Dogs Left Alone

[RustyG 0]

My Dad says it would be unfair on the dog if I left him at home all day, but i dont think its much different to having a dog kenneled all day, at least he will be warm and have room to run around with access to his bed, all his toys and water etc. All your views would be most helpfull!

 

Cheers

RusryG

Edited February 7, 2010 by RustyG

[collie/grey 238]

If it's a puppy yes as it would need alot of time spent with it the first couple of weeks, an adjusted adult then no. But saying that if you couldn't get home at lunch time then i would want someone to let the dog out to releive itself at least.

[dh90 6]

Personally think its ok providing the dog gets a good walk before and after. If its a pup i would start off leaving it for small amounts of time and gradually increasing the time. Wouldnt leave it all day straight away. As collie/grey said try and get someone to let it out at some point and try to give it the biggest run possible

[darren67 9]

i think if your out all day a dog should be in a kennel and run , when you get back then let the dog indoors ,good for bounding, how would you like to not be able to go for the toilet when you wanted IMO working dog should say out side

Edited February 7, 2010 by darren67

[kill um with crisps 7]

My dogs are left every day during the week for 2 hours in the morning and again in the afternoon. It does them no harm, there pleased to see me when i get home though! The pup im getting next week will be with me 24/7 for at least a fortnight, probably a month. I think its good to be able to leave them alone for a few hours, sooner or later there will come a time when you have no choice for whatever reason.

[scotty2306 37]

im sure there is a lot of dogs that get left all day as people have to go to work but i think easies option is a kennel and run then it can do its buisiness as it pleases and also wont chew your house to pieces

[deanflute 550]

Mine stays in the house when I am at work, She is totally fine with it. A good run in the morning then her feed and she'll sleep all day. She would howl the street down if she was kenneled

[Tyla 3,179]

My dogs are regularly left all day either in the house, in my van or kennelled. It does them no harm, they are walked before and after and are perfectly capable of controlling themselves. They go to the toilet on walks and last thing at night, they could crap in the run if they wanted to but they never have. The key to it is having a routine that they are used to and sticking to it.

[natter79 17]

most have to work to afford having a dog so yes you can leave your dog if you have too, if not pack in work and i'm sure your dad will pay for your dog's up keep lol (only kidding), if it's a pup leave a radio or something on so it doesn't feel isolated and loads of attention when you get back, my two are fine no barking,whining or destructiveness.

atb natter

[tanit1 3]

my oppinion only.im at home most days. but when needs most and ive got to leave them thier fine. they live outside in a fine shed.(4w+5L+6h).with a 4w+5L+4h)run.with heating and a fan.a fresh bucket of water every day and feed at night. so yes in my oppinion its ok/fine to leav a dog just as long as its left in good conditions.in or outside. as i tel my children its all in ya head. its called commom sence. atb.

Edited February 7, 2010 by tanit1

[RustyG 0]

Thanks very much every one! I cant wait to show my dad what you have all said! I would like to have a kennal dog, but unfortunatly i have a comunial garden, and i dont think my neighbours would be to pleased if i took up the 10' square bit of 'lawn' with a kennel and run. I was planning to take maybe 3 or 4 weeks off work when i first get the pup to settle him in and all that. I have been looking at bloody massive (6'x 12' kinda size) dog crates on the net, and am thinking about getting one so the dog can have a bit of space to move about, that way its basicaly like an indoor kennal and little run and my sofa wont get totaled!

[skycat 6,173]

The main problems with leaving a young pup alone are a) totally unfair on a youngster to expect it to be quiet and clean for hours on end and there is no way you can house train a pup if you aren't there, so house training could take quite a long time; months and months sometimes! Do you really want to come home at the end of the day to find crap and pee everywhere, a stressed out puppy that has been bawling and howling all day because it feels it has been abandoned?

 

Not trying to have a go at you, but young pups and young dogs really don't do very well if left alone for long periods of time, quite apart from the destruction it will cause if it is in a house. Caging might be an option if you were only out for an hour at a time, but any longer than that would be cruel as a puppy can't control its bladder or bowels for any length of time until it is at least 4 months old. It would end up messing inside the cage and having to sit and paddle about in the mess.

