Animals need human contact for their well -being
To have a pet at home you have to take care of it and provide all the care and attention you need. When one leaves the house and leaves her alone, she feels a terrible emptiness as if she left a child or a mother. Not observant, sometimes it is impossible to take them with one, for example to work. But have you considered how much maximum a dog should be left alone at home?
By leaving a dog alone at home, how long is it excessive?
Many dogs hate being alone, especially when that means being locked in a cage or tied. In fact, the common denominator of these begins to bark, desperately, when you leave through the door. And is not for less.
Think about how you would feel if you had to be tied for several hours. In addition to the psychological part, your muscles would be tightened and the bones would begin to pain.
The question of how much time, maximum, a dog should be left only at home is a bit difficult to answer since there is no study to answer it from the scientific point. But what can be said is that canines are social animals with a great link to humans. Therefore, they need the company and closeness of their masters.
If this contact with humans is deprived for a long time, they could develop various problems, which affect their well -being. Being alone, animals overwhelm. This makes its blood cortisol levels increase. On the other hand, the feeling of loneliness is very painful for it. So much so that, sometimes, when the master dies they die a few days of sadness for the void they feel.
What do the training and veterinarian say
Between educators and veterinarians there seems to be a compliance in relation to the maximum hours of leaving a dog alone at home. According to these, 4 hours is the maximum recommended time for adult pets to be alone at home. It should be noted that older dogs, being less active, can endure a little more.
Obviously, each case is different. However, the period of loneliness should not overcome while the animal can endure without urinating.
If you see that for your rhythm of life you will have to leave the dog with no one else at home for a long duration, then think twice before adopting an animal. He deserves to take care of him as one more member of the family, instead of seeing him as ‘a toy’ with which to have fun at times.
Also, if you are going to be absent for a long time to go on vacation or party, think if you would like you to do the same. Use empathy as the exemplary punishment that a woman who left her dog inside the car locked. Remember that a dog is a living being, which feels and suffers.
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