My OH and I both work full time, from 8:30 to 5:15 and Sabien is left at home. He has a good long walk in the morning and then an hours walk when we get home. We split the walking, OH does the morning I do the evening. Sabien has the run of the house while we are at work and has never caused any problems. If I take flexi and come home early it takes him a while to come to the door as he is generally asleep on his bed and looks as if to say 'your home early' and then gets excited. I always feel guilty, but he seems happy and we tend to revolve our weekends around Sabien and going places he can also come to. It is hard work and I am knackered during the week, but it is worth it and Sabien seems happy.