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Dog Walking (How Long Can They Be Left?!)

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StevieP87 | 12:24 Mon 04th Oct 2021 | Animals & Nature
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Hi, my partner and I have 2 Labradors and we both work weekdays Monday to Friday apart from Wednesday which is my day off. We are both out the house between 9 and 10 hours in total. We have a dog Walker who comes and takes them both out for an hour around midday. This is costing us nearly £300 per month and isn’t financially feasible anymore.
If we walk then for a good hour in the morning and as soon as we get home, would a 10 hour gap be comfortable for them? Or is it too long to leave them alone in the house?
Any advice would be appreciated. Many thanks!!
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10 hours seems a long time. I'm not a doggy person/expert but I wouldn't keep them if I couldn't give them the attention they need. Sorry!
Does seem a long time. Mine are left a maximum of 2/3 hours every other day, with a 1.5 hour off-lead run and a shorter one later. With someone at home most of that time.
If anything, I think you should increase it.
I used to leave my dogs for 7/8 hours on their own - I am not sure I would do that again. I felt guilty for leaving them all alone - I had one dog at a time.

Ten hours is a lot, not just for toilet purposes. I know that bored animals get up to no good. That includes cats and humans too.

What about Doggy Day Care? Would that be cheaper?

Mine also always come to the stables with us. But they need company too. Better with two, than one, at least.
Cross-posted, wolf x
Walking them morning and night is good, but ten hours is a long time to leave them without them going outside. Do you perhaps have a neighbour who might let them into the garden for ten minutes in the middle of the day?
You are being charged £10 for walking each dog 16 days a month. Sounds like a bargain.
If you cannot afford that, the alternative is to re-home them and get a budgie.
Have you got a garden or yard? Could you build them a kennel with a covered run?
That's not helpful, gromit.
Mine are left for 8 hours when I am back in the office and they were used to it but now when I go back to the office I get a dog walker in for the 2 days at work.
There is a scheme where people who don’t have dogs but want to walk them can sign up to a scheme see if there is something like that in your area
naomi24

Clearly leaving dogs unattended for 10 hours is not acceptable. They should not have dogs if they are unable to look after them properly. If they cannot afford £10 for a dog to be walked, not sure what the point of them having dogs is ?
you'll get some people who berate you for leaving your dogs at all. What i would say is that it depends on the dog (s).
I used to leave our dogs for 9 hrs at a time, and they were fine. They used to mainly lounge around on the sofa or in their crates. We also had to make sure we didnt leave anything out.
The OP didn’t come on here asking to be judged gromit
see it didnt take long :)
Redhelen's idea is called borrow my doggie
Gromit, people who love their dogs don't just flippantly get rid of them when circumstances change. They try to find a solution - which is what the OP is doing.
// they were fine for 9 hrs at a time, in their crates. //

That is wrong.
I don't think bednobs meant that they were locked in their crates for 9 hours!. I think personally 4 hours is enough for any animal to be on its own, but at least you have two to keep each other company, and I think an outside kennel with a run would be the best idea.
nice quote. it would be wrong gromit, if i'd have said that. You need to learn to read perhaps?
The Dog Rescue Groups recommend no longer than 6 hours daily. You must continue to have them walked while you are away from home, 10 hours is far too long.
The RSPCA says that the maximum time a dog should be left home alone is four hours:
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/rspca-issues-advice-how-long-17318060

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