As I've said, the only time she's free on her own is at the farm. If I was going to tie her up or lock her in a stall then I might as well leave her on the couch at home. That being said, I also don't kick her out of the car then walk away to only call her when I'm leaving. She's free to roam through the barn, empty paddocks and everywhere inbetween. If I'm riding she'll either be lying in the shade in the corner of the arena or playing in the grass beside it. If I'm lounging with a few others outfront of the barn she'll either be meandering around us, lying down or off exploring the outbuildings near the barn. And of course inbetween all that is attacking stalls or if we have the kiddie pool filled up she's flailing around in there for a ridiculous amount of time.

I definately think part of it is boredom as this usually happens if I'm just sitting in the barn, grooming or just taking my time tacking up. If I'm outside she generally won't choose to go into the barn unless its to get a drink.
As I said with the example of the previous BO's 12 year old intact female barn dog there was never any issues with oopsies, as there's just no dogs in a close enough area in a rural setting. She's always supervised at home as being in a big city there's obviously more dogs nearby. But I think some of you guys are serious doomsday preppers when it comes to these things.
If a male dog breaks into my house (wtf?) It'd first get a gold medal in achievement.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who isn't a spay/neuter spaz here. I'm not anti-spay/neuter but there's both sides to an arguement on it and even in that article GF posted there's a lot of "we believe" mentioned and a lot less "proven". My vet hasn't gotten on my case about her being intact (and he did for my parent's dog).
Theelitegoldfish mentioned skeletal which is another issue I've thought about before and with her hips I'd rather not fix what isn't broken so to speak . I can't believe some members are non chalant about incontinence issues from spaying as "oh there"s a pill for it". Its not fine if you need to give your dog medication for the rest of its life (not to mention that additional cost for the next 10 years). I don't know, its just not something I'm willing to get into a tizzy about. I go on from what I've experience whether its anecdotal or not its what I've personally seen and heard that's made me form such an opinion. Something I am entitled to.

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