[ellie81]

Hi Yorkietalkers!!!!! I haven't started many thread lately, but this time I have a big dilemma. Bengi is going to be 1 year old on the 17th of this month. He's been staying in the kitchen while hubby and I are off to work. Usually, if we leave the house for a short period of time, like for running errands, he gets free run of the house. Those times, he has always behaved and went potty where he is supposed to and didn't touch anything he's not supposed to.
Now, hubby is telling me he wants to grant him free run of the house all the time. I know I can trust Bengi, but sometimes I get scared thinking that something could happen to him. I know the kitchen is a small place so he is better protected. But hubby does not want him to stay there anymore because Bengi is a little afraid of the noise the refrigerator makes. We are gone from 6:30 to 5 everyday, that's a long time, but a least 3 times a week if not more, my mom picks him up and takes him to her house around 2 PM or earlier. So, he's not alone all day every day, but mostly the mornings. What would you do? would you let him run free around the house?... or sleep free, cause I know he sleeps most of the time anyway... Please tell me what you think!