I am so careful with my babies. As you may remember, before we got Zachary we were trying to get a Japanese Chin (NOW I am glad we didn't get her because I wouldn't have Zachary) but they wouldn't even consider us w/o a fenced in yard.
ALL of mine will use peepee pads if necessary. Twinkie, my 11 year old Chihuahua prefers to go outside (only on a leash with tags on his collar) but will use pads if nobody is home. Other than going to the vet, or in Zachary's case of going for a ride in the truck, they never go outside unless on our screened in porch. It is solid on the bottom half so you can't tell what kind of dogs we have.
I would never even let my dogs out in the yard if it were fenced unless I was standing right next to them. I have heard way too many horror stories on YT that I would be terrified someone would steal them. My goodness, I would never be able to stop wondering what had happened to them. They are like my kids!
GREED GREED GREED is why people do this kind of thing. The Bible doesn't say that money is the root of all evil but rather that the LOVE of money.
Louise and Zachary