Even though he was technically an indoor dog, I like to put my dogs
outside for several hours a day during the summer and sometimes overnight, depending on what is going on around here.
Not exact matches
If you know you will be
outside for several hours you'll want to plan
for your
day and take preventative measures
for bites.
Another friend on mine in NJ has been trying to adopt a second dog because she recently lost a pet, she contacted me and said that
several rescues have turned her down
for various reasons, including she works
outside of the home too many
hours during the
day and that she didn't meet their home visit standards.
The thing is that after two or three weeks at home, when he got all his vaccines, we started to leave the backyard door open
for him to go out whenever he wanted to and we walked him
several times a
day so he never had the need of using the pads again, the problem is that he got so used to doing his business
outside that he forgot what the pee pads are
for (he sometimes even takes his naps on them) and when we leave him alone (usually not more than 4/5
hours a
day) he does his business all over the house, even when we leave some «strategic» pee pads here and there.
Our Special Constable, Kent Kokoska, was attending another animal emergency in Cache Creek when he got a tip that Chance was trapped in a dumpster in a remote area an
hour outside of Williams Lake, and had been there
for several days.