Do you leave lights on for your dog if you go out at night?

My mother would always leave a few lights on in the rooms our dogs would be in if we went out in the evening. Does anyone else do this?

If I need to leave my dog alone, she is her crate as she can still get into trouble. But, yes, I do leave a light on. I'll leave a radio on, too. I hope the voices will sooth her. She gets upset when we leave her alone.

When I go out and leave my dogs at home, I leave a light on, too. The light I switch on is outside the house. I don't need any lights inside the house because my dogs are fine with sitting in the dark. The light outside is for them to see better anyone who's in front of the house. And of course, the light is for me, too, because I cannot see very well in the dark.

Well, contrary to most of us, my mom will leave the lights off. And her reason would be so that people who attempt to enter our homes will not be able to see them, especially since 2 of our dogs are black so they are indeed happily blending in the dark while we are out. So far, they do not have qualms or concerns being left without lights. I guess that's because they can see much better than we can as their eyes are more reflective than ours (That's why when we take their pictures, sometimes the photos come out with shining eyes).

I like leaving the lights on when I leave but I always come home with them ending up turned off by the person who's arrived before me.

I do not usually leave the light on for the dog when he is inside, unless it is winter and I'm leaving it on for us. Now that it is summer he is outside most of the time, but in winter when it's colder he stays inside. He is crated when we are away and when we are sleeping, so the light on or off doesn't bother him. We do have a yard light we occasionally leave on, but I have noticed the dogs bark at the cats more during the night if they can see them roaming around.

(06-16-2012 01:17 PM)TreeClimber Wrote:  If I need to leave my dog alone, she is her crate as she can still get into trouble. But, yes, I do leave a light on. I'll leave a radio on, too. I hope the voices will sooth her. She gets upset when we leave her alone.

My mother would leave on the radio or the television too as she thought the sounds and voices helped calm our dogs too. Our dogs didn't enjoy being left alone either.