With my school bus driving schedule, I have alot of time between my runs to walk, play and have the dog/s outside. For the ones with separation anxiety, I'm only gone 2hrs at the most in morning and 2hrs in afternoon. I don't work in evenings during the week and on weekends I do work until 8pm, however my 3 son's are home. I also have 1hr lunch break in which I come home for. Between the 4 of us, the pets always have someone around to snuggle, play or go for walks with.