we've talked about a doggy day care...there's 2 on the way into work for us...but she has to wait til she has all of her shots before she's accepted. and we're just getting ready for round 2 this weekend...once she has her shots, we plan to take her once a week to day care. that will give her time to play until she drops...i think we decided to do that on wednesdays. so she'll be in her crate (until we have the fence and doggy door) mondays and tuesdays, doggy daycare on wednesdays, and she'll spend thursdays and fridays recovering from doggy day care in her crate, and then we're home on the weekends. i would go home to let her out at lunch time, but it would take my whole lunch hour just driving there and back...