[Heather]

The dog is two years old you said, so he already has a schedule of some kind that hes on.Ask your friend the routine he uses with him. If the dog is crate trained already then putting him a crate large enough for him is not cruel.If hes not crate trained then its not gonna be an easy task crate training him when he is that old already. I dont recommend keeping him on a leash all day.What if he gets tangled or choked, what if he bites through the leash?What about putting a puppy gate up in the kitchen or bathroom to keep him secured in one area?I dont recommend putting him behind a door because most dogs want to see out and would only destroy the door.lol Walk him in the mornings after his meal and before you go to work to give him time to take care of business. You dont want him trying to hold that all day, because nine times out of ten it aint gonna happen.Ya gotta go, then ya gotta go.lol Then walk him when you get home.Dont feed him chocolate,grapes, nuts, stuff like that because he cant digest it. Also rawhides and pig ears are non digestable. If he needs something to chew on I suggest a Kong because they are almost indestructable. For treats you can use unsalted green beans right out of the can, they are non fattening and the dog will love them.NO Scraps, they can cause all kinds of digestion problems and some can make them seriously ill.Ive seen so many dogs die of obesity or of a disease caused from obesity its not even funny. Depending on the food you feed him, the dog should get one cup per every ten pounds he weighs after the first 10 pounds, and break that up into two meals a day. If you plan on changing the dogs normal food then you have to do it slowly and not all at once. Start by adding a cup of the new food every couple of days until you wean him off of the other food.If not the dog could get sick with diarrhea and vomitting.His system has to get used to the new food. Dont get foods high in corn or by products. Look for foods with real meats. If it has corn or corn meal in the first couple of ingredients then it probably isnt the best food.