Best routine whilst at work

My advice would be not to leave your young puppy (or even adult dog) outside in the yard unsupervised for extended periods of time while you are at work. While it seems like a good idea to give them "room to run", being in the yard is less than ideal for a number of reasons.

As your puppy grows, she may learn to climb or jump over the fence, or she may get bored and dig under. Passers-by will likely catch her attention and she may bark at them, which will be very annoying to your neighbors. Neighborhood kids and teenagers have also been known to taunt and tease dogs left in the yard, throwing sticks and rocks at them and the like. And lastly, someone may climb your fence and steal your puppy.

If your puppy needs to be outside in your absence, my recommendation would be to install a proper kennel run with a solid base and a roof overhead for shade, along with a dog house / covered area for her to go and get out of the weather. A kennel run that is properly built has the advantage that people will not be able to bother her as much (as it would be an enclosure inside a fenced area) and you can lock / secure it so people cannot steal her.

Personally, my recommendation would be that you crate train your puppy and crate her inside your home, or gate her off in one area of your home until she is old enough to be trusted home alone. This would be much safer for your puppy than staying outside.

Thanks for reply.

I dont live in a bad neighbourhood, and dog theft is unheard of.

I'm in Australia.

However I hear what your saying.

She will / does have a large good kennel, shade, water.

I may look at putting in one of those overhead wire runs so she can run free but not around front or close to boundaries.

This would prob be better than a ground based tether.

Ron

I'm not tying up, I'm only restricting her free space, and not by much.

What I'm doing is giving her the outdoor run without the dangers of boundary fences.

I think its far worse to leave a dog in a crate.

I live in a rural area. My plan was to drive 2 star pickets into the ground deep, approx 30mtrs apart and run a wire thru them, this wire will be high up off the ground, tether her to this on a light running chain, then she has all the room to run, access to her kennel, which is shade and shelter, access to water.
There is no risk from dog thiefs or anyone trying to harm her.

Once she is matured, she will have the full unlimited run of my property.

Doesn't this sound better than leaving her boxed up in a crate?

Ron