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I am thinking about surprising difficult children with a dog.
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 530719" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>You will probably need a crate for sure! If the shelter has any background info, you might be able to find one that was already crate trained. Some dogs, especially older dogs, might do alright with having the run of the house while you're gone but a lot of them won't too. Out of my four, there is only one that I can trust enough to be out while I'm gone for a short time. And even with her, I would never leave her out all day if I wasn't there. The others do OK while I'm here but if they were out all day, they'd get bored and go looking for something to amuse themselves with! I live alone and I'm retired now but when I was working, all four of them were crated all day long while I was gone. Not ideal but it was my only option at the time and they did just fine. They went outside to potty in the morning, then they went in to their individual crates at 7:00 am right before I left for work, and I'd give them their breakfast in their crates. I'd get home at 5:00 pm and they were just fine in there - never once had an accident in the crate. Honestly, if they had not been in the crates, they would have slept most of the day anyway. Of course you couldn't do it with a young puppy because they can't go that long without pottying but my four did very well on this routine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 530719, member: 1883"] You will probably need a crate for sure! If the shelter has any background info, you might be able to find one that was already crate trained. Some dogs, especially older dogs, might do alright with having the run of the house while you're gone but a lot of them won't too. Out of my four, there is only one that I can trust enough to be out while I'm gone for a short time. And even with her, I would never leave her out all day if I wasn't there. The others do OK while I'm here but if they were out all day, they'd get bored and go looking for something to amuse themselves with! I live alone and I'm retired now but when I was working, all four of them were crated all day long while I was gone. Not ideal but it was my only option at the time and they did just fine. They went outside to potty in the morning, then they went in to their individual crates at 7:00 am right before I left for work, and I'd give them their breakfast in their crates. I'd get home at 5:00 pm and they were just fine in there - never once had an accident in the crate. Honestly, if they had not been in the crates, they would have slept most of the day anyway. Of course you couldn't do it with a young puppy because they can't go that long without pottying but my four did very well on this routine. [/QUOTE]
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