neysonclark79
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Hey everyone, i’m brand new to this group. i posted on AITA about a dog sitting situation that went down which i can explain more if y’all are interested. Anyway, a lot of people commenting saying I was abusing my dog for leaving her in her crate all day while i work.
For context, my fiancé and i adopted her in april. we fell in love with her the minute we saw her. She’s about 2.5 years old. They told us she’s a GSD mixed with something, they’re not sure what. She’s only about 50lbs so she’s a medium dog.
I work at a daycare and i’m gone all day, my fiancé works at a factory and is also gone all day. Our hours are offset a bit so she’s at home in her crate for about 7 hours.
We didn’t have a crate at all within the first few days of having her, and she tore our stuff to bits while we were gone everytime.
Anyway we’ve tried to leave her for shorter periods: 15 minutes, 30 minutes, etc. But if we leave for more than 15 minutes she becomes destructive.
Is there anything else I can do? Are we cruel owners?
For context, my fiancé and i adopted her in april. we fell in love with her the minute we saw her. She’s about 2.5 years old. They told us she’s a GSD mixed with something, they’re not sure what. She’s only about 50lbs so she’s a medium dog.
I work at a daycare and i’m gone all day, my fiancé works at a factory and is also gone all day. Our hours are offset a bit so she’s at home in her crate for about 7 hours.
We didn’t have a crate at all within the first few days of having her, and she tore our stuff to bits while we were gone everytime.
Anyway we’ve tried to leave her for shorter periods: 15 minutes, 30 minutes, etc. But if we leave for more than 15 minutes she becomes destructive.
Is there anything else I can do? Are we cruel owners?