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Originally Posted by AFireInside
I don't necessarily agree with that. Leaving a dog in a house for 8 hours no different than leaving it in an apartment.
I find it EXTREMELY hard to believe that everyone who owns a dog is only gone for 5 or 6 hours a day. I've had dogs my whole life, and at our house there would be periods of 8 hours where no one was home, and it was fine. As long as you take the dog out and it gets exercise regularly it should be fine.
Unless of course you have a rather large energetic dog, then of course its not fair to the dog to be in an apartment. But yes, if you are going to be away from the dog during work hours you have to have patience when it misbehaves from time to time.
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I grew up with 2 dogs in the family. There was always someone home at noon to let the dogs out to do thier business and get a little exercise.