Hey everyone,
This could be a stupid question, but here goes!
I have a working Cocker. One thing he's really good at (thank god!) is being left home alone - just sleeps in his pen. Sometimes barks if he hears a noise, but seems to just go back to sleep afterwards.
However, I'm finding myself anxious about being further than 20ish minutes away from him when we're out, in case "something happens" (I don't know what...).
One of us is usually around during the work day, so it's usually only the occasional evening out that he's left alone for any period of time.
Next year, we'll be doing lots of trips with him and will sometimes have to leave him alone in the evening. For instance, we are going to a gig in London in January, and our AirBnB could be up to an hour away from the venue, on a few tubes. He's been fine before, being left alone in holiday rentals and so on, but we haven't gone very far away from him.
We want to find a pet sitter, but he's quite fearful of strangers and isn't entirely easygoing around other dogs, so we figure this could be tricky. (Any tips or experiences with this would be appreciated!)
It occurred to me that people must go out to work and maybe commute a good hour or so away from their dog?? Or do they not? I've never worried about this with my cats, but for some reason, having a dog brings out the anxiety in me! Agh!