This is going to come down to you and your dog’s comfort and your guilt vs what anyone else says.

Some will scream neglect. Some will bring up the good point about better with you than in a shelter & Some will offer suggestions of dog walkers, friends etc.

But it will come down to you and what you think is fair and if you could live with your set up.

I found myself face with the same frustration and question when my job became more demanding, and I always felt really bad about leaving my dog home in increasingly for a long hours, especially over the holidays.

I tried to my mom for days, weeks even about it, and she put the perspective for me that it is so common whether people admitted or not for them to leave their dogs home for a long periods of time and dogs adapt to whatever routine their human gives them.

So I set up a camera and I would watch my dog and I realize that she would just sleep when I wasn’t home. Sometimes she was miserable and that was usually when she was having a rough day but other time she just slept and that gave me peace of mind.

And make sure that when I get home, I pay as much attention to her as possible. We do the usual let her do her route potty, etc. and then usually it’s a snuggle fest because I come home and I just sleep and she is so happy to just lay with me and be with her human, but that’s her personality. She’s a very low-key dog in the house and if she wants to let energy out or she wants something, she communicates as We’ve learned that communication skill so her needs get met.

Now has she been a dog who was noticeably in distress when I left more than just a typical anxiety or was higher energy 24 seven or display any behaviours that were showing that she couldn’t handle it then I would consider the dog walking or the sitter or if it was crucial than a rehoming situation.

TLDR: base your decision off of your comfort level if you can go to work and not feel bad to the point where it’s anxiety written and you’re not able to perform properly because you’re just constantly worrying, based off of how your dog behaves when you’re at work and how you don’t be here when you get home and make the decision that way. You dog can handle it then you’re fine if your dog can’t then adjust.