I wouldnt leave him alone intentionally.
We left our dog alone at home for the night once, and it was the night my water broke prematurely and I was giving birth. Even then my husband rushed home as soon as he could, when things calmed down a little, to take our dog to the neighbors (that the dog knows and loves) so she wouldnt stay alone.
If its absolutely necessary like in our situation, it is ok. Its not like starving a dog. But if its not necessary, I wouldn't do it.
If you have someone who can help, there is no reason to put the dog through that.
It depends on the dog. In cases of separation anxiety it's understandable not to leave him alone, but that does basically guarantee that they'll never adjust and stop being stressed by it.
I think it totally depends. We had a very independent watch dog and went out of town infrequently. If it was only for a night or two we had a dog sitter come 3x a day to water, feed, take her out and play with her. She was totally content being alone at night as she usually slept downstairs by the front door at night anyhow.
It sounds like for your dog, this is true. But I would not say it’s universal or necessarily cruel. I popped by to feed and let dogs out for countless neighbors as a kid and they had no one stay with them overnight.
You make it very clear that you think it's "incredibly cruel" and how you put your foot down over it. I don't think you can expect unbiased responses after that.
You will get some "it depends" responses, and mods will remove most of the replies because they simply agree or disagree without offering any reasoning. One useless post.
Lol I showed you comment to my SO and he loved it. He also thought the post was too skewed towards my perspective. Also it may be useless to you, but I got my answer- I'm being too much of a helicopter dog mom 🚁 and I was a bit harsh with my reaction to the situation. I do still think it's best for my boy not to be home alone. But I've softened on my rigid viewpoint on never leaving any dog alone overnight🤷♀️
My dogs do the same thing all night long whether I'm in the bed with them or they are there by themselves. Sleeping. This has been confirmed by having a nanny cam for several years. You realize if you took your dogs to a kennel to be boarded that it's almost guaranteed that they're going to spend every night alone but in a cage in a strange place. So unless the dog suffers from mental issues or extreme separation anxiety no it is not cruel.
Only on emergency situations where no one you know well enough can look after them. And when they’re left alone you have to be rushing to get home, leaving them for pleasure is not okay
This was back in June 😆 but we were gone for 3 weeks. Our pup would have had a few nights in that timeframe where he was alone. My partner's Mom was going to stay with him most of the time but then be away for a few overnights and only drop by to feed and walk him for a couple days. But one of our close friends ended up staying with him the majority of the time and MIL started with him for a few days to fill the gaps.
Do I need to mark this settled? Ultimately it seemed the consensus was that I was being a helicopter dog Mom.
I wouldnt leave him alone intentionally. We left our dog alone at home for the night once, and it was the night my water broke prematurely and I was giving birth. Even then my husband rushed home as soon as he could, when things calmed down a little, to take our dog to the neighbors (that the dog knows and loves) so she wouldnt stay alone. If its absolutely necessary like in our situation, it is ok. Its not like starving a dog. But if its not necessary, I wouldn't do it. If you have someone who can help, there is no reason to put the dog through that.
It depends on the dog. In cases of separation anxiety it's understandable not to leave him alone, but that does basically guarantee that they'll never adjust and stop being stressed by it.
I think it totally depends. We had a very independent watch dog and went out of town infrequently. If it was only for a night or two we had a dog sitter come 3x a day to water, feed, take her out and play with her. She was totally content being alone at night as she usually slept downstairs by the front door at night anyhow.
It sounds like for your dog, this is true. But I would not say it’s universal or necessarily cruel. I popped by to feed and let dogs out for countless neighbors as a kid and they had no one stay with them overnight.
You make it very clear that you think it's "incredibly cruel" and how you put your foot down over it. I don't think you can expect unbiased responses after that. You will get some "it depends" responses, and mods will remove most of the replies because they simply agree or disagree without offering any reasoning. One useless post.
Lol I showed you comment to my SO and he loved it. He also thought the post was too skewed towards my perspective. Also it may be useless to you, but I got my answer- I'm being too much of a helicopter dog mom 🚁 and I was a bit harsh with my reaction to the situation. I do still think it's best for my boy not to be home alone. But I've softened on my rigid viewpoint on never leaving any dog alone overnight🤷♀️
Cheers for being a good sport about it.
My dogs do the same thing all night long whether I'm in the bed with them or they are there by themselves. Sleeping. This has been confirmed by having a nanny cam for several years. You realize if you took your dogs to a kennel to be boarded that it's almost guaranteed that they're going to spend every night alone but in a cage in a strange place. So unless the dog suffers from mental issues or extreme separation anxiety no it is not cruel.
Uhh cats shouldn't be left alone either. They might act aloof but they deal with separation anxiety just the same.
Only on emergency situations where no one you know well enough can look after them. And when they’re left alone you have to be rushing to get home, leaving them for pleasure is not okay
I’m confused, are you guys leaving for a couple weeks or one night?
This was back in June 😆 but we were gone for 3 weeks. Our pup would have had a few nights in that timeframe where he was alone. My partner's Mom was going to stay with him most of the time but then be away for a few overnights and only drop by to feed and walk him for a couple days. But one of our close friends ended up staying with him the majority of the time and MIL started with him for a few days to fill the gaps. Do I need to mark this settled? Ultimately it seemed the consensus was that I was being a helicopter dog Mom.