Ferdinand is only home alone from 8am-2pm... so 6 hours M-F. At the very most he would be alone 8 hours if my bf was out of town - and that's a rare occasion. If he's out of town, I always go home at lunch to play with Ferdinand and take him out to go potty. I work 20 minutes away from my house, so it's hard to do that every day, but I certainly will if he has to wait until 5pm to be let out. Other than that, he's never home alone for more than 6 hours without a sitter. I don't care if he hads pee pads, food, water, etc, it's just cruel to keep them alone that long on a consistent basis.
Like Gina said, if you plan to do that you should not have a pet at all... Try caging yourself up that long every day and see how it feels.
__________________  Britta
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