Zeus and Perseus allow us to stay at their house. They have free run of our house with the exception of our teenager's bedroom -- way too much to get into in there. We gate that area off before we leave. They have stairs to get on and off the couch and their king size bed they allow us to sleep in at night. They have two doggy beds on the couch they love to lay in and look outside. They also have a large Kong "couch" on the floor they love to lay on in the sun. Zeus has had free run for 3 1/2 years, and he and Perseus have free run together for 2 1/2 years. We have all cords put up and have never had any problems. As others have already said, we believe they sleep most of the day. Sometimes they don't even hear the garage door going up, other times they do and greet us at the door. They live in the lap of luxury and WILL NOT go into a crate (they are both terrified of crates and start shaking at the sight of them) -- not even to ride in the car or go to the vet. That is perfectly fine with me, because I made the decision that if I had to keep a dog in a tiny crate, I didn't want one in the first place. I am one of those weird people who do not agree with crates. We did put Perseus in an ex-pen when we first got him, because the vet said don't upset Zeus by ruining his routine. Perseus learned real quick that if he pottied on the pad like Zeus, he didn't have to stay in "jail." We called the ex-pen the hoosegow. We could say get into your hoosegow, and poor Perseus would readily climb in. He only stayed in there about 3 weeks and was potty trained. An ex-pen is much better than a crate, since they have so much more room to move. I've attached a picture of my sweet little Perseus in his hoosegow. You can't see the whole thing, but he sure hated being confined. Much happier with freedom. |