I just broght a 5 month old puppy but I work full time, will he be ok while I work long hours?

Question

Im sorry I wasnt so specific. I wanted to set up a specific room in my place so he can do anything he needs to I wouldnt just lock him up in a crate

Answer 1

Crate training is the best way to housebreak, but cruel if the dog is left in it all day, all night. Outside kennels are good, partitioning off a safe area like the kitchen, using one side for potty papers, and the other for food and toys is good. But the best is if you can have some one help you out a bit, and come walk the dog once or twice during the day. When you get off work, you HAVE to take the time to play, walk, cuddle and train the pup. A bored dog will amuse itself with chewing, barking and other unexceptable behaviors, leaving you both miserable.

Answer 2

You can't leave a puppy alone all day without it having to go to the bathroom. Crate training is the best way to handle being gone a long time, unless you have a sun porch or something with a floor that you can clean easily. How long do you work? Are you just gone from 8-5 or do you work longer hours?

If you are going to have a pet, you need to be home with it as much as you can. They get lonely and tear up the house and have behavior problems if they are left by themselves all the time.

Try to find a doggie day care or someone to care for the puppy while you are working.

Answer 3

fatfrog is obviously independently wealthy and must be prepared to give a home to every dog whose owner as to work to put food on the table - only a few hundred of thousands in all. Sheesh....

Doggy daycare and the daily petsitters were created my generation of neurotic control-freak obsessive baby boomers - the same people who call the dean of the college to whine that their child who is within weeks of graduating got a bad grade in a course where the kid cut half the classes.

The pup will be fine.

Get a crate. I like the wire cages because they collapse flat an fold up unlike those hulking plastic things.

Maybe get an X-pen (sorry - exercise pen ) so you can set the crate and pen together and he has more room to move about until he is reliable in the house. Lots and lots of newspapers on the floor, and a bed in the crate. (Any puppy won't be able to hold it for 8-10 hours until well over 1 year and boy puppies take longer to be able to do that than girl puppies) A he gets older, he can hold it longer and then you need the papers less and less.

You don't want him roaming loose in the house - unless you feel like redecorating or buying a lot of new shoes and clothes. Knew a Golden puppy who delighted in gnawing on wall board and creating holes in the wall every chance she got despite having bones and toys and even if her owners where in the house....

Give him toys and bones to amuse himself.

Water dish that can't tip - love my auto-water that holds over 3 gallons.


Puppies at that age still sleep a lot - burst of energy, play like a nut and the crash for 2-3 times longer than they played. He'll be a sleep a lot while you are gone. Play with him a lot when you get home to tire him out. Tired puppy = happy owner

Spend the time with him when you are home. Work on housebreaking manners outside his pen then - it will go a little slower but you will get there.

Here is a source for X-pens (make sure it is high enough he can't jump out and hook it to the crate wiht double ended snaps so he can't knock it aside.)


http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/NavResults.cfm?N=2001+114008


Make time to go to an obedience class - NOT Petsmart and Petco as they are a rip off since they drag out everything into separate classes of puppy, beginner obedience, intermediate obedience and "advanced" obedience that I cover in a 12 week basic beginner class and have students nearly ready for AKC obedience competition (dogs are fine, its the owners who need more polishing!) . (Okay so they get more money out of the owner but.....)

Go here to find contacts in you area that can help you locate an obedience trainer who works with all breeds and who does AKC obedience compettions:

http://www.akc.org/clubs/search/index.cf...

http://www.akc.org/clubs/search/index.cf... (set on all breeds)


http://www.akc.org/clubs/search/index.cf...

Even it they are an hour or more away, they will know other people all over the state.


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Answer 4

Well its a puppy i think u should stay home with it. Puppys need to run around and they cant be locked up in a cage all day! Who is gonna feed him? How will he get to know u?? Realy i mean i had a puppy and we would lock her up all day.....it was sad and all so we had to give her away.. If u still want to work a lot of hours it would be better if u get an older dog

Answer 5

No! Puppies need attention attention attention! He has to be toilet trained, socialised not to mention taught obedience... he's not gonna teach himself is he? You may also find he doesn't respond to your commands because he is left inside to his own devices all day, he will be a nightmare to obedience train if you don't sort something out. You have to be there for him he can't just teach himself to hold it in when he needs to wee or learn the things hes allowed and not allowed to do. He doesn't have any choice now but you really should have thought about this before getting a puppy. All I can say is have fun cleaning up all the mess he's gonna make while your out...

Answer 6

Someone will have to come home at least during lunch to let him out. You may want to enlist a friend or family member for this. You can also hire a dog walking service.

Also, make sure you leave things for him to chew, like a flavored nylabone. Avoid rawhides unless you supervise, because they can swallow large pieces which could cause a blockage or twisting of the intestines around the stomach.

I also recommending getting a kong appropriate for his age and breed. You can fill with food to keep him busy and happy while you are gone.

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Answer 7

No, he won't. Max any dog should be forced to be alone is about 8 hours, For puppies, it's shorter.

Even adult dogs will develop problems if they consistently have to wait 10 hours.

So if you mean "more than 8 hours from when you leave until when you get home" -- no, this isn't good for your dog. Find someone to lend a hand, maybe a neighbor who will let your dog outside around lunchtime every day.

Answer 8

First you need to put him in a crate when you're not at the house looking at him or else he'll pee and poop on the floor. Then you need to go home at lunch to let him outside to release his duty. If you can't come home everyday, hire someone that can come everyday to let him/her out and walk it. Your dog really can't hold it for that long. A crate will help him not poop and pee but if he's loose in the house he'll go where ever.

Answer 9

Sounds like somebody didn't think this through. There's no problem, though. He's just going to pee and poop on your floor and tear all your stuff up while you're gone. No big deal, right? Maybe he'll become one of those dogs that howls at nothing because he can't stand to be alone all day long. Your neighbors are going to love you.

Answer 10

No. A puppy is like a little kid he is going to get into things,be lonely, and bored,maybe u should think about getting a pet sitter a couple times a week.