Corky has been alone since day one. He cried at first but then got used to our routine. He gets to come out at my lunch hour, then my husband is home a few hours later. He gets to roam while I get ready for work. He has a large crate that he stays in when we are gone. He is totally fine with it. No crying, whining or anything but that is all he knows too.
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hi all! I have read on various animal welfare sites that dogs shouldn't be left for more than 5 hours a day and if they are you should arrange for someone to come in and let them out etc.... but i guess if they cope well with it and have a companion it is fine....
my two pooches are left for around 4 and a half hours a day mon to fri, they just seem to sleep in their beds, but then they are older dogs, Bruce (staffy) 5 yrs and Heidi (yorkie) 13 yrs.
when i come to get a chi pup (sometime in the future) i'm gonna feel sooo nervous leaving it! and i will be rushing home from work dreading what i'm going to find! ( memories of Bruce as a pup!) he was pretty good really and didn't chew too much but the kitchen was like a mine field with all the poopies!! but we were really lucky with him as we were told so many horror stories from other staffy owners...like chewing through walls etc! as staffys have such strong jaws! :shock:
my two pooches are left for around 4 and a half hours a day mon to fri, they just seem to sleep in their beds, but then they are older dogs, Bruce (staffy) 5 yrs and Heidi (yorkie) 13 yrs.
when i come to get a chi pup (sometime in the future) i'm gonna feel sooo nervous leaving it! and i will be rushing home from work dreading what i'm going to find! ( memories of Bruce as a pup!) he was pretty good really and didn't chew too much but the kitchen was like a mine field with all the poopies!! but we were really lucky with him as we were told so many horror stories from other staffy owners...like chewing through walls etc! as staffys have such strong jaws! :shock:
i should be getting a chi soon and ive been worried about leaving it while im at work but to be honest it wont be leaft alone for long anyway i dont leave for worm until around 12 in the afternoon and then my partner home at around 2 -4 pm then im home at about 6-7pm and im of for 3/1/2 days a week so i dont no what i was worrying about!!!
just wish the time would go past alittle quicker now lol
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just wish the time would go past alittle quicker now lol
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I was worried about leaving Brewster at home when I'm at work. I go home and let him out at lunchtime and he seems to be fine. I do worry that he's lonely or bored when Im not there, but I had a couple of days off the other week and all he does all day is sleep!!! Typical :lol:
I just started a new job that is much further from home. So now, Nugget is left by himself for about 11 hours. I feel terrible leaving him alone that long, but I don't really have a choice. He doesn't cry when I leave in the morning, but when I get home in the evening, he whimpers, tries to jump out of the fence, etc.
I've been reading this thread, and others about separation anxiety, and I feel a little better, but I still hate leaving him all alone for that long.
He's put in an exercise pen that's attached to his crate, with his water, toys, a potty pad, and I put soft music on for him.
I wish I was still able to come home for lunch, or get someone to look after him during the day. (I think I'm getting separation anxiety, too!
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I guess we'll both have to get used to my new schedule.
If he uses his potty pad consistently, I'll fence off the dining room, so he has more room to roam around. I just really hope leaving him for that long isn't hurting him. :sad1:
I've been reading this thread, and others about separation anxiety, and I feel a little better, but I still hate leaving him all alone for that long.
He's put in an exercise pen that's attached to his crate, with his water, toys, a potty pad, and I put soft music on for him.
I wish I was still able to come home for lunch, or get someone to look after him during the day. (I think I'm getting separation anxiety, too!
)I guess we'll both have to get used to my new schedule.
If he uses his potty pad consistently, I'll fence off the dining room, so he has more room to roam around. I just really hope leaving him for that long isn't hurting him. :sad1:
Frankie and Ben are left alone for no more than 4 hours ever. I close bedroom doors and they have free run of rest of the house. They use puppy pad but rarely go when we are not home. As soon as we get home they run to us for kisses and then run to pad to pee.
I could never leave them for longer than that. I just couldn't cope
Even when we go on vacation we have a house/pet sitter who stays right here at our home......
I could never leave them for longer than that. I just couldn't cope
Even when we go on vacation we have a house/pet sitter who stays right here at our home......
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i used to confine my guy in my room with a gate but he would keep crying when he saw me leaving...broke my heart! now that he's somehwat potty trained i let him roam the whole first floor up until my mom comes home. so i'm gone for atleast 3 to 4 hours or so. on occasions he's home alone 10 hrs if work calls me in early but he's fine with it. gota toys and chews and bullysticks and antlers and some of my shirts and socks lying around and about everywhere for him i even leave the tv or my winamp on ^_^
i even leave the tv or my winamp on ^_^Wow, that's an old post! From 2004! Doubt the original poster is still around. haha. But I think that Chi's do best when they have people around and aren't left alone for 8-9 hours a day. Of course they are adaptable and if the person gave them lots of attention and exercise before and after work, they'd probably be fine.
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i saw it was an old post, too, but was glad to read it. We have to leave Madison at home for about 8 hours a day, but can go home at lunch most days to break it up (my husband and i work at the same place - he comes in a couple hours after me and i leave a couple hours before him).
