Everytime I take Louie and Bella out I have them on a leash for fear of them running off. I would NEVER trust that they would just stay with me. I think that they would want to go off and explore.....exspecially Bella! How did you guys first let yours just play outside with you without a leash and what made you so confident that they would'nt run off and get lost? Just curious, and know matter what the answers are I would probobly still be way to scared to let them off the leash. Ive always been a VERY overprotective parent with my kids and now It seems I am the same way with my furbabies.