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In reply to the discussion: If you have a large dog and a repair technician is coming to your home, do you: [View all]csziggy
(34,136 posts)But if they had been indoors, I would have confined them.
For one thing the golden retriever would destroy anything not made of solid metal by chewing on it. The other smaller mutt dog would "help" and try to cuddle with anyone around. Either way, it would have been disruptive to the repair process.
Now with only cats, we have to warn repair people to make sure to close the outside door. Although the strictly indoor cats now all retreat to the bedroom when the doorbell rings, the big tabby and the little gray cat have gotten confident enough to come out to check out quiet people - none like loud talkers. The tabby has gotten out several times, once was gone for over a month, so we don't want another disappearance.
So with the cats we don't have to worry very much.