Will rescues let us adopt a dog if we are out of the house 8 hours a day?

[Anonymous]

PP here and go to a county shelter - Animal Wefare League of Arlington or Alexandria if you’re local for example. They don’t have a problem with you working outside the home if it’s an adult dog. If it’s a puppy they will question it more, but in that case a crate and one midday walk will be just fine!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just say you work from home.

Jesus, don't lie about the conditions the dog will live in to get a dog! OP, you have to ask yourself if the dog will be happy being alone for at least 8 hours a day. Can s/he spend some days at daycare, or can you have a dog walker come in? Is working from home a day a week feasible? It's selfish not to think of the dog's quality of life.

I’m sure my dog’s quality of life is better than the one he might of had at a kill shelter.

I dont know what to tell you OP. I was only working part time and my hours staggered with my husbands when we got our dog. I honestly don’t think the rescue would have let us adopt otherwise. Fast forward a year and I went full time, another year and the kids were in school longer for after school activities.

Our dog is home the full work day 4 days a week. They are long, lonely days and he always knows which those days are. But he adapted and we spend a lot of time with him on the other days. ( Yes, were those people that bring our dog with us everywhere!)

Interestingly, since schools closed and I’ve been working from home, he was way more out of sorts with us all home all day everyday. But this week he’s starting to adapt to this new change. So I don’t think it would be a bad quality of life for your dog. Maybe try the adoption events at pet stores. I don’t think they are as picky.

You may be sure of that, but your dog doesn't think that way. Your dog only knows that he is very lonely and unhappy to spend hours at home alone most days.

Why don't you get a dog walker?

Oh come on. I’m a new poster. In the majority of the country (non-DCUMland) most people could never afford or even think about having a dog walker. I’m certain my dog would rather be with us during the evenings and weekends than loving her stray life in West Virginia or in the shelter where she isn’t sleeping in our bed every night snuggled up to us.

People like you are why dogs miss out on good homes and why people default to breeders.

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[Anonymous]

It depends on the rescue and the age of the dog. The rescue I volunteer with would not let you adopt a puppy and be away from the home for a full work day without plans for the dog to get a walk. You have to state that you're going to get a dog walker or come home during the day to let the dog out. They might be more flexible for older and low energy dogs.

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OP, why won’t you get a dog walker?

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We’re adopting right now from homeward trails and we also passed an interview with lucky dog. Said we were out from 830-530, but that we work from home a Few days a week and would get a Dog walker on the days we went to the office. It wasn’t an issue at all. This would especially be true if the dog you adopted was an adult and not a puppy

[Anonymous]

Yes. We adopted 2 dogs from the same rescue with zero issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. We adopted 2 dogs from the same rescue with zero issues.

Oh, and we were upfront about our work hours and that we could not afford a daily dog walker. It didn’t count against us. Our first dog was 2 when we adopted her, the second was almost a year old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, why won’t you get a dog walker?

Because not everyone is made of money, for starters? Get a clue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SFH with fenced yard.

We are working from home now but eventually will be out of the house for about 8 hours. My office is 10 minutes away and could come home at lunch for a pee break.

We love pets and definitely see them as part of the family. We were thinking a dog maybe 3-4 years old.

I know DCUM will be brutally honest so let me have it. Thanks!

The rescues around here are absurd with their requirements. Drive a couple of hours into rural VA and pick up a dog from a shelter. They know that the rest of the world isn't full of dog walkers and homemade dog food for everyone's precious furbabies. People do the best they can for their pets.

Why do you even get a dog if you can spend so little time with it? Serious question. They’re not here just to entertain us.

[Anonymous]

When we adopted ours we had flexible schedules and my husband worked from home, but we said if it was ever more than 8 hours we'd get a dog walker. No questions asked. Dog is totally fine for 8 hours without us. Even now that we are both home all day the dog just stays in his crate in the other room and can't be bothered with us!

[Anonymous]

Do you have a back yard, you can always make a dog flip door and buy him a collar that will electronically
open the door when he comes close to it a nd otherwise it would be locked so no other animals or
nothing could get in or out of the little flap door.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SFH with fenced yard.

We are working from home now but eventually will be out of the house for about 8 hours. My office is 10 minutes away and could come home at lunch for a pee break.

We love pets and definitely see them as part of the family. We were thinking a dog maybe 3-4 years old.

I know DCUM will be brutally honest so let me have it. Thanks!

The rescues around here are absurd with their requirements. Drive a couple of hours into rural VA and pick up a dog from a shelter. They know that the rest of the world isn't full of dog walkers and homemade dog food for everyone's precious furbabies. People do the best they can for their pets.

Why do you even get a dog if you can spend so little time with it? Serious question. They’re not here just to entertain us.

NP here. Maybe because they want to give it a home and a decent life rather than let it be killed at a shelter? Besides, not everyone who owns a dog wants to be hugging and snuggling up an animal 24/7.

[Anonymous]

Yes, definitely. I’ve adopted from a rescue in DC and have lots of friends who have too. All of us work out of the house 8+ hours a day. There are always people on DCUM who say that the rescues have too strict standards but I haven’t seen evidence of that in real life.

We did have to say that we would be willing to hire a dog walker if we needed to leave our pup, but did not end up needing to do that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SFH with fenced yard.

We are working from home now but eventually will be out of the house for about 8 hours. My office is 10 minutes away and could come home at lunch for a pee break.

We love pets and definitely see them as part of the family. We were thinking a dog maybe 3-4 years old.

I know DCUM will be brutally honest so let me have it. Thanks!

The rescues around here are absurd with their requirements. Drive a couple of hours into rural VA and pick up a dog from a shelter. They know that the rest of the world isn't full of dog walkers and homemade dog food for everyone's precious furbabies. People do the best they can for their pets.

Why do you even get a dog if you can spend so little time with it? Serious question. They’re not here just to entertain us.

NP here. Maybe because they want to give it a home and a decent life rather than let it be killed at a shelter? Besides, not everyone who owns a dog wants to be hugging and snuggling up an animal 24/7.

Maybe pet ownership is not right for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SFH with fenced yard.

We are working from home now but eventually will be out of the house for about 8 hours. My office is 10 minutes away and could come home at lunch for a pee break.

We love pets and definitely see them as part of the family. We were thinking a dog maybe 3-4 years old.

I know DCUM will be brutally honest so let me have it. Thanks!

The rescues around here are absurd with their requirements. Drive a couple of hours into rural VA and pick up a dog from a shelter. They know that the rest of the world isn't full of dog walkers and homemade dog food for everyone's precious furbabies. People do the best they can for their pets.

Why do you even get a dog if you can spend so little time with it? Serious question. They’re not here just to entertain us.

Yeah, let them get killed in a gas chamber instead.