Today is the longest she's been alone - because we have to leave work early to take her to the vet for her 2nd set of shots. reading that other people do leave their puppies helps me, a lot. Trust me, if i could stay home, i would. she's our life already (after only 2 and 1/2 weeks) so she gets our undivided attention in the morning for a couple hours and then once we get home in the evening.
The sad thing is I think I have more seperation anxiety than she does? My stomach is in knots when she's at home!
We have an x-pen (with a lid thanks to my husband - silly climbing puppy) and she has puppy pads, food, water, toys and her bed.
I always had dogs growing up, and my parents both worked. i didn't realize until we brought her home how hard it could be!
Today is the longest she's been alone - because we have to leave work early to take her to the vet for her 2nd set of shots. reading that other people do leave their puppies helps me, a lot. Trust me, if i could stay home, i would. she's our life already (after only 2 and 1/2 weeks) so she gets our undivided attention in the morning for a couple hours and then once we get home in the evening.
The sad thing is I think I have more seperation anxiety than she does? My stomach is in knots when she's at home!
We have an x-pen (with a lid thanks to my husband - silly climbing puppy) and she has puppy pads, food, water, toys and her bed.
I always had dogs growing up, and my parents both worked. i didn't realize until we brought her home how hard it could be!
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Old thread!! Yeah Rocky is at home when I work.
I get separation anxiety not him lol. I get home over lunch and then he gets a long walk after work.
I would like another chi to keep him company when im working (mmmmm still working on my OH with that one lol)
I get separation anxiety not him lol. I get home over lunch and then he gets a long walk after work.
I would like another chi to keep him company when im working (mmmmm still working on my OH with that one lol)
Pebbles used to be great staying home on her own but we did feel sorry for her and got her a play mate, Shaddow. Now they both know when it's time to go in their room and run in to wait for their treat then just look at me like "go already!" I do feel sorry for them but i think they're fine on their own as long as they have lots of blankets to snuggle up to, toys to play with, pigs ears to chew, water to drink and pee-pads to go potty on! I was thinking about buying a baby gate to put in the hall way to give them more room (their bedroom, the study and half the hallway), but they seem to be fine for now
All dogs are different but in saying that i think you should just get two be keep each other company hehehe after all the more chis the better
All dogs are different but in saying that i think you should just get two be keep each other company hehehe after all the more chis the better
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Anna,
I have an 8 month old chi. He is crate trained. He never complains when I put him in it and he won't potty in it. But I have never left him more than 3 1/2 hours. It is his safe place from the cats who have not warmed up yet. I also confine him to the kitchen sometimes with a good gate, get one that opens, don't mess with the ones that you will trip over and about kill yourself. I did that.
You could confine to an area like the kitchen with toys and puppy pads, lots of people do this. Or train from puppy stage to the Ugodog. I borrowed one yesterday but not working with this one yet. But had I caught him early with it it probably would have worked. I trained him to a litter pan at first. Then I didn't have him for 3 months and he was outside most of that time.
Linda
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I have an 8 month old chi. He is crate trained. He never complains when I put him in it and he won't potty in it. But I have never left him more than 3 1/2 hours. It is his safe place from the cats who have not warmed up yet. I also confine him to the kitchen sometimes with a good gate, get one that opens, don't mess with the ones that you will trip over and about kill yourself. I did that.
You could confine to an area like the kitchen with toys and puppy pads, lots of people do this. Or train from puppy stage to the Ugodog. I borrowed one yesterday but not working with this one yet. But had I caught him early with it it probably would have worked. I trained him to a litter pan at first. Then I didn't have him for 3 months and he was outside most of that time.
Linda
Linda
We have 3 chis, We both work during the day, they are crated when we are not home. I put them in their crates usually about 5 to 10 min before I have to leave usually with a bully stick or moo tube , then I go about turning off lights securing doors etc. Then we leave we just didn't want them to associate crating with us leaving. It has worked out really well for us, my day may keep me away for a few hrs or for 8 it just depends> If I am going to be gone all day my son will take them out and play with them or my husband when he gets home, it works out to be about 4 to 5 hrs alone at the most. they like their crates and go into them on their own, usually to curl up and take a nap unless my LAP is available!!!!!!
good luck hope you find the perfect new baby!
good luck hope you find the perfect new baby!
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dodge hates to be alone even for an hour or so. I dont often leave him but places like doctors food shopping he cant come he doesent understand so i feel guilty when he follows me happily to the door just to be told to go back . he acts like i have been gone for a year !!! when i return. i personally wouldent of brought a chi if i couldent be at home with him for most of the time but that is just my opinion im sure just like humans all dogs are diffrent .
he doesent understand so i feel guilty when he follows me happily to the door just to be told to go back . he acts like i have been gone for a year !!! when i return. i personally wouldent of brought a chi if i couldent be at home with him for most of the time but that is just my opinion im sure just like humans all dogs are diffrent .
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I tried the puppy pad yesterday and mine used it then and again today when I had him confined to the kitchen. It is in the laundry room. So that seems to be an idea that will work for me when gone longer than 3 hours.
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Do you know you can apply for a number for your dog online with the governement and then register him as a service , companion dog for yourself and buy a tag on Ebay? Then take him everywhere if you want with no problems. I did it.
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Hmm how would that work? What would you say he is a service as?? lol, I would be curious and love to take Triton places...he's my guard dog!! LOL
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