Kimber said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

When I take my dog out of her crate in the morning,
it's been 8 hours, but it's so cold she'd prefer to hold it
even longer, but I make her go out after she's eaten her
kibble.

How old is she? With new dogs and puppies, I like to start
giving freedom at night when I'm semi-supervising.

Anyway, when I was shopping for a
dog, I filled out several applications to animals shelters.
They all pretty much said they wouldn't sell a dog to an
owner that's going to be gone more than 6 hours a day. So
this means only self-employed and retired persons are
allowed to own dogs? I thought that was pretty extreme. So,
when I was filling out the applications and they asked "how
many hours will your dog be alone?" I filled in: "None. The
cat will always be there." They didn't buy it - none of the
shelters contacted me. I ended up buying an adult dog from
a breeder.

When I got Friday from a rescue it was pretty much the same
situation as yours. I had another dog and they'd be alone up
to 10 hours a day. Different adopters have different
criterea, one should "shop" around.

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.