Girls with puppies

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Posted by stinenandy2010

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Posted by MayBride2010

Question for you who crate your puppies/dogs. How long do you leave them in the crate for approximately if you are at work all day? I work in the city...and FH travels a lot for work, so I can't bear the idea of leaving the pup in the crate for 11 hours (the time I leave in the am to the time I return in the pm - if FH is not home). We haven't gotten a dog just yet, and are thinking about it - but I don't know how I feel with being out of the house so long and leaving the dog alone in a crate for that amount of time...

thanks!

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11 hours is too long, my dog is alone for 7 hours. the problem is as a puppy they have to be let out to go to the bathroom, they say rule of thumb is for each month they grow, its 1 hour....so at 3 months old, they can hold it for 3 hour and so forth

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really? our trainer told us its double their age....so 3 months is 6 hours give or take. i used to stop home at lunch to let him out but i stopped that at about 4 montsh of age and he was always good. u

and like Barb said....DONT EVER PUNISH HIM TO HIS CRATE. you want it to be a happy place. give him a treat when he goes in there in the morning. your dog is still gonna love you so much when you get home i promise

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Posted by MayBride2010

Question for you who crate your puppies/dogs. How long do you leave them in the crate for approximately if you are at work all day? I work in the city...and FH travels a lot for work, so I can't bear the idea of leaving the pup in the crate for 11 hours (the time I leave in the am to the time I return in the pm - if FH is not home). We haven't gotten a dog just yet, and are thinking about it - but I don't know how I feel with being out of the house so long and leaving the dog alone in a crate for that amount of time...

thanks!

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11 hours is way too long for a puppy. My dogs almost 2 and I don't leave him alone for that long. I don't know where you live, but I heard Hounds Town USA dog day care is really good. There is one in Port Jeff Station and in Ronkonkoma. We checked them out and their prices are reasonable.