Welcome!!
I think it depends on your dogs personality. I know that my toy poodle hates being alone, we take her everywhere that we can because we cant stand hearing her whine and cry from her kennel.She gets so stressed out.
(all my dogs are crate trained and stay in thier crate when we arent home, I feel that its for thier own saftey) my other 2 dogs are fine with being alone. Im hoping that when Tucker comes home that it will help her relax a little and we can leave her home a little more often.