The attached hunter is not being difficult
A Small Munsterlander left alone for a normal workday is not starting from contented independence. This compact German versatile breed was developed to hunt, point and retrieve alongside one person, then come indoors and stay close to that person, and most individuals still organise their day around human company. That attachment is a strength in the field and at home. It is also why the honest answer leans no: a full day alone has to be built for this breed, not assumed because the dog is obedient when you are present.
Why separation is the watch-point here
A Small Munsterlander who is struggling alone is usually showing strain, not spite. Owners may come home to a dog who has paced, whined at doors, refused the food left for him, or greeted them with frantic relief rather than ordinary pleasure. Those signs often appear earliest in puppies, adolescents and recently rehomed adults, whose confidence in departures is still thin. Waiting for a dog like this to grow out of it while repeating the same long absence can instead rehearse the worry until it becomes his normal response to the front door closing.
Real exercise comes before any alone training
A Small Munsterlander needs a morning that uses both body and nose before a quiet day is a fair request. A short pavement circuit rarely touches the sides for a dog bred to quarter ground, track scent and retrieve. Give him a longer outing with varied ground, searching and retrieving woven in, then let him cool down, eat and settle at home before you go. A genuinely tired Munsterlander still misses his people, but he is far more able to sleep through the first, hardest part of the morning.
Build the alone time, do not test it in one leap
Start a Small Munsterlander with departures so brief he barely registers them, returning before restlessness begins. Lengthen those absences unevenly, sometimes minutes, sometimes a little longer, so he learns that leaving predicts nothing alarming and returning is unremarkable. Practise the settle on his usual resting place separately from real departures, rewarding quiet lying down until it is dull. Only when short absences look boring should the stretch grow toward half a workday, and any return of pacing or vocalising means the last step was too large.
A midday break is part of the breed's plan
For a Small Munsterlander, a midday break is not a bonus during the build-up; it is how the day stays within what he can currently do. Someone needs to offer a toilet break, water check, brief company and a chance to move, then resettle him without turning the visit into an exciting second morning. As his confidence grows, some adults can stretch the interval, but the break should be removed because evidence says he is settled, not because the household timetable would prefer it gone.
What a workable week actually looks like
A workable Small Munsterlander week keeps mornings active, departures plain, midday company in place, and evenings social rather than spent making up for a lonely dog in frantic bursts. Watch the pattern across several ordinary days, not one quiet success, and keep help from a veterinarian or qualified behaviour professional in mind if distress persists despite a slow build-up. When the whole household shares one routine, notes on which alone steps succeeded, and any midday costs or visits in KinsLe Family Sharing, your Small Munsterlander gets the same careful plan from every person instead of a different experiment each day.