Lily is now 12 wks old. I left her alone all day yesterday & today while I went to work. She did pretty well but I know she is bored even tho she has toys. Ican tell cuz she starts to shred her pee pads and bite on things she never pays much attention to. When I come home from work and let her out of the pen she runs around like a crazy woman. Hate to leave her for so long but I can't keep going home at lunch everyday. By the time I get there I only have 10 mins to spend with her and then I'm 15 mins late back to work. Exhausting and expensive. So, I am putting her in Puppy daycare a couple of times a week starting next week. We are also starting puppy 1 classes on Mon eve. Hope that will help. I can say that last nite I let her stay out of her exercise pen area for the whole eve till bedtime. She went back to the litter box to use the bathroom 3 times. She has been very consistent about that and still has not had any accidents (I do keep that diaper on her when she's out tho, just in case). I am off for 10 days on vacation starting 7/3 and my grandkids are coming for a month so she will not be completely alone for a while. After that I will try increasing her space. I really feel bad that she is so confined. Also she is in the biting stage and nips at my feet and ankles and it's annoying but I know it's a phase...I hope. |