How old can a puppy be before being home alone?

Question

I might get a puppy... a corgi. But I'm not sure if it would be ok or not for a puppy to be left alone at home from about 7am to 4pm every weekday. How old should a puppy be before being left home alone for that long? 3 months?

Answer 1

6 mos

Answer 2

3 months old is young, but can be done. However, the dog will probaly have accidents while you're away. I would definately crate train him (it's safest for him in the long run). If you have a big enough area, you can attach an exercise pen to his kennel and use puppy pads at the opposite corner. I don't recommend using newspaper in lieu of puppy pads cause then he's apt to go on newspapers when ever he sees them and feels the urge. Puppy pad training does have a LOT of downsides though.

The best thing you can do though, is this try to come home during lunch to check on the puppy. You can also hire a sitter to stop by the house daily to check in on the tike (and allow him to do his business outside). I live in North Carolina and they usually charge about 20 dollars a trip so it's not cheap. Once he's fully vaccinated and fixed, perhaps a doggy daycare would be a good release for his energy. Once again, it's not a cheap option (usually runs around 25$ a day).

Answer 3

The trick to leaving a dog safely and confidently at home is to gain its trust that you will always return.
First start leaving the dog for short spans of time, frequently during the day. Don't make too much of a fuss when you get back, and definitely don't make a fuss (be upset) when you leave (the dog will pick up on this and think something is wrong). Just say "stay, be good" and "I'll be back soon". They will learn these phrases soon enough and be comforted by them.
A dog really doesn't have a concept of "time" as such, they can distinguish between a "short" time and a "long" time, but 4 hours is pretty much the same as 1 hour to a dog.
Just gradually increase the time the dog is left alone over a fairly long length of time.
Leave the dog in a room with lots of toys, its bed, water and some dry food and at least whilst it is still young, either a pee pad or some newspaper on the floor. Make sure, at least to start with, that the room you leave the dog in is pretty much dog proof, or at least doesn't contain anything you care too much about.

Answer 4

goto a store and get a puppy play pen (dog play yard) ..here is one on ebay to show you what im talking about You can get them cheaper at meijers . they can be set up many different ways.They are bigger for puppies to play we do one end for sleeping and toys plankets and the other end with paper for potty and foot water .Its safe so they can be left alone room to play and not small like a kennel crate .Then you can leave them alone longer

Answer 5

Maybe about....... 6 months and above. Some puppies are tough and you can leave them when they're about 5 or 4 months.

Answer 6

that's a little to long a young puppy will be on 4 feeds a day it takes longer to toilet train if you are out a lot

Answer 7

x (I totally misread your question but yahoo doesn't allow a total retraction). As the first said, 6 months.

Answer 8

i would not leave till at least 1 as will ruin house,less you get company for one

Answer 9

if your crate training her then whenever you need to leave you can leave just dont push it for to many hours at first