 

Even a pup of six months would be hard pushed to go all day without needing to pee or crap.

 

Neither would I buy and adult dog and expect it to adjust to being left in a house alone unless it was a totally perfectly adjusted animal which had been used to this kind of arrangement in its previous home.

[RustyG 0]

The main problems with leaving a young pup alone are a) totally unfair on a youngster to expect it to be quiet and clean for hours on end and there is no way you can house train a pup if you aren't there, so house training could take quite a long time; months and months sometimes! Do you really want to come home at the end of the day to find crap and pee everywhere, a stressed out puppy that has been bawling and howling all day because it feels it has been abandoned?

 

Not trying to have a go at you, but young pups and young dogs really don't do very well if left alone for long periods of time, quite apart from the destruction it will cause if it is in a house. Caging might be an option if you were only out for an hour at a time, but any longer than that would be cruel as a puppy can't control its bladder or bowels for any length of time until it is at least 4 months old. It would end up messing inside the cage and having to sit and paddle about in the mess.

 

Even a pup of six months would be hard pushed to go all day without needing to pee or crap.

 

Neither would I buy and adult dog and expect it to adjust to being left in a house alone unless it was a totally perfectly adjusted animal which had been used to this kind of arrangement in its previous home.

 

 

I understand what you are saying, but surley you could lessen the impact of abandonment, by leaving the puppy for short periods at first, and get it used to being by its self, and gradualy work up to leaving it all day. thats why i want to take a month off when i first get the pup to settle it in (my last dog was a rescue and you could not leave him, he got better as he got older, but he still used to go mental). And i have found like a modular puppy corral system thing that you can make as big as you like, so the pup would have plenty of room to move around, put a crate in the pen with its little bed. people train their kenneled dogs to go in the run and not the kenal. and if i had a crate in a pen it would be like a kennel with a run but inside the house in the warm. On the subject of wee and poo everywhere, i dont have any carpets, and i would much rather to come home to a few craps on the floor than to come home to no dog. It may take a long time to toilet train the pup properly, but if thats the price i have to pay to get another dog then so be it. I wouldnt entertain the idea if i thought that the dog would suffer because of my actions, but after the positive responses i have received on here i think that with carful thaught and planning it is possible for me to get a dog and still work.

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

Rusty it sounds like you're putting a lot of thought into the pup, which is good. The modular doodad with the crate inside sounds a perfect idea as well.

 

However, I don't think it's ok to leave a young pup for more than a couple of hours. They get lonely and stressed out ... you might find some problems develop if you're out for long hours at a time.

 

Is there a friend or neighbour who will look in on the pup to break the day up and give it some company?

 

The pup will most definately cry even if it's gotten used to being alone for short periods while you're at home with it. If your neighbours are unlikely to be pleased about a kennel in the communal garden, they will probably object to a howling puppy.

 

If nobody you know is willing to come in during the day, maybe look into a local service that can do it for you. Extra expense, but one that will help the pup and you in the long run.

[RustyG 0]

Rusty it sounds like you're putting a lot of thought into the pup, which is good. The modular doodad with the crate inside sounds a perfect idea as well.

 

However, I don't think it's ok to leave a young pup for more than a couple of hours. They get lonely and stressed out ... you might find some problems develop if you're out for long hours at a time.

 

Is there a friend or neighbour who will look in on the pup to break the day up and give it some company?

 

The pup will most definately cry even if it's gotten used to being alone for short periods while you're at home with it. If your neighbours are unlikely to be pleased about a kennel in the communal garden, they will probably object to a howling puppy.

 

If nobody you know is willing to come in during the day, maybe look into a local service that can do it for you. Extra expense, but one that will help the pup and you in the long run.

 

 

 

Ive just moved into a new village well away from all my friends and that, so it could be a bit hard getting someone to look in on the dog, i will have to go introduce my self to my neighbours, there is a woman down stairs with a litlle scotty dog, you never know she might help me out! I am going to look in to paying some one to come round to see to the pup, thanks for your help!

 

Rusty