I understand. My mom & stepdad live out in the 'country' with 3 acres of their own land, and 90 acres of farmland behind us (you can see the big fields in my youtube videos) They always had their dog Carmen just out and loose, she was a "country" dog but two months ago... my stepdad accidentally ran her over with his car and she died. Now they realize how things can happen and are much more overprotective of Jackson than they used to be because of what happened to Carmen. Now I trust them to take care of Jackson but previously... they'd do the same thing, just let him out without watching. I will let him off leash when I'm there but I watch him like a hawk and I know nobody else watches him like I do. I think I would just tell your mom that Toby will be fine by himself during the day and you want him to get used to it since you may be getting a new pup soon. |