i want to know if leaving a 6 month old puppy from 7:45 - 17:15 on his own is okay as im trying to loo train?

Question

we are trying to toilet train him too and dont really know what im doing are we okay leaving him on his own fro 8 hours a day mon - fri (he used to live in a shed on his own all day in his last home si gathered a kitchen would be ok)

Answer 1

It is okay.

It may take longer to train him though.

I have a 3 month old puppy and do the same thing.

Give him lots of love and attention when you are home.

Most importantly when you are home (and on weekends) take him outside to go to the bathroom and praise him as much as possible when he goes where he is supposed to.

It gets frusterating cleaning up the mess when you get home from work but it is worth it.

Answer 2

absolutely no way you should have a dog if it is to be left on his own for so long. It isn't just your work hours, it is the time you spend asleep, shopping, out for a meal, doing housework, watching TV etc. Your home is no better than the shed he used to live in. Had you not taken this poor creature in, he might have had a chance at a proper home with someone able to give him the time he needs. Dogs are highly social pack animals and forcing them to live in solitary confinement is wicked. Since you admit that you don't know what you are doing, I predict that within 6 months, when the dog craps and pees everywhere and chews up your home, he will be passed on yet again to someone not right for him. Your kitchen may be warm, but is no different to being alone in a shed all day long. Warm isn't better, he will have been used to the shed and grown a thick coat.

Answer 3

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The new puppy is certainly one of the most adorable and cuddly creatures that has ever been created. It is the most natural thing in the world to shower it with love and affection. However, at the same time it is important to realize that if you want to have a well trained adult dog, you need to begin the training process right away. The dog, like its related ancestor, the wolf, is a pack animal. One of the features of a pack is that it has a single dominant leader. Your new puppy is going to want that leader to be you, but if you do not assume that role from the very beginning, the puppy’s instincts will push him to become the leader.

The most important thing to remember about training the puppy during its first six months of life is that it must see you as the leader of the family pack. The essential thing is gaining the trust and the respect of the puppy from the beginning. You will not do this by allowing the puppy to do whatever it wants to do whenever it wants to do it. On the other hand, a certain amount of patience is required. Most people err in their early training by going to extremes one way or the other. Although you need to begin the basic training process at once, you can not expect your dog to do too much at first. Basic obedience training is fine and should include simple commands like sit, stay, and come. Remember that trying to teach the dog advanced obedience techniques when it is a puppy is much like trying to teach a five year old child algebra.

It is also important to restrain from cruel or abusive treatment of the puppy. You can not beat obedience into your dog, and it certainly is not going to engender feeling of respect and trust. House breaking is an area where this usually becomes a problem because of the anger that is triggered when the puppy fails and creates a mess inside the home. Although this issue must be addressed without anger, it most be addressed. If you allow the puppy to eliminate inside the house, it will continue to do so as an adult dog. The same thing is true of other destructive or dangerous behavior such as chewing and biting. Do not expect the puppy to grow out of it. You are going to need to train the puppy out of it, but you should do so firmly but with a sense of play and fun using positive reinforcement and lots of love and praise for good behavior.

Answer 4

I don't know at what age you got your pup but he should have already been trained. You now have a job on your hands. Training will not be easy at this age leaving it for over 9 hours a day on it's own in the house. You should have thought it through before you took a pup on, but it's to late now. This baby has to be taken outside when it wakes up, when it has had it's dinner, at regular intervals through the day and before you settle for the night. A cage or ( crate ) is only designed for a short time not for the length of time you are out. I personally would not use one. I also suggest you try and get someone to let him out at a regular time of the day at least twice while you are out, hopefully he will get into the habit of holding on until such time. As he gets older once a day maybe enough, but at no time should he be left for this length of time alone, you are asking for problems, after all he is a puppy and a puppy likes to explore not be cooped up for hours on end in a confined place. When you leave him give him a treat and when you return praise him. Good Luck

Answer 5

No its not ok to leave a dog for that amount of time. Its no wonder you are having trouble with toilet training. A dog needs to go out every hour until they have learnt proper bladder control (about a year). Your dog will be very bored at home all day alone. Dogs are pack animals and see you as its pack. Leaving him all day will be distressing for him and this is probably not helping the toilet training either. If you dont have the time to look after a dog properly you should look at getting him rehomed to someone who has more time.

