I live alone with a 3yr old Lab mix and a 4 month old border collie mix. I have had the lab for 3 months and the collie for 1 week. They are both potty and crate trained. They interact and play fine when I am supervising them. I have not left them alone with free access to the apartment. However, they do stay in their crates near to one another. They get about 1 hour of walks a day and play together in my apartment and/or in a tennis court (so they can run and be dogs).
I work 8 hours a day 5 days a week. I go home for lunch for an hour. They spend 3-5 hours twice a day for 5 days in a given week in their crates. This they don't really seem to have a problem with this, and in fact I have left them in their crates for a single 6 hour period, but never more then 8 hours in their crates in a given day.
I want a life beyond just work and my dogs. I have a hobby meets 2x a week, 4-5 hours per meeting. I don't want to mean to my dogs, but I want to be able to do stuff still!
2006-12-11
07:06:36
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