Making
Time Home Without You Easier For Your Great Dane
If
you, like most great dane owners, have to work full time and
leave your dog home alone, here are some ways you can feel better
about leaving your dane alone.
Create
a special indoor place for your dane. Leaving your dog outside
all day is a bad idea. You run a real risk of your great dane
developing behavioral problems and you cannot protect your dog
from sudden storms and bad weather.
The
time will pass more quickly for your dog, and you will have
a sense of relief in knowing that your great dane is not sad
while you are gone. You can also reduce the chance that your
great dane will bark constantly until you return home.
If
you must confine your great dane to one room in your home, use
a gate that the dog can see through to block the doorway.
If
your dog is a puppy, do not let him have access to the entire
house. Puppies become bored easily and can harm themselves chewing
or swallowing dangerous objects.
Leave
your dog's favorite toys and perhaps a blanket. Your dog needs
a special place to take a nap and play, a place that he knows
is there especially for him.
Leave
plenty of water and food for your great dane, especially since
great danes eat alot of food and you do not want them to be
left hungry. Special treats can be left on occasion as a surprise
or reward for good behavior.
Leave
the radio or television on to provide some background noise,
but do not leave violent television shows on or your dog may
join a gang and start doing drive by shootings when you are
not at home (Just Kidding). If you leave music on for your dog,
make sure it is classical or some type of soothing music.
Do
not make a big deal out of your leaving in the mornings or your
return in the evenings. Spend time with your great dane in the
mornings before you leave and when you return home, make the
greeting casual.
