Mine do go out alone but they go in the front yard and we have a chain link fence and we can see and hear them at all times out our big picture window in the livingroom. We dont let them out and leave them out either they are usually only out there for 5 mins at the most. We are inthe city and dont have birds of prey or anything that can get to them and like i said we can see them the whole time. I think everyones situation is different and what works for one doesnt work for another |