A US household that just brought a young puppy home. There is a crate in the room they sleep in. Someone can take it out on a timer, including once at night at the start.

Not for a sick puppy. Not for a dog a veterinarian already flagged for incontinence. Not a plan to crate all day with no midday out. Not a housebroken guarantee.

• One printable PDF: 14-day crate-and-potty rhythm (days 1–7 tight, days 8–14 stretch only if the tracker was mostly dry)

• One tracker page, printed 14 times: pees, poops, meals, crate downs, last-out, night alarm, notes

• Wake, potty, eat, play, crate nap. Same loop. The gaps change. The order does not.

• Days 1–7 start about 1.5–2 hours between daytime outs. If the crate is wet, shorten, do not lengthen.

• Stretch a gap in week 2 only when the seven pages were mostly dry. The calendar is not the boss. The pages are.

• Night: last-out before lights out. One alarm the first nights. Slide it later only after two dry nights.

• Crate is rest, not punishment. Water is not a training lever. This PDF does not tell you to withhold water.

$27. One trainer hour costs more. Guessing costs the floor.

Educational schedule and log. Not veterinary advice. Not a guarantee the puppy will be housebroken. Not an income claim. If there is blood, straining, vomiting, or a hard belly, this PDF is the wrong object. Call a veterinarian.