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My older dog has full run of the house.My 6 month old puppy is crated with potty breaks every few hours.

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Crate mine; for his safety and my homes. I had a friend that let her dog have free run and she came home to a dead dog. He bit through the electrical cord on her microwave.

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Adult dogs who have been properly trained can stay in the house or yard and not destroy things but still should be left with toys or bones to keep them entertained while away. Puppies should never be given free reign until they are matured enough not to destroy things. My puppies stay in their kennel while I’m gone while my adult dog stays in the house. The pups will be allowed free reign as well once they are old enough and mature enough to not tear things up. We’re in the process of training.

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it depends on how long i’ll be gone. usually Reese has full run of the house and i leave the tv on for him and the cats.

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I put mine in the bathroom. I put food, water, toys and a *** pad in there. That way there is not much they can destroy. My hopes are that one day my pups will be trained enough to let them be free in the house while i’m gone.

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I put a blanket on my bed…because I know she is going lounge all over it…I let her roam free. She only gets into the garbage once in a while. I open a window shade for her to look outside. Check that she has a chewey somewhere..kiss her on the forehead and leave a lipstick mark..so if burglars come in..they can’t possibly hurt the cutie pie w/the lipstick kiss on her forehead. and I tell her that I will be back soon and I love her…shut the door and go to work. Everyday! At night if I work a 3-4hr shift…I leave on Animal Planet for her.

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I personally don’t have doges but people I know have 3 of them and one stays in the kennel or he pisses all over the place. Someone goes home to let them out to do their thing at lunch time but they are kept in the house all day for a max of 4 hours without someone there.

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ours is crate trained
she goes straight to her crate when shes gone pottie before we leave or when we go to bed
otherwise she has freedom when we are home
she does not destroy anything

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We have 3 boxers. My oldest dog had separation anxiety and was really destructive when he was little, and the only dog. So we crated him for a long time. Then we got the second dog, and we kept crating them both (separately) since we still worried about the destruction. But then a friend who was house sitting for us let them loose while he was gone and they just slept the day away on the sofa, or at least didn’t cause any problems. So now the two of them are allowed to be loose in the house. We just make sure we never leave anything out that they could get into trouble with (i.e. chicken bones in the trash can). Our youngest isn’t doing so well with her potty training, so until she can be relied upon not to *** in the house, we’ll crate her while we’re away, but the others are still loose.

I think if your dog is destructive, it needs to either be in a crate or isolated in a single space, such as a room where they are not going to get into trouble for ruining things if you know they tend to chew on things while you’re gone. But generally, a single dog will get into a lot more trouble than two together–they seem to calm each other down, and don’t look for something to do.

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Our dog has free run of the house, and we have a dog door so she can go in and out as she pleases. She doesn’t destroy the back yard, or anything else for that matter. The worst we have to deal with is muddy pawprints on the tile when it’s wet out.

Before we had a dog door, we would let her out right before we left for work, and let her out first thing when we got home. The rest of the time she had free roam of the house. If there was any question about whether or not she’d be able to “hold it” (she was sick with a UTI for a while when we first got her), we put a gate up across the entrance to the kitchen (tile floor for easy cleanup) and put her bed, water, food, toys, etc. in there so she had room to play.

We have always adopted older dogs who were already housebroken, mainly because we know that due to work we aren’t able to go home and let them out every two to four hours, and it’s not fair to them. Plus, there are so many wonderful older dogs out there who need homes.

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I crate my dog also. Sometimes I will let her run around in a confined area, but she will usually get into something while I am gone. I think keeping them crated is for their own safety. My puppy got into a box of brownie mix up on the counter once. I still don’t know how she grabbed it. I thought it was far enough back against the wall. Luckily she didn’t eat any of it. It just ended up all over my kitchen and bathroom floors. You never know what your dog is doing while you are not home. Puppies will get into everything and everything and I really suggest either crating them, or make sure they are in a confined area.

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I would NEVER leave a dog outside all day. That’s irresponsible. It’s also not right to leave any dog home alone all day. They are pack animals…not loners. IF I had to, I would keep the dog in the kitchen with a baby gate in the doorway and provide plenty of toys and a radio for sound.

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I have 2 dogs a Golden Retriever and an English Setter. Both of them just hang out in the house. Play w/ thier toys, sleep, play w/ each other.

They aren’t crated, or in the garage. I’ve trained them to where they know their bounderies so nothing is chewed, destroyed and no messes in the house.

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I bought baby gates and I gate my 10 week old yorkie in the kitchen with food and toys and his pet bed. and he has an area in the corner where he uses the bathroom. A crate might also help.

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We used to put him in his crate when we left for work when we lived in an apartment. In the house we now own, he has full reign of the kitchen. My husband is able to come home during his lunch breaks, and if our dog does his business in the yard during this time, then he has full reign of the house for the rest of the afternoon. If he won’t do his business, then he stays in the kitchen until we both come home from work.

My previous dog could “hold it” a lot better than my current dog can. That dog had free reign of the house whenever it was alone.

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Before we leave to go to work we let the dog out for its morning constitutional, then he is put into his crate for the entire day (about 8 1/2 hours a day, 5 days a week). When we get home in the afternoon, one of the very first things we do is let our dog out to do his business again. Have never had a problem with him doing anything in the crate. Sometimes we will just put up a baby gate across the doorway to the rest of the house from the kitchen, and he stays in the kitchen all day (there is a water bowl for him and the 6 cats that we have), and we have very rarely had any accidents during the day (the only accidents we have are if we are much longer than about 9 hours returning home from work)

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Mine is allowed full reign of the house, but he just parks himself on the couch and sleeps all day.

