First Day Home Alone

Oppy's just over 10 months now and we've been starting to trust him more and more being alone while we're gone. If we just had to run to the store, we've been testing leaving him out of his crate, and he's been very good. Over the weekend we went up to Hilliary's parents' cabin, and while there we went to the Bloomsburg fair. We decided to try to leave him out there while we were gone. We were gone about 9 hours and we came back to no accidents or anything destroyed! The only thing is that he might have been distracted by their bulldog, they love to play together. Today we decided that while we're at work, we could leave him out. Since the two of us have offset schedules, he'll only be alone for about 6 hours. Today's the big test, if he has no accidents, I think we can start leaving him out full time! He just recently started sleeping in bed with us (and has been sleeping great throughout the night), which is a big step up for him. We're so proud of our little boy!

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Comment by Bev Levy on October 5, 2009 at 11:21am: Good luck. Sometimes it works at this age and sometimes it doesn't. Hope Oppy is one of the mild mannered ones that does good on their own.

Comment by christy fry on October 5, 2009 at 11:07am: good for Oppy its nice when they start to mature!!!

Comment by Matt & Hilliary on October 5, 2009 at 10:27am: Everything's puppy proofed. It's only an apartment, so he's got the living room, the kitchen, and the den (half sized bedroom). Any time we've left him alone he's pretty much just slept. The days I've worked from home too, he just curls up under my desk and sleeps most of the day.

Comment by DR, Nala & Simon on October 5, 2009 at 10:08am: Don't leave him alone in the whole house yet. (At least for another couple of weeks). But you can restrict him on a bigger area like the kitchen and the living room. After Oppy learns the routine, and have no accidents. Then the whole house will be fine. However, keep the house "puppy proof", and anything of value out of reach. Oppy will be the best.

Comment by Nicola Porter on October 5, 2009 at 10:02am: Good Oppy, LO has never had a problem with sleeping all night. Ever since we got him, pretty much 9pm has been bedtime and he is a great sleeper.