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Originally Posted by Teresa Ford  No way I mean this to be a snap ,do this comment. But honestly the are only a few options I see. 1 get a dog walker. 2. Doggy day care. 3. rehome.
You can not train a puppy if you are not home. |
This.
And I'm not trying to be snarky, or mean, and fully understand people have to do what they gotta do, and work is (unfortunately
) a part of life.
But really, why have dogs? 12-13 hrs a day is fairly excessive for 5 days a week. 8hrs is understandable, but really 12-13 hrs a day ... what are you doing with them in the remaining 11 hours? I would assume sleeping for at least half?
Dogs, but moreso puppies, really crave companionship, and if you're gone most of the time, they're not going to have that time to bond, or be trained. Dogs don't come hard-wired knowing 'don't step in your poop'. Dogs also aren't deceitful, they don't do things out of deceit. He is an untrained puppy who is confused and doesn't understand what to do.