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I have ALWAYS been OVER PROTECTIVE when it comes to my babies,... I just adopted a 2 y/o male yorkie, 10 lbs. not a wee lil bit.. I am still getting to know him. I have a low fenced in yard, when I take him out I always go with him. Hawks and other predator birds cannot swoop down on him,,,1-he's 10 lbs. 2-it's a heavily wooded area, no room for "swooping" but we do have coyotes bobcats, raccoons, possums, fox and in the spring, summer & fall black bears and SKUNKS (eek) I have installed LTD flood lights in 4 diff. areas of the yard for night time. Day time I would never leave him out unattended, I THINK he eats things, one time I was leash walking him and I believe he picked something up, by time I PRYED his mouth open there was nothing I could see. The deer do jump my fence and my concerns are he may eat the poop, as I said I am still getting to know him, so I don't know if he would eat wild animal poop. I have always checked my fence to make sure a critter didn't dig under the fence, still I would not leave him out alone, I could with my girls, they were older when I moved here, and trustful, but they were never left alone outside for more then 5 min. and they didn't like to be outside unless I was with them. My girls I could leave them home and not worry about them, besides I worked at that time, I am now retired, with this lil guy I worry when I have to leave him alone, not that he does anything naughty. I have home security cameras through my wi-fi and I can check on him, he sleeps, but he's use to me being home and he gets upset when I leave him alone, I always rush home, I hate to leave him. In the car he's on a security leash that gets hooked into the seat belt, for short stops he doesn't fall off the seat. I won't let anyone baby sit for him, not even a family member. My babies were always # 1, if they can't come, I don't go. He may not be a 3 or 5 lb boy, but he's very precious to me, his safety is # 1. My friends say I am "over the top" what they think matters not to me, better to be safe then sorry. We all love our lil furbutts, we do what we do to protect them, and ease our minds. All the posts I have read are normal to me lol, these are our kids. To others they may think it's extreme, these are our children, our babies. I do not see OVER PROTECTIVE, I see love, and concern for precious babies.