Just because of where I am at-out in the middle of no where, farm country and on a big acreage, there are times that if I am only gone for a little bit of time, I do leave some of the dogs outside on a nice day. Or in the house, loose. I work outside the home and am gone for 9 or so hours a day, which means someone if left out, usually gets in trouble. So if it's more then an hour or two, it's in the bedroom, or the crate they go. We also live down a long lane, so if someone pulls in, we definately know about it. I have locks on the gates to the dog yard, so I don't worry about someone thinking about taking the dogs either. Plus a rather large and very growly german shepherd kind of makes people think twice-though he's the worlds biggest baby-it's only is bark that you have to worry about.
It also depends on who it is. The couch slug is okay all day long, but gets pissed about being left and usually just tips over a garbage can just for laughs. The collies-no way-it's like living with a group of holligans. Nothing but trouble, including their 9 yr old grandmother. The cardigans, well, they get bored,especially those under 4. Things go missing, torn up, climbed on. So nope they aren't left unsupervised.
When we lived in town though, if I was thinking about leaving, they all came inside. Didn't want to take any chances at all.
Cindy and the crew at Foggy Bottom
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