I completely understand. I have felt that same way. My dogs were crated 8-9 hours a day for the first 5 years of their lives. As long as he is getting enough exercise he will be fine. Eventually there will come a time when he is old enough and trained were he can be left alone with out a crate.
Currently my dogs have their own room and between me and my BF are maybe locked up in there for 5 hours at a time and that only happens a few days a week. I still feel bad when we go out at night after they have been in there during the day. But they are really fine.
Like I said earlier making sure he has the proper exercise is really important. You obviously give him the love and attention he needs so I don't really need to talk about that.
Currently my dogs have their own room and between me and my BF are maybe locked up in there for 5 hours at a time and that only happens a few days a week. I still feel bad when we go out at night after they have been in there during the day. But they are really fine.
Like I said earlier making sure he has the proper exercise is really important. You obviously give him the love and attention he needs so I don't really need to talk about that.