Some insight please

Going to pick up my new Cavalier puppy in about a week. I live alone, work 9-5 and have 2 cats. NOW I am being told that Cavs CANNOT be left alone all day. Is that really true?

My brother is staying with me until he finds a job and gets a house so that, sadly, should be a while, well after the pup is grown. BUt he won’t be there forever. I do have access to very good dog walkers and to doggie daycares. I am not opposed to crate-training as I saw it do wonders for my sister’s dog. Any thoughts out there?

Also, with crate -training, once my pup is older and completely house-broken, does he HAVE to stay in the crate all day? I am curious as to how that works.

Thanks :-)

Some breeders will not sell a cavalier to someone who plans on leaving it home all day. That is one of the first screening questions.

My neighbor had a cavalier until it sadly died from cancer at age 17 months last week. At any rate, leaving the little guy alone during the day did not work out. So, I took him for walks 3-4 days a week at mid-day. Even that was not enough. He started exhibiting behavior problems. So, I after our walk, he started spending 4 hrs/day at my house, followed by another walk before he went home. This seemed to make an enormous difference. He was a terrific dog.