Leaving your Dog in the dark

[Angeleyes1437]

I wanted to ask everyone a quick question. My boyfriend and I are moving in together, he just bought a house- we will be renting out the upstairs (in brooklyn houses have apartments on the bottom quite often) to his sister because her and her husband are having a baby. Then we will be living in the bottom apartment together with the backyard and it's a good size. The whole house is under construction sooo....

In the mean time (I hate my house..roomates!) I sleep at his apartment every night while he is at work. When I wake up, he is just coming home and goes to sleep when I leave to go to my apartment to get dressed for work. When I leave Maximus is usually up and says goodbye to me. However the lights are shut off because my boyfriend has to sleep... I feel horrbile leaving him in the dark for another 6-8 hours! I know it's only temporary (for the next 3 weeks or so) but is that cruel? I only work outside of my home 3 days a week, and he gets lots of exercise. I even leave on the monitor or tv to try and give him some light.

I just wanted to know if everyone thinks it is wrong for us to leave him in the dark. I figure he'd rather be with my bf in the dark 1/2 of the time until I get home than home alone (at my place). Yet I wonder.