Do you feel guilty for leaving your dog at home?
 

Just curious how everyone feels when dog is left home alone

Well, I am home almost all the time. When I do go somewhere, yes, I feel guilty, lol. I come home and open the door and I get:

An 80 lb balding Goldendoodle slobbering on the doorknob
A 65 lb German Shepherd puppy leaping in the air
A 60 lb lab/greyhound mutt bringing me her stuffed toy
A 5o lb shepherd mix doing her happy geriatric rumba and trying to see over all the taller dogs.
A female tabby who is threatening to whack any dog who gets in her way.
A burly black and white manx supervising everything from on top of a box AND
A one-eyed, long-haired Henri cat happily swatting at all the wagging tails.

They don't LIKE it when I'm not home.

Do you live at the shelter? lol :)

No I do not feel guilty in the sense that OMG they are home alone and I'm not there. I have three dogs and they do a good job of entertaining each other. I have taken days off of work just to watch my dogs sleep all day:( They have air conditioning in the summer, heat in the winter, plenty of water, food, and toys everywhere....nope I don't feel guilty:)

No, I'm not guilty, I'm jealous! (FWIW my dogs aren't crated, they have the run of the place)

Only of its for a very long time. Then I'll have some one stop by and let rogue out to pee or feed her. Other wise I'm home with her 90% of the time, so no.


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I have some help to look after Kaiser when I'm not home so technically he's not alone but when I do leave him to go out for a smoke or something, I try to go when he's asleep & SOMEHOW he wakes up, realizes I'm not around & waits for me at the front door!

Mine are crated while I'm not home, I trust Jazzy but not Delgado.

I don't feel guilty on a work day, they're in the crate a max of 8 hours and they're let out midday. Once I'm home I spend it mostly with them. They get exercise, play, and attention and all their other needs are met so they're happy dogs

On a weekend or a day off I do feel guilty if they have to be crated for more then a hour if I'm out but they're ok with it. They like their crates and like sleeping ;):)

If I can't make it home during lunchtime, then yes I feel guilty.

She probably thinks every day, "is this the day he's never coming back?"

Yes, because I know he just loves being with me. Although, my mother and siblings are usually home with him while I'm at work. So he is usually only crated and alone when I run somewhere for a bit (ie. out to eat, errands) and someone isnt home. I just hate leaving him home, I wish I could bring him everywhere!