Back to work..

I went back to work on September after taking a year and half off. This meant that Soba would be home alone most of the day. Poor little guy. Since he came to us, we have never left him alone for more than 4 hours at a time. We were very worried about how he would do by himself. So, Wade did a trial run with him while I left for a week visiting family in August. He gated off part of the kitchen, and placed Soba's pet bed along with some of his toys in the gated area. He did ok initially, but after a few days he chewed off part of the wooden gate. Yikes!

However, after a week of practicing, he knows the routine now. When we move his pet bed to the kitchen, he would know to go to that area.

Here is his routine. Wade walks him around 9AM. He is then behind the gate in the kitchen until 6PM. I let him out so he can play with his friends when I get home from work afterwards I would also walk him. Wade gives him his last walk around midnight, and then into the crate he goes. So far the routine is working very well with a few minor break through incidents where he was on the wrong side of the gate.