It must depend greatly on the dog. We have 2 (a husky-x and a BMD) that we leave alone in the house and we have never had any destruction while we are gone. If the weather is nice, we leave the back slider open, so they can go in and out, but in bad weather they are in.
We are not usually gone for more than a few hours at a time. Maybe it's cuz there are two of them, although they don't really "play" together. They are 7 and 9 years old, and they mostly sleep ;-) Liz Steinweg & The Crew Blue Moon's Baloo Berry Torte "Balou" (11/06/95) Bobby Sox (husky-x 10/31/93) Rio & Sahara (the "Rat Cats") and in loving memory of my 1st BMD - Toby (6/29/97 - 6/30/00 lost to MH) Colorado Springs CO http://www.ccrtiming.com/personal/personal.htm ----- Original Message ----- I hate to say this, but I NEVER trust my dogs if I'm gone longer than half an hour, and we put them in the kitchen, with no dishtowels, dishes, rugs, or anything else they can destruct if they decide they're bored. Almost every time we've left the guys with "free roam" SOMETHING has gotten eaten.