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my dog is crated with potty breaks cause i can come home from where i work . I live only 2 miles from where i work so i can come home quite often and my boss is pretty cool about it i work for a family business so it is easier.

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My dogs are both crated when I am gone. They are perfectly happy with it. They both love their crates. When it’s warm outside I put them in a kennel outdoors.

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My five are fine on their own. Sometimes I crate just to do it to them. But I also have five fosters now that use the crates. Today I left my five out and two fosters out. I never leave un housebroken or dogs that tear up toys out. Only mine that have proven themsleves (youngest 3) and fosters that are too good to be homeless.

When I first bought the house I left my two dogs out when it was nice but my neighborhood has gone down hill I don’t let anyone out when Im not home. SOmetimes on Saturday s I will let my old newfie stay out there but she doesn’t do much. She actually scares me when she does get a burst of energy.

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I have two small dogs, a pomeranian and a cocker spaniel/basset hound mixed. The basset hound mix used to destroy things when we left him alone but now that we have bought him toys that don’t squeak and are hard he can chew on, he doesn’t chew things up anymore. The pom pom has never destroyed anything.

I put a baby gate up between the kitchen and the game room (where they stay) and let them run free in there, they usually don’t use the bathroom in the house so that’s always a plus, unless they really have to go, but usually they are good about holding it.

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theres a million things you can do with your dog when you leave

if hes good and you’ve tested this, you can let him go freely around your whole house.

if he isn’t so good with that, you could put him in the laundry room, but make sure that all of your detergents ect. have been put on a high shelf or in a box so he has no way of getting into it. the garage does not sound like the best idea because a lot of us have cluttery garages. there would be a lot of potential toys in there and maybe even some wires.

you could crate them but i would come home as much as you can for lunch breaks ect. to take him out stretch his legs and go outside to do his business.

you could also let him outside the entire time. in your fence if you have one.

well good luck.

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From the time he was a puppy he has had free roam of the house. However, he is rarely at home when I am away. My dog goes everywhere with me, even if it is to just run to the store. I call him a gas ****. he hears the keys and he is ready to roll. Of course I have to clean snoot prints from my windows all the time. I own my own business and he is the VP (sort of) Everyone knows him and he knows everyone. Sometimes he even goes to the job sites with the crew. At the office, he has free run of the place as well. He never goes beyond a certain boarder, just as with my yard at home. It isn’t fenced, yet he will never leave the yard. He is even trained to pick up his toys and put them back into the basket before going home. If you are wondering what kind of dog….well I think he is part shepard and part sneaky neighbor dog. He is a mutt who ended up on my door step and I fell in love with him.

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my base ment is dog proofed so he get the run of the basement when we’re at work… or gone.. another words there isnt anything he could get in to and chew up or choke on… nothing he can ruin

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My dog has free reign of the house. When he was little, I used to create him and slowly worked up to staying out all day. He knows where he can lounge and he never chews or destroys anything while I am gone. BTW, he is a Boston Terrier.

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My dog is crated. We tried giving him run-of-house privliges, and we tried giving him kitchen-only privliges, and he’s just not ready yet (I hope someday he is, so I can leave him snoozing on the couch!). My stuff is just stuff and can be replaced (although this is costly - my coffee table, a side table, a kitchen chair and a couple panels of my curtains were all chewed!!), but my dog is chewer, and his safety comes first. If he were to choke on something he chewed, or chew a cord and get hurt, I’d be devestated. Absolutely devestated.

So for now, for his OWN safety, he’s in his crate with a sturdy Nylabone he can chew if he wants to, a small dish of water & two towels to nest in. I’m lucky enough to live close to my office, so I go home at lunchtime and let him out, and then after I eat a quick bite, we have some play/cuddle time.

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Buy a crate just large enough for them to turn around in. I have an xtra large crate and keep my 2 dogs in it. i give them a bone or favorite chew toy and go. If your going to be gone more than a couple of hours i suggest a little food and water if your dog is potty trained.

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My dog gets crated becuase she is 65 pounds and chews when she is seperated from us. SHe could chew on a cord and hurt herself.

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My 2.5yr old dobie has full run of the apartment while I’m gone. I kept her in a crate while I was gone until she was around 8 months old though. Now while I’m gone she either sleeps on her bed, my bed or the couch. Nothing is destroyed when I get home. She also has free access to food and water while I’m gone, which she usually doesn’t touch.

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My pups get crated until they learn proper house manners, then they are free to sleep on the couch all day.

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Hi. I have a 3 month old miniature schnauzer and he is litter box trained. When we are at work, he’s in the laundry room with his crate, water, chew toys and litter box. We use to lock him up in his crate but lately we have just let him have free roam of the laundry room. We’ve only had issues with him chewing a place on the wall. When we are at home, we let him in other parts of the house but we still have to watch him.

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I have three dogs, I crate my new little one because he is younger and loves to play while my older ones don’t so I don’t want fights to break out unless I am there, I then put up a doggy dog due to I have a cat and she has the kitchen and living room while the dogs have the bedrooms, and computer room. I would say, you need to observe your dog when you are home, do they destroy things while you are there? I would think the best thing is to always give them a domain where there is nothing that you want destroyed, if you cant trust them then crate them with water. If they don’t like that try putting on music or TV to relax them and do this even when you are there that way they don’t have separation anxiety. hope that helps good luck

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My dogs get free roam of the house (except my bedroom) with plenty of toys left out for them to play with. When I just had one dog she would get full run of the house but I made sure there was no food for her to steal because she is a theif when I am not home. Most of the time they just sleep but make sure they get proper exercise before you leave and when you get home. They are less likely to be destructive when they are tired.