I have made the decision to leave toby home on christmas.... we are all going to my moms house and there is going to be TONS of people there. I am leaving him home for several reasons:
1) people are going to be going in and out of the gate and he could get out (my mom lives on a busy street)
2)My uncle will be there with his dog: My uncle is confined to a wheelchair (he is a quadropelegic... cant move anything except his head) and his dog is not necessarily a service animal, but she goes with him EVERYWHERE. Last christmas when toby was a puppy his dog was growling agressively and almost attacked my brother, toby, ect... I dont want an accident to happen because his dog is psycho agressive.
3)People feeding toby food or stepping on him
I guess he will have a nice quite christmas playing with the toys from his stocking and gloating because our cat isnt getting anything for christmas (toby has a thing for catnip, and has a tendency to DESTROY the cats toys... but he miraculously leaves his toys intact

)... oh well, he is safer this way