Another puppy question...what do people who work do with puppy?

14 years ago

Okay, so this four-legged baby has had my undivided attention for five weeks now. But I work from home and have lots of work to do and jumping up to deal with her every few moments is tough.

For four days, I was out of town and my dear step-daughter took care of "Teddy". My stepdaughter left for work at 8 in the morning and a petsitter came by at 10 and took Ted for a 30-minute walk and daughter came home at 12 and left at 1 pm and then the petsitter came by again at 3, with step-daughter home at five pm.

So, is that what working people do with their puppies?

I have a book proposal that is way, way past due and I need time to work on it. I'm just wondering, do people who work get puppies and how on earth do they manage?

Right now, I keep Teddy on leash and keep her tethered to me most of the day and then she's out in the yard part of the day and then she's in her crate for three hours for her afternoon nappy.

What do working people do?

Rose

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susan_on
14 years ago
When I got my first dog, I was able to leave her all day long, until after work. But the second dog needs to go out at noon. I'm working in town for two years, so I can come home for lunch. Sometimes it's a pain though, and I have to get my son to take her out. I'd have to get a pet sitter if DS couldn't do it.
pattico_gw
14 years ago
I don't have a puppy or work...But if I'm going to be gone all day long...I have a wire kennel made for a real large dog (big enough for me to get into) that I put my Yorkie in. That way she can move around, eat or play with her stuffed toys. Or crawl into her blankies and get warm.
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msventoux
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My three dogs were all adult 'rescue' dogs so I didn't go through the puppy stage with them. But I did keep them in individual kennels (at home) while I was working for the first few weeks. Then I restricted them to a couple of rooms using a pet gate (similar to what you'd use for a human toddler). I walked them before work, then came home for a late lunch and walked them again, then walked them after work and then once more at bedtime.

Now I work full time from home and they spend most of the day in the office with me. They make great foot warmers in the winter :-) We still walk (no fenced in yard) three times a day. Before work (about 7 am), early to mid afternoon (2-4 pm), and before bed (any time from 7 to 10 pm).

I think it would be very hard potty training a puppy when you can't stay home with him/her. A rule of thumb is that a puppy can handle one hour per month of age. So a 4 month old puppy should be able to go up to 4 hours without having to go out. A six month old puppy can go up to six hours, and so on. One thing I wouldn't recommend is using puppy pads in the house. I had a dog once, that was trained with puppy pads from the time she was tiny. It was an awful process re-training her, and she would still potty in the house years afterward, if the notion struck her.
angelaid
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When Conway was a puppy, he went into his Condo (crate) when Ted left for work. He hasn't done that for years, but still disappears in there when he wants to hide, either too much company, rambunctious kids or at bath time. LOL
carol_in_california
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My kids took their dog to doggie day care.

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