How Long Would You Leave A Dog Alone?

I wonder about people's opinions on this.

My boyfriend's temporary Roomate has left his two medium sized dogs. He leaves them for 13 hours or more alone in his room with only a water bowl and turns the lights off.

You hear them whining and barking the whole time. I personally feel like that's animal abuse.



When he finally returns he lets the dogs in the yard for 6 mins and they go back to the room with him. I don't think he even walks them.



For me, 6 is a max. Anything more than that she goes to Grandma's.



What about you?

8 hours.. I walk him as soon as I get home from work then again right before bed. If I don't go str8 home after work I feel bad.

That is terrible. If they are crying they obviously hate being alone. 8 hours max but depends of the dog, and how much they mind to be alone

A couple of hours ... dogs are very dependent on people unlike cats

With the Wag app, this should not be a thing anymore. Or if you have nice roommates that actually care about your dog, you could give em a little cash to take them out or for a walk. Ugh...... 😠😧😩

Every dog has different levels of energy but 13hours if its consitant will obviously impact the dog's hapiness if not his health.

I can't judge tho, i myself treated my dog less than she deserved because of my laziness.

Thanks everyone. Yeah I would think 8 is about average.

So I do let the dogs out when I'm around. We also told him he could let the dogs roam free around the house cause my boyfriends dog does too.

But he STILL chooses to keep them in that room. It's craziness

I leave mine for hours...usually 8 now but before it was around the same time frame of 12-13 hours but I have someone to check in on him and walk him etc. I also leave the radio on for him and I have a camera that I turn on to monitor...plus I leave the front window blinds up so he can look out etc. He has free range of the apartment and spends most of his time sleeping. On my days off...I tend to take him everywhere with me so that he gets a good amount of outside time from the apartment besides walks etc.

13 hrs in one room all day is not good...why doesnt the roommate ask ya'll to let them out etc especially if ya'll are gonna be there? or just do it!