I guess the baby gate will be ok while we're around. These two are amazing. Lucy was not happy to be kenneled when we first got her. When the neighbor came to let them out in the mid-day, Sammy (the little one) had (unbelieveably) squeezed himself through the very very tightly connected corner of his kennel and was loose in the house. When we got home a few hours later, Lucy had chewed a small hole in the wall of her wire kennel and(unbelieveably) squeezed her big deep poodle chest through a hole much smaller than her chest. there was lots of saliva on the rug under the kennel (near suffocation, I imagine).But she too was out in the house loose. So I don't put too much past these two. They are smart and non-shedding. and most important, I'm not allergic to them! My first 3 poodles were named Caila, Tico, and Skootie. Tokie-doko (cycling girl walrus)