Me and my boyfriend both work full time but we are lucky we work the exact same hours 5am till 12pm (at different jobs) which is great.
If we ever wanted to do over time then my dad lives about 10 doors down from our house and he could easily pop home and see if Smudger was ok and let him out for a wee as he pops home from work twice during his 7am-6pm job to see his dog and let him out.
But at the moment we're both home for 12 everyday