Hi I leave my 3 older dogs out and kennel Gizmo during the day. I work close enough to home so I go home every day at lunch to let him out and play and eat and potty. My dogs though are paper trained because we can't leave them outside for long becasue of the eagles here in Alaska are really bad and will pick them up and eat them. My older boys though so have a bit of seperation anxiety they have chewed up many things in the house it is usually when I am gone on the weekends and they aren't used to the schedule changing. I also bring one of them to work with me occasionaly. They are small enough my boss doesn't mind.