Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Leaving Your Dog Home Alone - How Long is Too Long?

Modern people are always busy. While technology
has progress tremendously in the past decades,
our working hours do not seem to be reducing and
most people have in fact spend more time outside
of their home. Unless your job allows you to take
your dog to the office, your pet is likely going
to be spending a lot of time on his own at home.
This can be very difficult for a dog.

It is not difficult to understand that dogs are
active animals. Unless your dog is very old or
otherwise debilitated, he will have enough energy
to move for most of the day. When a dog is stuck
at home with few opportunities for mental or
physical stimulation, all of this pent up energy
can lead to destructive behaviors. Dogs who are
bored will look for ways to entertain themselves
at home, and this entertainment can take the form
of chewing on shoes and clothes, pulling things
around the house, shredding your possessions, or
really any behavior at all.

A dog needs a constructive or at least non
destructive activity to use up all of that
energy. If you are going to go off to work and
leave the dog at home, make a strong effort to
take the dog on a long walk in the morning before
you leave. This will mean that your dog can take
the day easy and rest up for the long walk you
should take him on in the afternoon or whenever
you come back from work.

If your dog is tired and has used up a lot of his
energy before he is ever left alone, you will be
able to leave him alone in the house for a longer
period. However, regardless of the amount of
energy he is left with at home, you have to bear
in mind the amount of time that your dog will be
able to control his bladder and bowels. Unless
your dog is house trained, you should not leave
him alone in an enclosed space for more than 10
hours. While dogs are able to control themselves
for a longer period than that, he will become
very uncomfortable. If your dog is left in a
closed off area when alone, he will not want to
soil this area that he will consider his den, but
if he does he will feel terrible.

Your dog will not want to sleep for the entire
time that you are away. You will need to provide
enriching and stimulating toys while you are out
of the house. Your dog needs to have something
to occupy himself and if he is having any
separation anxiety, a food dispensing toy, a toy
which your dog will need to work on in order to
get food treats out of it, will be a great
addition.

Separation anxiety is a difficult condition for
any dog. One of the easiest ways to keep your
dog from being anxious while you are away is
simply to keep your arrivals and departures very
low key. Don't make a big deal of leaving the
house and equally, when you return, don't greet
the dog as if you haven't seen him in weeks.

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