Answer 6

The puppy would probably be okay. That is a long time, but dogs aren't so good at telling time. May just seem like a couple days to him... If he already is very comfortable around your family, then he'll probably be okay. I've left my young dog with a friend while I was on vacation. Though he stayed at my house, has a his own dog that stayed too, and my dog has known him since she was 5 weeks old. She was happy to see me when I got back and still listened to the commands I gave her.

Answer 7

It's highly not recommended especially if you want to train him to go potty outside.. a puppy can on average hold it's bladder/bowel for as many hours as he is months old 6 months = 6 hours... You should see about getting him crate trained and also make sure someone can let him out to potty during the day until he is a housebroken adult who can hold throught the day or has outdoor access like a doggie door.

Though being a pup in your kitchen is better than the shed it's still not the best.

Answer 8

ok, most people will say poor puppy but first of all he is already a big boy. I got mine when whe was a 4 month old and had to go to work from 8 to 4. As someone else already said is a good idea to get a crate. No, crate is NOT babysitting, when you are not home your dog SHOULD BE FREE, so i hope u have a garden or else your dog will tear up ur aprtmen :)... So lets say he is in the garden runnig aorund, you get home, play a lot with him/her, socialize with her all the time you are home so he she wont get sad. Feed him/her and put him o n the crate for 5 min, let her/him out and take him/her where the toilet is gonna be, stay there with the dog for 15 min, if the dog doesnt potty take it back to the crate for 15 min, then again out and so on until he/she goes. tnen praise the dog a LOT. Mine was kinda stubborn afternoons without going to the potty, at niochgt crate him agian and take it in the morning to the poty or pee with u and praise if the dog pees where u take him. I used to wake up at 6 to take her to pee in the approiate place and wait up to 1 hour for her to decide to pee.
I only hope u have a garden to leave ur dog with a space to play and sapce to pee or tkae a dump. Bottom line, best way is a crate, crating is only when u are not home and u are taking a bath and cant keep an eye on ur dog, and a place for your dog to sleep and call it his "room", but be aware of the dog if he is cryong to go out since that is probably the "cue" to go pee. if he pees himself in the crate it willl be a huge step back in training. DONT PUNISH UR DOG FOR THE PEE HE DID 1 HOUR AGO he will have no idea about why he is being punished, u must scold him only IN THE MOMENT HE IS DOING SOMETHING WRONG, if he peed in some place and u didnt see it, face it...it was your fault cause u werent paying attention.

Answer 9

Thats a bit long and definitely too long to hold his bladder!!
I have a 6 month old puppy too and me and my partner both work strange shifts but if i know we are both going to be out of the house for more than 5 hours MAX i pay someone to come in and walk him and spend some time with him.
He is crate trained which is ideal for loo training but they cant be in by their own for too long its just cruel so u will need to think up some alternative, maybe a neighbour or family member can regularly let him out for a bit of cash??
Good luck!!

Answer 10

Not only is leaving him alone for that long any way to housbreak him, he will grow up having behavioral problems that will be hard to break (chewing on things, barking repeatedly, etc). Training him will also be difficult.
He needs some interaction with people, or even with other animals, in order to develop correctly.
If you can have someone look in on him from time to time through the day that would benefit your dog AND you. Play time and walks are also great for development.
If you can't spend much time with him, then maybe you should get a cat instead.

Answer 11

Training might be difficult, but I don't think there is a such thing as leaving a dog home alone too long. As long as he has food, water, toys, and enough run around space. Dogs learn to adapt. And most pet owners work at least 8hrs a day. I suggest you sign you and your dog up for a puppy training class so he can learn the essentials, then once he's learned to go on paper and how to adjust to being alone you'll feel a lot better and he'll understand. If you don't work then how will you be able to support a dog? As far as crate training, only do that for a short amount of time, start off at 30 minutes, then an hour, and on up to 4 hrs, but no more than that. My puppy loves his crate and will crawl into without a word. And stay in it for hours depending on if he wants to sleep or play. Crates are good not bad.