ElleDavidson wrote 10/31/2007 12:05 AM Fair age to to be home alone? #160430 - 10/31/2007 12:05 AM
ElleDavidson Webboard User Reg: 01-04-2006 Posts: 12 Loc: Melbourne, Australia Offline	This is a purely hypothetical question at this point. When I get my next dog I shall be working full time. If it were to be a puppy at what age do you think is it fair to leave a young dog home alone? Considering both being able to hold for loo and the stress of being alone? Thank you in advance
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Mike J Schoonbrood wrote 10/31/2007 02:55 AM Re: Fair age to to be home alone? [Re: ElleDavidson ] #160431 - 10/31/2007 02:55 AM
Mike J Schoonbrood Webboard User Reg: 04-30-2005 Posts: 2784 Loc: Toronto, ON Offline	In a crate -- anytime. Out of crate -- depends on the dog. Anywhere from 12 months to 3 or 4 years is reasonable depending on how destructive the dog tends to be. Unless the dog suffers from serious seperation anxiety or has some type of nervousness problem, a sound puppy should have no problem being home alone.
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Melissa Hoyer wrote 10/31/2007 06:27 AM Re: Fair age to to be home alone? [Re: Mike J Schoonbrood ] #160432 - 10/31/2007 06:27 AM
Melissa Hoyer Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2005 Posts: 1340 Loc: SE Michigan Offline	Depends on the dog, as Mike said. I have one GSD who has been out of her crate during the night at 6 months old...and hasn't been in her crate at all since about 10 months. My other GSD, Kira, will probably never be trustworthy out of her crate when no one is home. She's too devious!
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ElleDavidson wrote 11/01/2007 06:16 PM Re: Fair age to to be home alone? [Re: Melissa Hoyer ] #160640 - 11/01/2007 06:16 PM
ElleDavidson Webboard User Reg: 01-04-2006 Posts: 12 Loc: Melbourne, Australia Offline	Thank you Mike and Melissa. Very helpful replies, much appreciated.
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Richard Pryor wrote 11/04/2007 10:34 AM Re: Fair age to to be home alone? [Re: ElleDavidson ] #161061 - 11/04/2007 10:34 AM
Richard Pryor Webboard User Reg: 01-14-2007 Posts: 264 Loc: Puerto Rico Offline	I assume you mean alone roaming the house, since the question wouldn't make much sense if the dog is crated. I started working about a month ago, and I leave my dog crated from 8:30-12:00. I go home at lunch time, take him out somewhere where he can run around and get tired (about 30 minutes), feed him and leave him crated from 1:30-4:00. Recently, I wanted to give him a break and see how he would behave if I left him in the living room. So I left him alone after lunch. I came back and there wasn't much damage, but he scratched a door trying to enter my room. He's 10 months old now. I'll give him another break when he turns 1 year old. Definitely depends on the dog.
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