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Good plan for my new puppy?

I'm going to ask this question again, because I didn't get very helpful answers the last time I asked. I have had a dog for a few years now and love her to bits but she doesn't like to walk/play or anything and I would like a dog that did, I am planning on getting a Cavalier king charles spaniel and I have thought long and hard about it and decided even though I am out quite a big part of the day that it would still work out and a dog would rather have a home and be left alone a lot but get walked, fed and loved, rather than nobody adopting it and it gets put in a shelter. I would be getting up in the morning and taking the dog out for a 20 minute walk then chuck it a few balls etc whilst I get ready for school. The, it would be left alone (with access to the back garden by a dog flap) Our garden is completely enclosed with NO way the dog can get out or anyone else can get in) It would have the whole run of the house (for various reasons we can't confine it to one room or a crate), I would then get back and take the dog for a 30min-1 hour walk, I would also be chucking it balls and stuff whilst doing homework and I have lots of free time in the evening and it would also go for another 5 minute walk to the shop and back. It would then be put in a crate to go to bed about 10 o clock and when it is a puppy we would let it out a few times during the night but as it gets older he will eventually last the whole night. E.g first week-4 times a night second week-3 times a night third week-2 times a night 4th week-2 times a night 5th week-1 time a night 6th week-1 time every other night 7th week-no times unless he whines and needs to. When he is a puppy it would be during the summer holidays For the first two days we would settle him in and play with him I, for these two days, would be at home all the time but shut the dog in one room by itself for 5 minute intervals at various times of the day For the next four days I would also stay at home with him but shut him in a room for various 10-15 minute intervals. When I let him out he would be rewarded with a treat each time to say well done as long as he didn't rip anything up. For the next two days I would leave him in one room for 25 minutes then take him out, reward him, then pop out to the shop, leaving him with the run of the house with my other dog there too for 10 minutes. Gradually, we would build it up until he is left alone for the full 8 hours (with somebody checking on him during the day)probably me) Fussing over him, then rewarding him, then leaving him again. Ok, sorry it is so long I just want to be sure it is ok! Any tips welcome (: 1 hour ago - 4 days left to answer. Additional Details If what I have said isn't clear, please just ask what I have meant when I have said whatever isn't clear. And my dog would be there the whole day every day, and somebody would check on it 1 hour ago I mean my current dog would be there all day every day. And that somebody, once a day would come and check in and make a quick fuss of the dog, then reward it, then leave again. Also, the dog would have loads of toys to play with and a basket to lay in. We couldn't have baby gates or anything |(due to various reasons) But if we could keep the dog downstairs by training him that he is not allowed upstairs then that is what we would do but if not, he would just have to have the whole run of the house! I am going to train him to stay downstairs, but you can NEVER guarentee the dog will learn this. 1 hour ago The crate is too small to keep him in for the day. Only big enough for him to sleep in. And we would have taught him not to chew on any wires, I will be with him all day for the first few weeks and he would have been taught what not to chew, whilst I am there watching him in case he does chew something he is not supposed to. I think, thats if I am going to leave him for 8+ hours on weekdays then I shouldn't keep him in a crate or one room for that long. Plus, my other dog has the run of the whole house and has done for years so it would be cruel to have one dog with the run of the hosue and the other confined to one room/crate etc. And my dog has got so used to having the whole house we couldn't start putting her in a confined space, it wouldn't be fair. Our hosue is a funny layout, if we had a kitchen leading to the garden then they would be kept in their but our house is a really strange layout and doesn't work like that. The doors to the bedrooms would be kept shut. They are the only rooms with doors (except our tiny bathroom) sorry my posyt is long but I care about my puppy to be Thanks 트리쉬 I like reading long posts too for some strange reason haha! Yes, my dog is the one that doesn't enjoy walks or playing etc. I reread my post and it is quite confusing! Thanks for helping, you will get best answer when it lets me award best answer!

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1. Didn't read your post, it's WAY TOO long.
2. Sorry didnt really read all of your post kind of long, but get your puppy a cage!
3. Wonderful plan. And your long post was actually quite nice to read hehe. And ignore miss Lindsay. But I sort of got lost there. You said your current dog would be there all day everyday, so I assumed the one that didn't like to walk or play, but you used "she", so I'm pretty confused. And I agree that training any dog to stay downstairs or any place wouldn't be a 100% guaranteed success.