My Lola is alone from 8:30 until 9:30, but I pop back every lunchtime apart from Wednesday to let her out for a wee-wee. I bought her 'Kong' boredom breakers, which you fill with treats, and I hide little bits of carrot (her favourite treat, my weird little doggie) around the room which she likes to crunch and chew on. Most dogs are fine alone for a few hours at a time. They will usually cry for a little bit at the start, but only for about half and hour until they realise no-ones home and they fall asleep. I recommend puppy training pads (piddle-pads
) to put down when you are gone though, to prevent an accident if she really needs to go but there's no-one to let her out. Alternatively, if you have a secure garden you can get a cat flap for him/her to pop out of when they need a wee-wee!
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