over time our doggy day care has gone from full days, 1 hour at lunchtime to 3.5 hours in the morning, so Holly is alone for up to 5.5 hours in the afternoon but she has walked for 3+ hours with two collies, and she is too tired to even raise her head for the majority of that time (we've seen this being at home occasionally, set up webcams to check on her + pitpat data).
over time our doggy day care has gone from full days, 1 hour at lunchtime to 3.5 hours in the morning, so Holly is alone for up to 5.5 hours in the afternoon but she has walked for 3+ hours with two collies, and she is too tired to even raise her head for the majority of that time (we've seen this being at home occasionally, set up webcams to check on her + pitpat data).