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This is all so helpful. Thank you all heaps!
About the kennel - I'm thinking about making an outside one (with a run) that I can shut puppy up in when I'm out. Do you buy kennels or make them yourself? And I don't know how long I can reliably leave a young pup outside for. Am not planning on more than about two hours at a time at this point, but at what point can you increase this a little? I've got a week off from work, but a week isn't really THAT long.