hi ... newbie needing help lol

Hi alpha01 welcome to the forum. Sorry can't advise as not had a puppy that young before, but my first thoughts were 7 hours is a very long time for a baby to be on his own, he's bound to get bored and be destructive. I'm not having a go , just voicing my very first thoughts. Good luck with finding a solution. I was going to suggest leaving a Radio on for company, but even that will wear thin after a few hours for him.

I am sure someone will come along and advise at some point

As you have a wolfdog I would say you should probably get advice off the breeder or specialist in the cross.
Not your average puppy!

hey all thanks very much for your replies do you think i should wait until his older before getting another dog then??? i thought another dog might put him in his place a mate of mines dog pinned him down an he respected him after that i thought maybe getting an older dog might help balance him?? he knows whose boss when im home its when im away he is destructive.

sorry cant reply properly as im at work have left nicko at home with a bone today hope that keeps him occupied a bit more.

I hope so, I don't know how to reply now except with 'No! No no no no NO!!'

You should definitely NOT get another dog. DO NOT GET ANOTHER DOG, OLDER DOG OR OTHERWISE. 

Having only one dog is not the issue. The issue is that 7 hours is far to long for any dog to be left on it's own, let alone a puppy. 

A wolfdog is NOT FOR NOVICE OWNERS. I have no idea how experienced you are in owning dogs but given that you think that it's okay to leave a puppy alone for 7 hours with NO interaction, I'm going to assume that it's not very.

Dogs are incredibly social, and wolfdogs more so. Leaving toys on the ground is not going to do anything for him and the bone (regardless of the type) is only going to risk his life. NEVER LEAVE DOGS UNATTENDED WITH BONES. 

Honestly, I'm trying to be helpful and not so harsh but I'm finding it difficult as I can only imagine the end results. But I'll try anyway. 

First off, normal toys aren't going to keep him occupied. He's a puppy, he wants to explore everything with his mouth, so yes - chewing the floor and the cupboards is more interesting.

Give him interactive toys instead. Buy a kong, fill it with his breakfast, seal it up with some peanut butter and throw it in the freezer for a bit. Then before you leave give him the kong to keep him busy for a bit.

Hide his breakfast around the place, get him to sniff it out and tire himself out in the process.

Take him for a walk (albeit a short one given his age) before you leave. 

Give him something that smells like you (an old t shirt that you slept in).

Turn on a radio or the tv for him. 

If he wants to destroy things, then let him. Get a nice big cardboard box and throw some treats in. Leave the box with him and let him do what he wants with it (he might destroy the whole thing, he might make a bed out of it). It's a big mess to clean up, but better than cleaning up what remains of the bottom corner of the kitchen door. 

Look into crate training.

Get a dog walker or dog sitter or even just a friend or family member to drop in at least once during the day. Not only to check that he is okay but to give him some company, play with him or take him for a walk and let him outside to go to the toilet. He's 11 weeks old. The vital socialization period ends when he's 12 weeks old. 

He is going to be a big and powerful (potentially dangerous) dog. You NEED to spend time with him now, training him, socialising him and teaching him what is and what isn't acceptable behaviour. Get him into a puppy class with a good positive reinforcement trainer. 

These dogs can become a handful very quickly if they aren't given everything that they need. He is going to be noisy. Wolves are not known to be quiet. If you wanted a quiet dog then you should have gotten at cat. 

I don't know where you got this dog from but I've yet to meet a responsible breeder who would sell a puppy to a home where it would be left alone for 7 hours per day (although, I wouldn't really class hybrid breeders as "responsible" anyway).

I have no idea where this thread is going.. It reminds me of JMK who was very close to being banned but.. he deleted himself first.

As for my opinion ( and we are all entitled to that ! ) I suggest that alpha1 ( now that's a very dominant user name ) did not like the responses he got in the last couple of days as clearly he has not responded back, so... that could be
1. He doesn't like to hear the truth.
2. Well he could be re adjusting his methods and life style and not leaving such a young pup to be entertaining himself and wondering.. Is This What Life is All About... how lonely is that wheres my soul mate, my comforter, my companion, my play mate
3. It was posted to wind us up

Leave you ( and him ) to ponder on that

tbh when i first read his/hers post i thought it was a wind up too but then i thought i was being too harsh so posted a reply to try and help . Hope if it is real then they take advice on board instead of getting butthurt about it and ignoring us. This whole wolf-dog hybrid craze really does my head in, why can't we just be happy with the dog breeds we already have. Why is there the need to deliberately cross them with a wild animal . I love wolves but doesn't mean I'd like one as a pet, as I recognise they are wild animals and don't belong with people. I'd imagine a lot of clueless people (NOT saying alpha01 is clueless here) go out and buy them cos they are pretty , and then realise that oh s**t i can't deal with this and they end up unhappy, its sad