Until she was about 6 ish months, Lucy was in a crate when we went out. After that, we put up a puppy gate on the kitchen door so she was confined to the kitchen. That was till nearly 2, then we decided it was time to take it down when I leaned over it to say goodbye while I went to uni, missed the hole in the doorway and knocked myself out on the door frame, then spent the rest of the day strapped to a stretcher (I swear, its tuesdays in feb it all happens to me!) Now she has the run of the house, but whe we our out curles up in her chair in the sun. She hasn't had any accidents since she has had the full run, but I guess we don't leave her all that long, longest is about 2-3 hours. I doubt she even realises we are gone
