12-week-old Schedule

I have always been a big fan of the Monks of New Skete and their book The Art of Raising a Puppy.  Of course, they gear their advice toward German Shepherds (which I also have some experience with) so it's been important for me to modify their advice to the softer, gentler Setter personality.  Starting with their basic advice about kennel training and feeding schedules this is where we are right now:

[somehow it seems easier to start with bedtime and work from there]
10pm - Neko goes in her kennel, located at the foot of my bed.  Lights are out, house is quiet.  If she whines or paws at the kennel door (she stopped doing this after her 2nd or 3rd night with me) I open the door, grab the scruff of her neck, say "No, quiet" and then "good girl, settle" when she's quiet.  I usually hear a sweet yawn a short time later and she's out.
1am - potty break #1 (she has been occasionally sleeping through this over the past few nights, which has been a great relief).  I use "hurry up" as her command for going to the bathroom since I don't really want to be saying "go potty" all the time.  Once accomplished, she goes right back in her kennel, no fuss just a "good girl, settle" and we're back in bed.
3:30am - potty break #2.  This one is more difficult to get her to settle back down from and I will admit, I'm sometimes a sucker and take her to bed with me once we're inside.  Not always though as I don't want her to learn that she doesn't have to sleep in her crate/kennel.
5am (or sometimes a blissful 6am) - we're up!  Go outside for a potty break and then back inside for breakfast (1 1/2c Kirkland/Costco Puppy Chow, softened with about 2 oz warm water).  This is another point at which it's important not to coddle her.  She gets 15 minutes to eat and drink water and then I pick up the bowls and take her outside.  They learn pretty quickly to concentrate on eating and missing a meal while in this learning process will not hurt them at all.
45 mins later - as soon as she's "eliminated", I put her in my car (which I'm training her to equate to her travel kennel).  I go back inside, shower, grab food for her lunch, and then we're off to work!
7:30am - arrive at work.  I'm very lucky that my job allows Neko to come into my office while she's in the socialization process and she is very welcome (I work on a college campus).  She spends her crated/kenneled time in the car (hence the training that car = kennel) and I'm right here to check on her and play with her at lunch, etc. without having to hire a dog-walker.  Again, I'm lucky because the weather in Seattle is fairly mild so I can keep her in the car...
8am - into the car for ~2 hours.

~10am - quick potty break, "hello, Neko, good girl, hurry up" and back to the kennel.

~12pm - LUNCH.  Once a day, at lunch, I give her 2-3T lowfat, plain yogurt to soften her kibble.  She enjoys it and therefore associates my office with this "treat".  We usually go on a long walk and play at lunchtime and then back in the car/kennel.

~3pm - potty break and then she comes into my office to socialize and (hopefully) chill out on her dog bed.

~5pm - usually her human has something to do after work (like workout, go to the store, etc.).  This is yet another reason I am really liking this car as kennel idea.  She's very good in there and lets me do my thing.  It's a safe place for her and I am not looking forward to the summer months when this is no longer an option.  Hopefully she'll be far enough along in her training that she'll be starting to go everywhere with me...cross that bridge when we come to it...
~7pm - DINNER.  This meal tends to be difficult for her.  I'm not really sure why, but I think it's because of the let-down.  We're back home, she's distracted by the renewed "newness" of her toys and space, she wants to "talk to the cat"...too much to do to eat!  We're working on this time as it's been hard to deal with.  If she's going to get in trouble it's usually sometime between 7-8pm.
9:30pm - last walk and potty break and then we're in bed.

The biggest thing the Monks taught me is that if you stick to a schedule and give the puppy plenty of opportunity to "eliminate" in the right place (outside), they will teach themselves to be houstrained.  It works!  I've only had Neko for a few weeks and she's already very good about asking to go out!  She makes mistakes, of course, but I'm very pleased with her progress!