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Will my dog be upset if I leave her for 5 days while traveling?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 1 month old | 59 lbs

Iam going to travel and i cant take soska with me :( iam going to leave her in a friend’s farm i wanted to know is she going to hate me :( and dogs if i keft for few days they will do ok or not i will leave her 5 days please/•

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Answered By Ricardo Fernandez, DVM

Veterinarian, Veterinary Oncology Resident

Published on January 22nd, 2018

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! I think this is perfectly ok and she will be fine. I am sure she will not hate you. Dogs understand more than we think and I am sure she knows you are leaving because you have to and you are coming back. What I recommend in these cases is to leave something with your scent like perhaps a t-shirt or something like that so that she can smell you when you are gone. This will help bring her comfort. Good luck!

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