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Yes, as pups, they really need someone with them all day or most of the day.

You should add a doggy bed for them. Make sure the kennel isn't too big. A medium size kennel would be ideal. (separate kennels too) If they have a lot of room to walk around in the kennel, they will potty in there. It'll take a couple weeks for them to get use to their kennel and a solid 3 months before potty training starts to really make progress. You will have accidents in the house, it just a given. Just have to take them out consistently, that's the only way to not have accidents. Taking them to the same spot every time to potty is also a recommendation.

I advise not crating them over night in the kennel as there still getting acclimated to their new home & young. Having them eat in their kennel is best, it will become a "safe space" or "bedroom" . They will be more willing to just sleep there when you're home with the kennel door open and even more so when you leave at a later time.
At 13 weeks, they can only hold their little bladder for 1 hour. Rule for pups is they can hold their bladder for how ever many months they are old. So 2 months old, two hours.

They really need to be taken out every 30 min. You should also purchase this for their water dispensing:
https://www.amazon.com/Drip-Water-bottle-free-proof/dp/B06XF3SBZQ/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1519239693&sr=8-15&keywords=rabbit+water+bottle+no+drip

You don't want to have an open water source as they will have to potty more frequently. Control their water, you'll be able to gauge how often they will need to potty.
Edit: be ready to not get much sleep for the 1st month LOL

PM me if you need anymore help. Happy to assist :)

I recently bought this harness and have used it quite a bit since ICEFANG Small Dog Molle Harness,K9 Working Dog Tactical Vest,No Pulling Front Clip,Metal Buckle,Hook and Loop Panel, Easy Put On Off (S (22"-27" Girth), CB-Metal Buckle) ... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078N3HXTL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_DeKsDbWJAZ589
It’s pretty awesome as it has the metal buckles up front and it hugs his chest rather than his neck, so no choking and more leverage. It seems to be pretty strong as well and has a nice sturdy feel to it when he does tug every once in a while. Overall i highly recommend it!

It depends on the dog. Our older Heeler is pushing 3. Yesterday for example: woke up, tennis ball in back yard tennis ball in backyard tennis ball in backyard for 30 minutes. Then an hour or so later we went to the dog park which luckily is HUGE. I’ve got a mid-size chuckit. We use that and some awesome “virtually” indestructible rubber balls that I launch across the field for him to sprint after. He’s good for a dozen or so of those chases. Then I switch to a kick-fetch, and he’s good for a few more of those then it’s time to go home. Sometimes we’ll add in a hike or swim in the creek.

My wife takes him out in the backyard for more fetch for 30 mins or so, then maybe again in the early evening. We ran with them last night in the neighborhood for a mile or so, and after 30 mins rest, he could probably go for more fetch.

Our younger heeler, she just turned 1. She’s more interested in sniffing things and eating grass and getting pets. At the dog park, she’ll meet other dogs and chase him for one or two throws/ball kicks, and mostly that’s it. Occasionally my wife and I will separate at the dog park and call them back and forth and that’s really the only exercise she goes for. She did catch a squirrel once though somehow.

So point being, it depends on the dog. We’ve got two blue Heelers, one is an insatiable tennis-ball obsessed run junky, the other is a couch potato who enjoys jumping after the occasional bug. But we do take her running.

Warning- my suggestions are QUITE LENGTHY! I really love ACD's and have kept a list of what works with them, so here goes:

All of these can be done indoors or in a fenced in yard:

For 'settling down', impulse control and training an off switch, I found Protocol for Relaxation to be invaluable for my blue heeler. I would start that ASAP.

Kikopup is, in my opinion, phenomenal- find her videos on youtube on tons of topics (she's never steered me wrong)

Loose leash walking is something you have to commit to. Be prepared to walk circles in front of your house/building until your dog understands that you WILL NOT be moving forward with a tight leash. Lots of treats/clicker training will be extremely useful. Start doing this indoors/in your backyard so that when you're allowed in public again, you can transition the skills to the sidewalk/park, etc.

These videos were extremely valuable to me in training loose leash walking. Stopping/going the other direction seriously frustrated my heeler to the point he would attack the leash, so I needed something different.

Shaping Loose Leash Walking With a High Rate of Reinforcement Part 1, Part 2and Part 3 by Helix Fairweather and Lynn Martin. (Read the text below the videos too!)

