Where does your dog stay when you are gone (work, school, shopping, etc.) ? I wish we were one of those lucky families who have somebody home all the time, but we're not, we all have to work.

I've been trying to figure out what to do with Nebo lately. I don't like leaving him in a crate for more than a couple of hours, he gets really restless in there. I was leaving him in a dog run (it has a cover, brick bottom, and it's always padlocked) but the ants are really bad this year and I can't stand the thought of him sitting in a pile of ants. I also worry about him being stung by a bee again. So recently I had been leaving him in one of those play pens (about 4 foot tall) in the basement. I left him with kongs, treat/food dispensing toys, etc. to keep him occupied. Well today he tipped the whole thing over and got out. I know once he's figured it out he'll keep getting out so I can't leave him in that again. I was rather shocked when I walked in the door and there was Nebo happily sleeping in the kitchen. I checked all over the house and didn't find anything ruined at all. Of course, I asked my parents but they refuse to let him just free in the house while we're gone, they don't believe me that he wouldn't rip the house down. Ugh so I guess it's back to getting rid of the ants...

When Reggie was younger he always stayed in a crate. When he got older my parents started just leaving him in an unfinished room with his crate/food/water in the room. We used to leave Reggie and Sydney in this unfinished room but now we're turning it into a bathroom. So they were staying in the playpen then I used it for Nebo so we had them up in the other bathroom. They were fine in the bathroom and the playpen.

Whenever I have my own place I'd like to leave Nebo just in the house or in a section of the house, I think he'd be fine.