Bec Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'm interested after reading some responses in the other thread - how many of us dog owners work full time? If so how many dogs do you have and what do you do to "juggle" everything? I'm at work five days a week all day, I have three dogs and am planning to get a new pup this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 we both work full time and have 3 dog's, i work days Dave works shifts 2 week days 2 week nites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormchaser09 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I only work part time with a few odd full days but my dogs are happy well behaved dogs. They get extra attention when we are at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 must add none of mine use a crate, they have free run of the house sept the bedroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebe03 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I work full time 5 days a week but work from home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tams Teeko and Keeta Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Both full time, OH works different shifts so alone time varies but always at least 4 days a week (except school holidays when i'm off). I'm lucky in that I can come home at lunchtime. 2 dogs. Teeko has full run of the kitchen. Keeta is in a crat. Both happy...both sleep all day when i'm off work so I imagine thats what they do when we're at work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 my dad works 2 till 10 but me n mum work 5:50am to 8:20am so dad is home , then i work 12 till half 1 so mums home then mum works 3:30 till 6:30 so im home they get left on weekends for 4 to 5 hours but thats it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqwidge Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I was working full time until November when I went part time for training for London. Mike works full time but shift work (police officer). When I was working full time there was 1 week in 4 (or 5) where Eika would be left alone all day when mike was on days. As I said in the other thread, when she was 10 weeks she was left alone all day everyday, for like 6 months. Shes not crated and has the run of kitchen and hallway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael jones Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hi. I work full time. 60 hours. Shifts though so 5 on 5 off. My wife is in uni 3 days a week. We got an akita to Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boondog Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Yep me full time project management; but have flexibility to work from home when needed, but also, my better half is at home most of the day caring for my son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I work full time, 5 shifts in 7 days. My mum and step live at mine and my step dad is retired so is at home all day everyday with the odd exception here and there. We all go out together at times but all the dogs (4 in total) have the run of the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taiya Blue and Miko too Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 both work full time, but 95% or more of mine is at home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna's Mum Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I work 9 till 5 Monday to Friday. My oh works 9 till 5:30 but is usually later. He comes home at lunch for Luna, if he can't we either arrange for his mum to visit Luna for atleast an hour or we have a lovely dog walker, who is also a qualified trainer, who takes Luna out for an hour's walk for the bargain price of £8. Luna is crated as she has SA and has hurt herself when left free to roam in the past (she knocked a vase off a window sill & walked through the shards) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenwolf Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 My husband and I both work full time hours - gone for at least 9 hours a day, Monday to Friday. 2 dogs who live outside. We try to walk them together in the evenings, but on my riding nights hubby has to take them alone. Some nights we don't get home until 8:00pm. The dogs only get fed once a day (their choice, not ours), and usually between 7 or 8, so they're seldom desperate for food if we are home late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Sopi Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 We work full time, latest time regularly left is 8.15am earliest time home is 5.30pm although son works shifts 1 week on 1 week off as 6am - 2pm and 2pm - 10pm - we are here full time a weekends - they have full run of downstairs except for the tv room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna's Mum Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Oh, forgot to say we get up at 6:30am every weekday to take Luna out for an hours walk/play before work & then we go out again as soon as we get home, before dinner, for another hour. She's pretty chilled out in the evenings but we do play with raggy toys if she's up for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darc-Brittany Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Not working atm, job laid me off a few months back due to shortage of work, will be allowed back in a few months time if I can't find anything by then. Been really lucky, there's always been someone home with the dogs. I had a year off when we first got Kira because my job contract ended, don't think I would have gotten a puppy otherwise, then my boyfriend was in school/off for a year, then we had a roommate that had a contract end when both me and my boyfriend were working. We have been very fortunate that way, will have no idea how it will effect the dogs when both me and my boyfriend are working. I work at a fertilizer plant so I can work some pretty crazy hours, longest I have done is 16h. Boyfriend has office hour jobs so that's a benefit, however, we are too far from the dogs to go home at lunch. We'll have to see how things work out down the road :\ I'd like to work from home but I don't think that will happen anytime soon ;_; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tams Teeko and Keeta Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 both work full time, but 95% or more of mine is at home I'd love to work from home! Not sure i'd get much done tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyshqa Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'm at university at the moment and with the new timetable we were given today Kiska now won't be left for more than 2 1/2 hours, three days a week. Up until today this was only for two days but on Tuesdays she was left for 2 hours, then we were home again for three hours and then she was left for another 5 hours. I understand one day I will have a full time job and I have no idea whether I'll be living with someone else who works around my work pattern so potentially Kiska could be left for up to 10 hours, 5 days a week. That's life, she'll still be cared for just as well, she'll just have to occupy herself a little more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Melsom Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I am only allowed to earn so much a month becasue my OH is on disability so he is always home and I currently work 12 hours a week because where I work sucks I had 15 hours before which was fine for what I was allowed to earn and then I got kicked down to 12 -.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 both me and marc work mond - frid 8.30-5.30 he comes home at dinner and lets them out then stepdaughter is home at 3.30 and they're out until we go to bed at night x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roper1982 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I work approx 50 hours a week and the OH works full time as well... We have 2 dogs but the way our shifts fall, it means that they are usually only alone for a cple hours at a time and have the full run of dowstairs and their crates left open if they feel the need, but they usually just chill in the front room... Well i assume they do haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nay Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 should set up a webcam in the living room lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLOBOx Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I work full time, unfortunately. I've got 4 dogs but I'm still living at home so my dad is home to tend to the dogs during the day. My mom and I have different days off so they get loads of attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob & Juno Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I leave at 7 am , get home at 6:30/7 pm monday-friday, saturday 7 am-5 pm, sunday off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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