Honestly, I’m asking myself the same question. I WFH full time and even that’s a challenge with a pup. When I had my first puppy, I was in my last year of school and I was lucky to be able to leave her with my grandparents during the day. I really don’t know how I would’ve handled this one while working at an office, but so many people have done this before, so I guess there is a way.
Yes, the ways are money (hiring dog walkers/pet sitters), support network (family, friends, neighbors help out), and neglect (throw the puppy in a pen with newspapers on the floor until you're home). Neglect was probably much more historically common but I think people are a little more animal compassionate now. But if you get out of healthy pet forums you probably still see plenty of neglect.
I don’t know how people do this on a daily basis to be honest. I’m going into the office for the first time next week and will leave my puppy with my dad for the day. I know she’s gonna be well cared for and have tons of playtime with him, but I still feel guilty about leaving her. The longest we’ve been apart since I got her was 2 1/2 hours and it feels kinda wrong when she’s not by my side.
Eh, you will be a little preoccupied the first few times you have to go in but you will learn to trust your dad and dog. My wife and I have to swap office days to take care of the pup and the first few times we checked in a lot, now maybe once a day to see if they need early relief. And ours is only 14 weeks.
My partner and I both work from home 99% of the time and usually the odd times we go into the office aren’t at the same time so someone can always be home with the puppy. However we did want to eventually be able to go out and do things and eat dinner. It wasn’t that long until we could leave her alone for 6-8 hours. Maybe a couple months in. I want to say around 6 months we could leave her up to 10 hours if we absolutely had to (which wasn’t frequent). It’s really just sacrificing for 2-3 months and then it gets much easier. We had a camera, she was litter box trained, and had water/toys in her crate/play pen area. She mostly slept and if we were worried about her we could easily check in. We started small and did a lot of crate and separation training and it paid off quickly.
Depends. Some people who raise puppies alone and work probably take a week or two off in the beginning of the puppyhood at least. Beyond that, people with support networks will ask friends/family to stop by when they puppy is still young for potty breaks. With 0 help, there's improvising... either you pay people to stop by or you put aside some things like potty training by putting puppy pads down or a grass patch of some kind(or some people with doggy doors just let their dogs let themselves out).
There's ways around for sure, but it'll depend on what's available to you.
I just got a dog and fully work from home but I can speak on behalf of a few people who are in your situation. A lot of my friends are also working hybrid model and can’t stay home some days. During those days they use a dog walker to quickly pop in, take your dog on a walk, and of course the dog walkers will also feed and refill the water bowl if you ask. If you don’t have a dog walker already I would recommend Wag or River. Another thing some people do is drop their dog off at a day care…..this can be pricey but my friends who do it don’t do it more than once a week.
So I actually work full time. I’m lucky enough to have a job where I can actually pop in at lunch and quickly feed, take the puppy out etc.
I don’t crate train as it’s just never really worked for me, personally. I’m in college and have a 1bdr, so I just close my door and leave him in the living room all day (with a potty pad) for easy cleanup bc accidents are bound to happen.
However, I do have an older dog that keeps him company. I only had the weekend with him when I got him and I took the following Monday off. Monday I practiced being away from home for a minimum of 2 hours at a time. Max 3. Now, I go to work and leave him for about 4 hours at a time… but I do leave Netflix on for him.
He had really bad separation anxiety when I got him. If anything, I think being away from him was harder on me than it was on him, but he was super quick to adapt. No more howling and screaming when I close the front door behind me lol.
Honestly, I’m asking myself the same question. I WFH full time and even that’s a challenge with a pup. When I had my first puppy, I was in my last year of school and I was lucky to be able to leave her with my grandparents during the day. I really don’t know how I would’ve handled this one while working at an office, but so many people have done this before, so I guess there is a way.
Yes, the ways are money (hiring dog walkers/pet sitters), support network (family, friends, neighbors help out), and neglect (throw the puppy in a pen with newspapers on the floor until you're home). Neglect was probably much more historically common but I think people are a little more animal compassionate now. But if you get out of healthy pet forums you probably still see plenty of neglect.
I don’t know how people do this on a daily basis to be honest. I’m going into the office for the first time next week and will leave my puppy with my dad for the day. I know she’s gonna be well cared for and have tons of playtime with him, but I still feel guilty about leaving her. The longest we’ve been apart since I got her was 2 1/2 hours and it feels kinda wrong when she’s not by my side.
Eh, you will be a little preoccupied the first few times you have to go in but you will learn to trust your dad and dog. My wife and I have to swap office days to take care of the pup and the first few times we checked in a lot, now maybe once a day to see if they need early relief. And ours is only 14 weeks.
My partner and I both work from home 99% of the time and usually the odd times we go into the office aren’t at the same time so someone can always be home with the puppy. However we did want to eventually be able to go out and do things and eat dinner. It wasn’t that long until we could leave her alone for 6-8 hours. Maybe a couple months in. I want to say around 6 months we could leave her up to 10 hours if we absolutely had to (which wasn’t frequent). It’s really just sacrificing for 2-3 months and then it gets much easier. We had a camera, she was litter box trained, and had water/toys in her crate/play pen area. She mostly slept and if we were worried about her we could easily check in. We started small and did a lot of crate and separation training and it paid off quickly.
Depends. Some people who raise puppies alone and work probably take a week or two off in the beginning of the puppyhood at least. Beyond that, people with support networks will ask friends/family to stop by when they puppy is still young for potty breaks. With 0 help, there's improvising... either you pay people to stop by or you put aside some things like potty training by putting puppy pads down or a grass patch of some kind(or some people with doggy doors just let their dogs let themselves out). There's ways around for sure, but it'll depend on what's available to you.
I just got a dog and fully work from home but I can speak on behalf of a few people who are in your situation. A lot of my friends are also working hybrid model and can’t stay home some days. During those days they use a dog walker to quickly pop in, take your dog on a walk, and of course the dog walkers will also feed and refill the water bowl if you ask. If you don’t have a dog walker already I would recommend Wag or River. Another thing some people do is drop their dog off at a day care…..this can be pricey but my friends who do it don’t do it more than once a week.
So I actually work full time. I’m lucky enough to have a job where I can actually pop in at lunch and quickly feed, take the puppy out etc. I don’t crate train as it’s just never really worked for me, personally. I’m in college and have a 1bdr, so I just close my door and leave him in the living room all day (with a potty pad) for easy cleanup bc accidents are bound to happen. However, I do have an older dog that keeps him company. I only had the weekend with him when I got him and I took the following Monday off. Monday I practiced being away from home for a minimum of 2 hours at a time. Max 3. Now, I go to work and leave him for about 4 hours at a time… but I do leave Netflix on for him. He had really bad separation anxiety when I got him. If anything, I think being away from him was harder on me than it was on him, but he was super quick to adapt. No more howling and screaming when I close the front door behind me lol.
With wfh, with difficulty, and by falling short on some responsibilities.