the thing is, they only stay in one room in my boyfriends house and the room is upstairs. We have a Cat and she's pretty old and feisty and would literally kill all my dogs if she could
so we have to keep her away as much as possible.
at my house they are also confined to only my room, because my neice is allergic to them. I do take them out of course to roam around, but it'd be impossible for me to move the pad closer and closer to the door, and then gradually outside
