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Sweet Apple 03-18-2009 04:41 PM
Working and Guilt
 
I thought since I only worked 7 1/2 hrs. a day, it'd be o.k. to leave my baby, while I was gone...However, I've grown to love her, so much, I hate leaving her, and I feel so awful w/her being at home alone about 8 1/2 hrs. a day...Just wondered how other "working" moms and dads feel as about this:confused: I was thinking about getting another yorkie, but Man, she's a handful to deal with, when I am at home, not to mention the expense of having two...Thanks for any input...
Maggie & Apple:aimeeyork
xoxox

Britster 03-18-2009 04:45 PM
Sometimes another dog can be very good for them. They keep each other company all the time (I find males & females to always get along better) I would get another, personally. Sometimes it makes your current one EASIER. But not ALL the time.

Or, you could enroll her in a doggie day care a few times a week?? They have loads of those places around me, leave them there from like 8-5 or whatever.

tumismom 03-18-2009 04:51 PM
I work 8 hrs a day 5 days a week. i felt so bad when tumi was the only dog so I got her a sister. Now I have 3 girls and they keep each other company and they play with each other. they get the free run on our apartment except our bedroom . Our place is puppy proof. They are 100% pee pad trained. I take them to doggie day care couple of days a month also. it's been working out great. i also have doggy cam in my apartment so I can check in on them. :)

Sunny95 03-18-2009 04:54 PM
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Sunny95 03-18-2009 05:01 PM
What has been a blessing to us is our cat, Pepper. She will be a year old next month and she LOVES Ginger. They play together and nap together. When we are gone, Ginger stays in her xpen. Pepper will jump in there and lay on top of her crate while Ginger sleeps inside. The door is left open and sometimes she will even get in crate with her. They definitely keep each other company and it eases my mind too.

Tobie22 03-18-2009 05:01 PM
I hate leaving him, and he will make me feel awful about it too. Every day when I get ready to leave he runs in the bedroom gets on the bed and faces the wall with his ears all the way down and toward the back of his head, with his head hunging down. It makes me feel awful, so before I get home I make sure that I have gotten eveything done that I needed to so that I can be home with him in the evening without leaving him again. He knows how to work it.

TishaMoon 03-18-2009 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Sunny95 (Post 2528706)
What has been a blessing to us is our cat, Pepper. She will be a year old next month and she LOVES Ginger. They play together and nap together. When we are gone, Ginger stays in her xpen. Pepper will jump in there and lay on top of her crate while Ginger sleeps inside. The door is left open and sometimes she will even get in crate with her. They definitely keep each other company and it eases my mind too.
Aww, how sweet! I hope my cat Rory and my puppy can be friends like that. I kind of doubt it though...Rory is a diva and wants me to herself. A little while back I petsat my mom's 2 other cats and Rory HATED it. And these were cats she grew up with! She had only lived apart from them for about 10 months.

Sweet Apple 03-18-2009 05:29 PM
Wilson is not amused
 
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Originally Posted by TishaMoon (Post 2528716)
Aww, how sweet! I hope my cat Rory and my puppy can be friends like that. I kind of doubt it though...Rory is a diva and wants me to herself. A little while back I petsat my mom's 2 other cats and Rory HATED it. And these were cats she grew up with! She had only lived apart from them for about 10 months.
My dear cat, aged 12, has tried, so hard, to tolerate Apple, but Apple is just too much w/her jumping around and he can't deal w/it...Wilson, btw, probably weighs about 12 lbs. or so; he's a huge cat...Apple could have a great friend if she would calm down, but she won't..I'm hoping, when she gets older, she'll be better w/Wilson...

chandracz 03-18-2009 05:30 PM
to this day i can't stand leaving bailey. i work 8 hours a day 5 days a week. i drop bailey off at my parents house in the morning because i lived there before i moved in with my boyfriend so bailey's use to being alone there, plus my mom only works til 2, so he's not home alone for as long. it's just a hard situation all around.

Sunny95 03-18-2009 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Sweet Apple (Post 2528760)
My dear cat, aged 12, has tried, so hard, to tolerate Apple, but Apple is just too much w/her jumping around and he can't deal w/it...Wilson, btw, probably weighs about 12 lbs. or so; he's a huge cat...Apple could have a great friend if she would calm down, but she won't..I'm hoping, when she gets older, she'll be better w/Wilson...
I think since Pepper (the cat) is just turning one year old is why she tolerates the jumping and chasing so well. She is still very playful! I had an older cat that passed away 2 years ago and she would have not put up with it for one minute. :D

Karrie 03-18-2009 06:13 PM
OMG! I had terrible anxiety over this very issue. After I got Bailey, I felt so selfish because I chose to get her and work at the same time.

I know several have more than one yorkie to keep each other company during the day - but that's not for us, either. I calmed down after my husband promised to get Bailey out of the expen when he got home (about an hour before me). He takes her out and feeds her. Its their alone time and he LOVES it. Its was a huge relief for me because I can't always get off at 5:00 to let her out.

Routine is very important for our babies- Bailey knows and expects our routine just fine. I've read several posts that some have placed web cams or nanny cams to watch 'em during the day - all reported that the babies pretty much sleep, anyway.

I hope this post helps. :)

Sweet Apple 03-18-2009 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Karrie (Post 2528878)
OMG! I had terrible anxiety over this very issue. After I got Bailey, I felt so selfish because I chose to get her and work at the same time.

I know several have more than one yorkie to keep each other company during the day - but that's not for us, either. I calmed down after my husband promised to get Bailey out of the expen when he got home (about an hour before me). He takes her out and feeds her. Its their alone time and he LOVES it. Its was a huge relief for me because I can't always get off at 5:00 to let her out.
I hope this post helps. :)
I figure she sleeps most of the day too...I've only had Apple a little over two months, so maybe it will get to be the norm for her, and, hopefully, for me too...Thanks for the kind words...
Maggie & Apple:aimeeyork
xoxoxo

tumismom 03-18-2009 06:28 PM
I know we all feel so bad about leaving our little ones at home but they just sleep 99% of the time. I check in on my girls about every hour via our security camera and all i see is them sleeping most of the time..;)

BarbiesBabyJada 03-18-2009 08:43 PM
I am usually home 24/7 but there is times I have to go to the grocery store and hubby says she' barking all the time even when i try to call him I can her Jada constantly barking I just try to get home soon as I can...I also hate leaving her but sometimes we have to:aimeeyork

fadeddenim 03-18-2009 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by tumismom (Post 2528912)
I know we all feel so bad about leaving our little ones at home but they just sleep 99% of the time. I check in on my girls about every hour via our security camera and all i see is them sleeping most of the time..;)
where did you get your doggy cam? that's such a cool idea. i work full time and would love to be able to check on them while i'm at work.


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