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What do all of you people with dogs do during the day? Do you all work at home most of the time? This is the thing that puts me off having a dog. I'd love one but don't think it's fair to have it locked up for 10hr a day every day.

I work from home 95% of the time. But i always try and go out for at least an hour without my dog. He's fine for about 8 hours, thankfully he doesn't seem to display much anxiety. When I work for clients I do only a 6hr shift or if i will be longer he either comes with me.

I keep him to a pretty strict schedule 8.20 am we go for first walk. 9am food. 12noon grooming and my break (so play in garden) 8.-8.30pm walk again. He puts himself to bed about 9pm.

I chose Greyhounds because of the overall character of the breed. I chose a retired racer because I didn't want months of "Puppy Puddles / Chewed Shoes etc.," The breed is low energy and they sleep a lot and so two short walks is enough.

I chose my dog because I knew I wanted a quiet, submissive and gentle animal who could be around kids, already walked nicely on a lead and could come to my office if I ever had one again. Dara is all of those things, he's also HUGE (much bigger than the average Greyhound) and bin liner black - which I quite like now but is very unpopular with the general pubic or at least the people who come to the kennel.