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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We've left our dogs for days at a time, and they were fine. These people are nuts. They have some desperate issues where they need to feel needed. The dogs will survive. That's what their coats are for.[/quote]

I'm happy your anectdote is applicable to all people. One of my dogs shivers like a leaf in the cold and has MAJOR anxiety, especially when left alone too long. She'd tear up my house in anxiety as the best case scenario here.

Different people have different prioties. Why TF do you care?[/quote]

You should crate her.[/quote]

So now I should leave her alone in a freezing house when she's terrified for 12 hour stretches in a crate for an unforseen amount of days? If any of the posters responding this actually have dogs, I hope someone reports you and they are taken away. Jesus. [/quote]

Plenty of busy professionals leave their dogs crated all day. [/quote]

There is a giant difference in leaving a dog crated while you are at work and leaving them crated for ~22 hours a day with no end in sight in a house that is 30 degrees. If you don't see that then why don't YOU try it out. [/quote]

Nobody said to leave them for 22 hours. Can you even read?[/quote]

If you are leaving because of a storm/weather event, then you can't safely assume you will be able to get back to them (unless you are just going nextdoor or within walking distance).  If you have to drive to get to them, you can't assume with a major weather event that you can get to them within a day.  You just can't.

During Snowmaggedon, they actually told people NOT to drive, that they would be ticketed if they were on the roads because of the conditions.

So we aren't talking about a scenario where you can be certain you can safely get to them -- unless you are only walking to a neighbor's house.  That's a completely different scenario because then you know you can walk over and check on them.[/quote]

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