What's best for my puppy with my work schedule the way it is?

The best option for the long nights will be a crate inside a portable exercise pen or a small bathroom. (be sure you leave the toilet lid down!) You set up the pen, which you find at any large pet store, put pee pads all over the bottom, and put his crate in the pen with his soft bed in it. Dogs will naturally avoid soiling their own bed, so he will automatically pee on the pads. After about 8 weeks, if house training is going well, you can begin to make the section of pads smaller, until you slowly work down to one single pad. Your puppy will then have a bed, a potty area, and a play area inside his little pen.