[heatherm0890]

I dont know if you have read an of my other posts but I was planning on living on my own,but now my roomate and I have decided we just dont want to be seperated. So we decided to stay together. Yesterday,we found the most perfect little two bedroom apartment and are thrilled about it. Well,we have the choice of up or downstairs and we are thinking upstairs for several reasons. 1) safety-noone can get in our windows 2) upstairs has gorgeous vaulted ceilings and 3) noone will be walking on top of us. But we have a problem with bailee, there is a slight opening around the bottom of the patio(the wall of it is solid and tall enough she culdnt jump it) so obviously if its up or downstairs we will still have to put something to block of the opening along the bottom...any ideas?maybe a baby gate on the door to the patio so bailee couldnt follow one of us out without being secured on a leash? Also if we find something suitable for the opening she could go freely out on the patio upstairs wheras Id be concerned of someone snatching her from the ground floor. Of course she would not be unsupervised but i like the idea of leaving the french doors open on nice days, I could see her from wherever I am in the apartment but a potential dog napper may not see me and I dont want her getting snatched. happens way tooo often...so what do you guys think,After this list of pros and cons,what do you think is the best, up or downstairs?oh and ideas for securing the opening would be great...its prolly a 5 inch opening between the bottom of the wall and the concrete