[paulapoo]

My boys are potty pad and outside trained. I'm single and I work sometimes 9 hours a day. I don't crate or contain them to a certain area because I'm gone so long. I haven't gated them in the kitchen because they enjoy laying on the back of the couch and looking out the window all day. They are 1 and 2 yrs old. They do well with the potty pads and they go outside, but they also mark quite a bit in different places throughout the house, ie: against doors, on rugs, which I've pretty much picked them all up, and along the baseboards. I have dark wood floors so sometimes I don't see it right away unless the light is shining just right. I never see them do it when I'm home, so I figure they are doing it when I'm at work. I wondered about trying some belly bands, but there again, I think they only do it when I'm at work. Is that to long to leave them on? I'm probably going to have to break down and gate them up during the day. I feel guilty. I actually worry that they'll be bored without the window to look out. For the sake of my floors, it may be my only choice. So, what do you think YTers? Belly bands, or restricting them to linoleum throughout the day?