I work from home so I have the opportunity to be home with my pups a lot of the time. I can't watch them while I work though and I used to keep Tommy confined to the room I work in with me when he was younger, but now I just keep them upstairs with me (so that he doesn't get into the laundry downstairs). Even when the whole house is opened up they tend to just stay where ever I am, or sometimes he likes to lay in the kitchen.

When we are gone, I gate off the hallway and they have the hall, my office, and the room with their beds to lay in. I have to keep the bathroom closed off or Tommy will get into the bathroom trash. If it storms while I'm gone, Tasha will knock the gate over and run downstairs to curl up on the sofa down there, her "safe spot," but Tommy won't even step over the gate if it's laying across the floor.

I still worked out of the house when I got Tasha as a puppy, and did not want to crate her all day, so I bought an exercise pen for her then. I had a neighbor I knew and trusted who went in a few times a day while I was gone and took her out and played with her. I like it much better now though that I can be home with them. They were definitely a large factor when I was making the decision to go into medical transcription.

I hope you are able to find the best situatin for Nebo so that you have piece of mind while you are away.