Comments on: Is It Okay To Leave A Puppy Alone For 4 Hours A Day, 5 Days A Week?

By: Lui's my boy!

Lui's my boy! — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:31:49 +0000

Please don’t support the intentional breeding of mutts for profit. You can’t guarantee anything about these mutts and you are just supporting their unnecessary bad breeding.
Theoretically though, leaving a puppy for this long would be okay, as long as it had somewhere to go toilet (like puppy pads, just in case), water, toys, a bed etc, and was let out before your mum left and as soon as you got home.
The waiting for summer idea is good, since you can slowly train it and get it used to being alone.
But please don’t get a “cockapoo”. Cocker Spaniel or a Poodle, if you must, but please don’t buy a “designer” mutt. We shouldn’t support this breeding of mutts for profit, without any care for dog health and well-being, or the reason why dogs are bred, which is purebreds only to better and improve the breed.

By: flutterb

flutterb — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:32:44 +0000

study up on owning a dog more.
wait until you have more time for it.

By: JaY Th3 Gr8™

JaY Th3 Gr8™ — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:09:56 +0000

I Thought Of it but … its best for a puppy to have th upmost attention , im in the same situation except I want a pitbull , so I decided ill just wait for next summer .

By: Nic

Nic — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:54:09 +0000

hi. yes its ok to leave it alone aslong as it has food and water and preferably a cage or some type of thing where he cant get into the trash or get hurt i leave my dogs alone for like 5 hours so its good

By: di

di — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:28:49 +0000

Puppies are best not left alone for more than 2 hours. Crate training is great for toilet training and many other things. Why don’t you consider adopting an adult dog. They are able to stay alone for more hours and can be wonderful pets.

By: antoinet

antoinet — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:25 +0000

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By: gud ole kuntry boy

gud ole kuntry boy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:30:41 +0000

the pup would be fine and could be crated for that amount of time.
With crate training they sleep in there and take naps in there. You take them out to eat, drink, play, potty, spend time with when you can supervise them. At oher times they should stay in the crate.