We got a yorkie mix about a year ago, so a small dog, but the same issue- yorkies are notorious for causing trouble if you leave them unattended too long.
When we got her, I wasn't working for a few months so I took her to the park, walks, played with her all day basically. When I started working she was about 5-6 months old and we tried keeping her in a puppy play-pen, but she just escaped all the time. So we let her run loose in our place and she normally didn't cause too much trouble.
The thing about crating- we crated her right away. When I wasn't working and not home, she was crated. When we slept she was in her crate. Even now, when you say "bedtime" to her she goes in her crate.
I read that a dog can spend 1 hour for each month it is old in a crate, so if you have a 3 month old dog, don't leave it in the crate more than 3 hours. I still don't crate my pup for more than 4-5 hours, even though she is over a year old (except at night).
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