A companion is always good!!! You knew I would say that, didn't you?? My girls are 5 months apart in age, and are best of friends. I am fortunate enough to work full time in a home office, so I rarely have to leave them. But when I first got them, I wasn't at home during the day. Once they were big enough, I did leave them in our fenced yard, but only because they made no attempts to leave under or over the fence. And if the weather was too cold, or rainy, I would leave them in the gated kitchen until I could trust them with full run of the house. I am fortunate that I have no carpet in my whole house (at least I think I am fortunate that way), so they could do very little to mess things up.

Logan

PS. Congratulations on the new job!!!