Jingleballs
Well-Known Member
How many of you do this? How long is your dog left alone in the house for?
At the moment I have a 10 year old cross breed Ive had him since a puppy and I love him to bits hes part of the family!
When I moved out of my parents house he came with me but because me and my partner work all day and my parents are retired I drop the dog off at their house every morning and then pick him up after work so hes got company most of the day.
My parents say that once he goes they wont be looking after any future dogs I buy so Id resigned myself to either having no pets when Bailey goes or getting cats but OH says no to cats! Im just sitting watching the BBC feature on unwanted pets and I dont know if I ever could not have a dog and would love to one day give a home to one or ideally 2 rescue dogs but would that then be unfair to leave them alone in the house from 8 am til 5pm each day? Even if they were walked for say 30 minutes in the morning and then taken up to the yard with me at night? I know quite a few people who seem to do this successfully but is this really fair to the dog?
Hopefully this is all way in the future as Baileys only 10 and god willing has many good years ahead of him yet but I just wondered what others do?
At the moment I have a 10 year old cross breed Ive had him since a puppy and I love him to bits hes part of the family!
When I moved out of my parents house he came with me but because me and my partner work all day and my parents are retired I drop the dog off at their house every morning and then pick him up after work so hes got company most of the day.
My parents say that once he goes they wont be looking after any future dogs I buy so Id resigned myself to either having no pets when Bailey goes or getting cats but OH says no to cats! Im just sitting watching the BBC feature on unwanted pets and I dont know if I ever could not have a dog and would love to one day give a home to one or ideally 2 rescue dogs but would that then be unfair to leave them alone in the house from 8 am til 5pm each day? Even if they were walked for say 30 minutes in the morning and then taken up to the yard with me at night? I know quite a few people who seem to do this successfully but is this really fair to the dog?
Hopefully this is all way in the future as Baileys only 10 and god willing has many good years ahead of him yet but I just wondered what others do?