How many hours a day is it ok to keep my puppies locked up?

I have 2 new puppies who aren't exactly potty trained yet. My husband doesn't want to leave them out of there cage at night in case of an accident. Well we both work during the day. I let them outside in the morning for 5 minutes then my hubby feeds them and plays with them before he goes to work. He also comes home for an hour during lunch so they can play and eat. I get home at 5:15 and we let them stay out until 11 or so. Our we keeping then in there cage too long? A lot of the time we keep there cage open when we are here at night and they like to go stay in there then even though they have been there all day. Btw are cage us an xxl cage fir a great Dane Luke 45 by 32. It's plenty big fir the both of them.How many hours a day is it ok to keep my puppies locked up?
The rule for puppies is you can't leave them alone for more hours than months they are old. So if your dogs are 2 months old then they can't be left alone for more than 2 hours.How many hours a day is it ok to keep my puppies locked up?
Think of it this way, how long will you be willing to stay in a hardly big enough to crate that you can not stretch.





5 Hours is understandable give them a toy to mess with.
You should just leave them there for the night.


Then get a room and leave them to play there like a basment


but a safe one.
4 hours maximum for a puppy.


6 hours for a dog.
4hours
The rule of thumb is not to leave them locked up (without a bathroom break) during active periods like daytime, more hours than they are months old. So a 2 mo old puppy needs to be let out every 2 hours. It is okay to crate them overnight (in your bedroom) but until they are 10-12 weeks old they probably need to go out at least once, so they don't make an accident in the crate. If they are WITH you while everybody is sleeping, they are still bonding to you. If you don't keep them crated in the bedroom (with you) then you are missing a great opportunity for bonding and reassurance for them, by at least being allowed to spend passive time with you. Dogs who get at least passive time with you by being allowed to sleep in the bedroom, are often better behaved than those who are shut out (aka deprived of attention) for even larger amounts of time, when they are ';programed'; to be companion animals.