Originally posted by Dixieland Dancer
I have a little different take on things.....

First.... why does a dog who is not house trained have run in the house without someone watching it? A pup that is in house training mode in my house NEVER is left unattended. If you are crate training then the dog is immediately taken outside (pick it up if you have too) to potty. Once it potties outside then it is brought inside to play (supervised). If the pup is inside and I'm busy doing something else then it is tetherd to me with a rope or leash if the pup isn't ready to go back in the crate. That way, if a mistake happens, I'm there to witness it and make corrections immediately.
From what I gather from all of her posts I don't think she lets the pup have full run of the house. But sometimes all it takes is one blink of the eye.
I don't let Kaige have full run of the house when I'm not there to supervise, and do watch him closely but sometimes, like if the phone rings or some one knocks on the door, whatever, you may go a minute without looking at the pup.

Different people have different views and I won't tie Kaige to me. It's just a personal thing, I figure as good of an eye that I keep on him it doesn't really matter. Because even if I did tie him to me there would still be that second that I answer the phone or whatever and I look up instead of down at him & he goes potty. He doesn't do that but I'm just saying that its possible... knock on wood not one accident in 3 weeks!