My wife and I really would like to get a Shiba Inu. However, the dog will be alone for 8 hours a day. With some training, is it practical to leave them in an isolated room (12′ x 10′)? I don’t want to go the cage route, but am not sure if this is an OK option.
A dog can be left alone that long, a puppy can’t. It is usually 1 hour for each month of age, plus one hour, so a two-month-old puppy can only be alone/hold its potty for 3 hours at the most. A dog would be fine, but not a puppy.
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Shiba Inu’s are very active dogs and like to be doing something all the time. I think you are going to be safer keeping the dog in a large kennel because chances are it will get bored and try to tear things up.
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I could not recommend such a practice unless you could rearrange your schedule. The dog would likely be under-exercised, become bored, and destroy your room and become nervous.
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Sure, if you want the room stripped when you get back.
There aren’t many dogs that are okay with being left for that long. Would you be?
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8 hours is too long but so many people do it. Your dog will probably be bored and/or stressed at being alone so long, and may toilet inside, but if you provide water then at least you won’t be reportable to the SPCA or whatever organisation you have.
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A dog can be left alone that long, a puppy can’t. It is usually 1 hour for each month of age, plus one hour, so a two-month-old puppy can only be alone/hold its potty for 3 hours at the most. A dog would be fine, but not a puppy.
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