Formal obedience classes are going to be something you want to invest in with this dog. My 11 month old heeler and I are currently in Obedience 3 (advanced level pre-CGC class) and it has made life so much easier. It also knocks him out the entire next day because his brain is so exhausted. Having access to resources like expert trainers and behaviorists has been great as well. (you mention you're starting this soon- this is great! I've found my ACD really responds well to positive reinforcement-based training).

**Mental stimulation is just as important (if not more so) than physical stimulation. Unless you are actually working your dog, you're definitely not going to hit their physical limits.

What we do:

Formal obedience training (tires them out and provides building blocks for bonding and future fun!)

Protocol for Relaxation (mentioned above)

Sniff walks (roam around letting the dog choose where to go and let them sniff all over the place. Only rule, no pulling- if you pull we stop and stand still until you release the pressure on the leash and then we continue)* to do after you're allowed back out

Nosework (we hide easter eggs filled with smelly treats around the house and let my ACD find them)

Puzzle Toys (our exclusively eats as a reward for loose leash walking, obedience/commands or out of puzzle toys/kongs- no free feeding)

Kong Wobbler

IQ Ball

Buster Cube

Bone Flipper Puzzle

Maze Puzzle Toy

If your dog isn't familiar with puzzle toys, I would start with the Kong Wobbler. It's still my dog's favorite - mostly because it's the easiest! hahha

our own version of fetch (our ACD doesn't bring the ball back)

Tug (LOTS of tug, with rules- no snatching it out of my hand, sit to start, etc).

Bones/chew toys

Frozen Kongs for mandatory settle down crate time

Mat training (surprisingly difficult and mentally draining for ours)

Find it (throw kibble into tall grass and let him find it)

Hide and Seek (self explanatory)

Water play (mine LOVES rivers/shallow water but not actual swimming) *maybe get a cheap plastic wading pool?

Bubbles

Flirt pole (15 minutes max 2 or so times a week) with rules- must be in a down, must wait until I tell him to get it, must drop it when I tell him to, and go back into a down to wait for his next turn, etc.

Hope this helps!

Might be a little excessive but I use three different combs.

First, Second, Third.

Mine aren’t exactly those but look the same. I feel like the third is really all I need but they all help get a ton of fur off.

Yep! It's actually a [snuffle mat] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0751324TZ?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf) that I bought on Amazon. It's fantastic, slip resistant and machine washable.

Try DNA toys. One of our heelers will only play with the DNA toys-we keep extras in a drawer in case his brother tears one up. Our other heeler will chase tennis balls all day long, and she loves to get after my Rustler in the back yard.

This toy is awesome.

KONG Jumbler Ball Toy,... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KNWVPFO?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

These have been very popular:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006G570G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KNWVPFO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

We only wear harnesses when we go out and he had to be trained to put it on without a fight. He HATES getting dressed. But now after working with him, if he really needs to pee he will willingly come over and put his head out for dressing. We use this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N10FPL7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This one was cool until he was tied up, saw a squirrel and took off breaking the ring, jerk. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0773GSKYV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I was just looking at this one too. There seems to be a bit more in it. I'll probably try this one as well.

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Tricks-Best-Step-Step/dp/1523501618/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=dog+trick+book&link_code=qs&qid=1565377384&s=gateway&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-2

Got it at Amazon. Here the link..
CollarDirect Nylon Dog Collar... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079TYYWB1?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

https://www.amazon.com/ICEFANG-Harness-Medium-Tactical-Pulling/dp/B01N1YVRC8/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?adgrpid=58484103757&gclid=CjwKCAjwtO7qBRBQEiwAl5WC2wC47ExuTJ8YcH4eIQjTF3zZTtO_p26CkRqMocdxIgwhnWIG22q5wRoCOzwQAvD_BwE&hvadid=292307065423&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9032751&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t2&hvqmt=e&hvrand=4892008951851146245&hvtargid=kwd-427952066350&hydadcr=14565_9765757&keywords=icefang+tactical+dog+harness&qid=1566338519&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExNEJPRFI1WE1PMVhTJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUExMDA2NDc2M0o5NEk5TTBOV0dITSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzc0OTEyMVVTTlJVOFZPRVlVSCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX3Bob25lX3NlYXJjaF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

If you put brackets around some words before the link and parentheses around the link it’ll actually make the words in brackets your link. like this

RUFFWEAR - Approach Pack, Orange Poppy (2017), Small https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N10EY28/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_bQ2jDbJY49H13