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Kia is crated.
I once tried to leave her out and she threw herself at the window as soon as I shut the door. :eek: :(
My parents once just shut her in the spare bedroom thinking she'd like to roam around. She dug up the carpeting by the door and scratched the back of the door all up. :(
Every once in awhile I've shut her crate door and have forgotten to latch it and sometimes there is a mess and sometimes not when I get home.
Best of luck with Nebo. :)
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I have three that are free to roam the whole upstairs. We keep the basement stairs gated, because I'm afraid someone will fall down them.
Two stay in crates all day. Kirby is used to being crated and I think he could cause too much trouble being loose. He likes to pick at Carly and Molly. I don't want anyone to get hurt. Muffin is crated too. She would be fine roaming, but Carly is getting older and her patience wears thin with Muffin trying to be submissive by licking her. Since Muffin doesn't mind the crate, it's safer for everyone.
90% of the time, Oz and Murph stay loose in my bedroom. Oz sleeps on my bed all day. Murph, I'm afraid to leave on the bed, for fear he'll decide to jump off (I'm looking into a ramp), so he's got a lil' dog bed on the floor to sleep on.
On days that I know I'm going to be gone long though, Oz and Murph stay outside in the fenced yard. I've got a really nice, big, covered patio, that stays shaded and cool almost the entire day, except for maybe about an hour, around 5 o'clock or so. But the side yard is nice and shaded when the patio's not, so they hang out over there then. There's also 2 dog houses on the patio, if an unexpected rain storm should come up, while they're outside.
They seem to be equally happy inside or outside. When it's not too hot or raining, they actually seem to prefer outside, because there's things to do and watch during the day vs being cooped up inside just napping.
Too soon for Gully to be left alone unsupervised with Oz and Murph, so he stays crated in my bedroom. Once he's big enough and trained, he can hang with Oz and Murph.
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Our dog is running free int the house all day...
He have some toys to play whit... and my da com's home sometime on the day to eat.
The sausages have a section of the house that's theirs while we're at work. We tried giving them the roam of the house, but Schnaggles is still in a chewing phase and has made a meal out of shoes, clothes and anything else that's within reach ...
If we're out for a few hours and the weather is nice, they have the whole backyard.