apartment so we have to walk him everytime he needs to go potty as well. We were taking him out 6-8 times a day then slowly we've been cutting back. The past few months he's been going out 4-5 times and just recently we've moslty been doing 4 (never less than that).

I take him out in the morning before work (7am)
Then again on my lunch break (12pm)
Then my husband takes him out when he gets home from work (4:30pm-5pm)
And one of us takes him before bed (10pm)

I guess that sounds pretty average judging by the rest of your schedules. We've never left Finn crated for more than 6 hours unless it's while we're asleep but I know he should be able to hold it longer. I just feel bad because I think about how often I have to pee and I;m not sure I could hol it for 8 hours. Hmm, maybe I'll have to test that. :)

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