Quote (VTMatt4960 @ Apr 3 2017 08:37pm)
this.
When we got our dog, one of us came home at lunch each day to let her out. Even a small dog is a big time commitment. They'll need walks twice a days a puppies, and at least one good one a day for most of their lives.
As Emerican said, you can count on leaving a well trained, housebroken adult dog for a normal workday no problem, but it's not going to work out well (for you or the dog) to leave a new puppy alone for that long.
I was lucky when I got my dog as a puppy, the job I was at allowed me to bring him to work. So it really helped with potty training and stuff. So first like 3 months I could take him out when needed
Not everyone is that lucky and you will have to go home middle of the day to let said puppy out