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Consider adopting an older dog; a puppy will be very hard to manage unless you can spend a few months working from home.[/quote]

I'm a PP. My dog is actually fine if I leave her for 12 hours - but it's not something I'd do regularly. I'd say I do it a few times per year.  If I was going to leave her for more than 9 hours on a regular basis, I'd get someone to come take her out. Also, it's dependent on time of day. My dog's active time is in the late afternoon/evening which is funny because I'm a morning person - If I was going to be gone between noon and midnight, I'd definitely hire someone to come. If I was gone between 7am and 7pm I wouldn't worry. [/quote]

Our dog has been fine on those occasions we've had to leave him alone for 12 hours, but we don't do it regularly. If we know we're going to be gone for that long, the dog walker comes.

As our dog gets older, waiting gets harder. At this point, I don't know if 12 hours is still an option. I really recommend finding a dog walker who can come as needed.

I will add that when we first got the dog, I was hoping a once-a-day visit from the dog walker would be enough. Then I worked at home and discovered that our guy was sleeping from 8-3 anyway. Maybe getting up for a drink of water, but basically asleep during the hours we were usually gone. [/quote]

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