How long were men gone during the Crusades?

men would be gone for about 2 years at a time. the women would stay home with the dogs and feed the kids to them. Back then dogs were a huge part of the Christain way. God saw them as a special animanl just like the sun god Raw saw cats as a sacred anaimal. After the 1st crusade men would then take the grown dogs and have them attack the muslims. This is were the use of dogs and fighting first became.