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Barking Dog
Unfortunately my Dog has to stay home by himself 3 days a week, 9-5 while my
wife and I goto work. This is a Monday, Thursday and a Friday (wife works part time). My mother-in-law use to look after him but due to bad health now can't. She does look after him when we go out weekends or at night she just can't do full day. He's (Smudge) a westie cross terrior and 1 year old and been home alone 3 days a week for 2 months now, I feel really guilty leaving him, but I must admit many dogs are home alone all day. We always make sure Smudge has water, toys and his bed and the radio on, also making sure he has got enough cool air if's it hot, we left the fan on for him today as we have a rare day of sun in the UK. We also regularly buy him new bone's to chew when we are away. He is very loved and very spoilt. Problem being is we have been getting complaints from neighbours that Smudge is barking for the first hour of us leaving. He has the run of the kitchen and bathroom which is quite a large space. I looked it up on the net and took him for a longish walk this morning (usually gets long walk at night) throwing his ball etc and also we left a piece of clothing recently worn by one of us, as internet suggested this. When we come home puppy get's very excited and internet suggests ignoring him for 5 minutes on our return. We can't give him the run of the house as Smudge has the habit of chewing wires (he chew through my speaker wires the other day) and chewing on furniture, not when we are there but when we are away. Has anyone got any other idea's please, I know it's not the best situation to leaving him home but I want him to be as happy as he can be about it. |
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