Someone leaving dog alone overnight for a month with morning/night feeding/walks. Is this okay?

Leaving your dog by himself overnight can be risky. In the event that an emergency happened (a fire, gas leak, flood, etc.) your dog would be trapped in the house and wouldn't be able to get out.

I completely agree with Karen and Walt, a dog should not be left that much for that long of a period. If he was going to be gone a couple of days drop ins are perfectly reasonable. But leaving him all day and all night with only a couple of short visits per day is not a good idea. If the people caring for him are going to be there most of the day and evening I would say leaving him overnight would be okay. I understand that it's likely a tricky conversation to have, especially if you don't really know the dog owner.

If you are able to care for the dog definitely put the offer out there. A dog that likes to be around people and suffers from separation anxiety would definitely do better staying at someone else's home where there is more human contact than staying along 20 + hours per day. Just be prepared if it has separation anxiety that the dog might exhibit bad behavior especially at first (I've found it's usually peeing in the house). If you are gone during the day make sure you know if the dog is crate trained or is okay roaming free. You might want to do a test of leaving the dog alone for maybe 15 minutes at first to see how he does. Good luck!

Two visits a day aren't enough for a dog and especially for this long of a period. Personally I think it cruel and may have long term repurcussions with the dog. I unfortunately don't have a solution to offer.

If the dog already has separation anxiety, this guy is ensuring the dog will always have it and would likely get worse. With severe cases, dogs become destructive and will attempt to chew their way out. It isn't a matter of just crying and shaking, but destructiveness and actions that could result in physical harm to the dog. He is really being very cruel to the dog leaving it alone for such a long period of time.

MAKE THE OFFER. Talk to your friend. His attitude toward his dog is unconscionable

The dog will survive (in most cases) but we must understand that dogs are herd animals, they need to have contact with other living beings. You mention that you have separation anxiety, for the animal to stay alone can produce a huge panic and lead you to do things that could hurt you or worse, I have seen it in several cases, even a dog jumped out the panic window in which I enter. In my case, I would offer to take him but that is very personal. If you finally get it, do not worry because at first you may be reluctant, give it space, get used to the new environment, in the long run it will be better for it. As you say, it is not your problem but that you demonstrate that concern for the animal says a lot about you.

no, it is not safe for our pets, one of my friends has done this so his pet was nearly dead but now he is overprotective about his pets. he had a chance to go to abroad to study but he refused to go there and continue the same course online. he is doing https://www.theccm.co.uk/courses-page/nvq-level-6-construction-site-management/ (NVQ Level 6 Construction Site Management) course online at https://www.theccm.co.uk/ (College of Contract Management). all because of his pets