Today was test run of how it would be like to leave Coco home alone for the first time. I won't be leaving her home alone anytime soon, but sooner or later, I'll have to leave her 4-6 hrs. at a time.
1st TEST: So first I put her in a secluded area with her toys and bed near the bathroom so she can pee / poop. And I pretended to leave. She whined and barked for 45 minutes, until I had to take her out.
2nd TEST: I let her have the whole run of the apartment (except my room) and hid in my room. I set up a camcorder to see what she would do. She knows how to go poop on her own, but she does not know how to pee on her own. She peed on a spot and marked that spot to see if I could see it if it dried up. She also did not whine or bark and played happily with her toys and watched a little TV.
So since she's okay with me leaving her as long as she has the whole run of the house, I'll do that. But when I get home, how will I know where she made accidents? Because after only about 30 minutes, her pee dried up and I couldn't see it. Also is their any other precautions I should take when I let her have the whole house (other than wires, cleaning products, etc.)?
1st TEST: So first I put her in a secluded area with her toys and bed near the bathroom so she can pee / poop. And I pretended to leave. She whined and barked for 45 minutes, until I had to take her out.
2nd TEST: I let her have the whole run of the apartment (except my room) and hid in my room. I set up a camcorder to see what she would do. She knows how to go poop on her own, but she does not know how to pee on her own. She peed on a spot and marked that spot to see if I could see it if it dried up. She also did not whine or bark and played happily with her toys and watched a little TV.
So since she's okay with me leaving her as long as she has the whole run of the house, I'll do that. But when I get home, how will I know where she made accidents? Because after only about 30 minutes, her pee dried up and I couldn't see it. Also is their any other precautions I should take when I let her have the whole house (other than wires, cleaning products, etc.)?